Nursery World - Working Mum

Transitions can present challenges, but in the right situation
children can be surprisingly adaptable, says Working Mum.

I hate change. Thankfully, DD2 (Dear Daughter 2) doesn't take after me and her recent transition at nursery from the baby room to the tweenie room was tear free.

The baby room is separated from the tweenie room by a folding partition, which at some times during the day is opened so that the children can have free-flow between the areas. I think this layout really helped my daughter because the transition wasn't a big step into the unknown. She was already familiar with some of the children and the staff.

I was aware that the nursery policy is to move children up when they turn two years old and DD2's key person discussed it with me about a month before her birthday. She said that she felt that my daughter would be physically and emotionally ready to make the move and I agreed.

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