Our playgroup has free play, but the parent is supposed to stay with the child cause we are on kindergarten grounds. Not all parents do that, and I am guilty as charged but being playgroup co-ordinator plus the president of the Kindy there was always something for me to do there so one of the other mums would usually watch Ashton.

10am is fruit time, and we all bring in a piece for fruit to share. So there is no "my food is better than your food"

We then go back to free play. Free play consists of sandpit outside, crafts if you want to do craft, painting, or just playing with toys inside or outside. One of the mums last year introduced song time at the end of each session. So that is now done as well