It’s 11:55, the music starts, and the staff member sings, “It’s tidy-up tiiiime!”
Most children start doing that classic, slightly chaotic scoop-and-sort. But not Ravi.
Ravi? Gone.
Not to be seen near a toy, a shelf, or even a mildly upright object.
He’s not in the home corner.
He’s not by the coats.
Eventually, someone finds him in the reading area, upside down, flicking through a book he’s never shown interest in before.
You try the, “Come on, Ravi – we all help!”
He nods enthusiastically… and walks off in the opposite direction.
Later that day, tidy-up time again.
He sprints to the snack area, declares he’s “really really really thirsty”, and takes eight minutes to finish a cup of water.
Once, you spotted him holding one solitary Duplo block, pretending to tidy it for a good five minutes while watching everyone else work like he was their boss.