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Starting nursery or even moving to a new room in an early years setting can be challenging for lots of young children. These transitions can be particularly difficult for those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Becoming familiar with new members of staff and forming friendships with peers can be an area that young children need extra help with during transitions. Thankfully, there are lots of lovely play-based activities suitable to support them with this.
This month I’m sharing two such activities that you can do with them to help introduce the idea of being cared for by new members of staff and support children in forming new friendships with peers.
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