We thought it would be good to try to support our children who are feeling a little down when they arrive at nursery. Often it is obvious if a child is upset but sometimes they need asked if everything is okay. We thought that if mums/dads/carers asked this question when the child signed in and then put the appropriate ‘face’ beside their child’s name we would get a ‘heads up’ to any child who needed a little comfort at the beginning of the session.
As always we will give this approach a try and then collect your thoughts on how well (or otherwise) it worked.