Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... families

This topics enables each child to relate their own unique
experiences, and offers insights for practitioners.

With every child, there comes a different set of experiences from their unique home environment. The number of people living in each household will vary greatly; parents will have all kinds of occupations and work patterns; and children will be used to different routines, leisure activities and social experiences.

A topic on families is a confidence builder for children because it is always easier to talk about something familiar. Encouraging children to talk about their home life and family not only helps them get to know each other better and forge stronger friendships, it also introduces them to social and cultural difference. Such conversations are equally useful for practitioners, who can learn a great deal of helpful information about the children in their care and use this to plan sensitively in the future.

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