Toddler Group as a Collectivity

The aim of this study is to examine the everyday life day-care institutions and culture peer relationships that develop there. Interdisciplinary studies childhood perceive it as a social construct separable from biological immaturity, they describe distinct toddler style socialisation with peers. In paradigm, participation in cultural routines central understanding child socialisation. Based on ethnographic observations two facilities interviews teachers parents, we explore between peers, routines, creation collectivity. We focus perspective adults their perception children's collective meanings interactions. analyses reveal well socialising hierarchical also actively participate reproduction through interpretation meanings. What constitutes 'play' when becomes 'something real' occurs physical cognitive equals. Interaction peers facility allows experience 'WE', which are then able control adults. However, collectivity depends being conditions place suitable for small children toddlers.