I feel so embarrassed 😭😭

My 3 year old daughter attends nursery. Since the past few weeks she has been bringing things home like: one-two pieces of Lego, a keyring etc little bits and bobs. Her teacher rung me two weeks ago to let me know that she is putting things in her bag. So I had a word with my daughter and explained to her she’s not allowed to bring things home from school unless it’s something the teacher has given or her own drawings. She was like ok and it didn’t happen again until yesterday. They have been doing Christmas activities and from one of the play areas she picked up a gift bag and filled it with a few arts and crafts and brought them home. I rung her teacher and let her know and have returned the things today. She is absolutely obsessed with almost EVERYTHING, she loves loves loves playing. Like she finds a pencil and will play with it for a very long time. She makes everything into a fun activity. But anyways I am so embarrassed what do I do? Did anyone else’s child do this or is it just mine 😭😭 and by the way our house is full of her toys.

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Yes my son was doing it all the time, they nicknamed him light fingered Lawrance (our surname) at playgroup 😂😂😂 I just explained to him that those things don’t belong to him and he eventually understood

Oh yes, my eldest went through a stage of doing this. We'd find things stuffed in her pockets and even down her pants 🤪. I'm sure nursery have dealt with it before and will again! You're doing the right thing returning the items and discussing with your daughter and I'm sure she'll grow out of it soon.

Oh bless! I think it's really common and remember that 3 year olds have no concept of 'stealing'. The teacher probably calls all of the parents that it happens with just because it helps to keep the resources in school as much as possible. The fact that you're so conscientious shows that this is not something you encourage xx

Honestly don't be embarrassed. It happens. Oliver tries to all the time haha. Xx

Omg so many kids do this don’t worry! I just make them take it back the next session and apologise… sorry I took this I was having so much fun I wanted to take it home so I could play more! Maxi does it and I work at preschool he’ll get home and say look 👀 and show me whatever he’s snuck in his pocket 😂 my boss has joked that she’s going to shake him by his ankles when he leaves 😂😂

Oh thank you so much everyone!!!! I can finally relax haha. I’ve been feeling so embarrassed about it thinking where have I gone wrong with her 😂

I find this really cute and funny! Bless her 🥹 my friends little one would do the same and would somehow find small rubber ducks and bring home a different one every day. At the end of the week she would just return them all again 🥲😅

@Jessica I guess it’ll be a funny story to tell her when she’s older 😩😂

@Sophie one of my childminding parents just text me and was like I assume this is from your house… just found it in her vest, she’s 18months old!

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