The home corner

Home corners have traditionally been restrictive, promoting and limiting children's play to gender and cultural stereotypes. However, the home corner can also be one of the best places to challenge these stereotypes! It is also one of the best places for child-led, open-ended play.

Early childhood educators can step away from tradition and rethink how they set up their home corner environment. Fundamentally, home corners are places for children to engage in role play, mimicking the scenes they see at home in daily life, and educators can explore new ways to provide for this interest.