Nursery World - Home and away (4)

Help children explore what it means to travel with wide-ranging activities from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner Adult-led activities

Adult-led activities

Packing to go away

Young children need support in expressing their feelings about going away. Even going away for one night can seem momentous to them. Going away may be exciting, but they also have to face the insecurity of the unknown. Some families do not have holidays, so a project on going away should be sensitive to this fact. Some children experience family members, rather than themselves, going away. Encourage children to share the joys of coming home as well as going away. Acting out all these feelings in role play helps children face the realities.

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