With Christmas meaning different things to different people, Annette Rawstrone finds out how early years settings are marking the occasion in inclusive ways
Christmas can mean making memories in the great outdoors
Christmas can mean making memories in the great outdoors

Christmas is coming! Have you kicked into full festive mode and rolled out the tinsel? Or taken the time to reflect on how the children in your care will benefit from your celebrations?

It can feel like there is a lot of pressure on making it a December to remember, but many early years practitioners are scaling back their festivities in response to having greater numbers of children with additional needs and a cohort of children born during the pandemic who are not used to big social occasions. Rather than being ‘bah humbug’, practitioners are realising that the fun and magic of Christmas can be shared without all the elaborate wrappings.

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