What are we doing in Dolphins for December?
During December, with the Christmas season upon us we will be having a focus on Christmas, Hanukah and we will also be talking a lot about darkness and the environment in the darkness- including playing in the dark, the bright lights, decoration and festivities.

Some of the activities we will be doing this month to support this concept will be:
Reading stories about Christmas and Hanukah.
Learning Christmas carols and songs.
Making Christmas cards and presents for our families.
Talking about darkness and why the outside has become so dark.
Talking about how to keep ourselves safe in the dark, e.g. wearing bright colours, lights on our bikes.
Decorating the nursery including Christmas trees.
Discussions about what we are doing for the holidays; who we will be visiting, how we will travel there, etc.
Wrapping presents and making our own decorations.
Reflecting on the year with the children and remembering events, talking about favourite parts of the year and what they would like to do again.

What you could do to support your children at home:
Help your child to wrap their own presents they are giving people.
Make your own Christmas cards with them.
If you are writing a Christmas letter, ask them to contribute by telling you the best thing about the year.
Go for a night walk to look at the lights and decorations.
Go to a local school Christmas fair and for older children talk about the kinds of things the school children might be doing Christmas.
Go shopping for and decorate a Christmas tree.
Take your child shopping for a special Christmas tree decoration that they can put on the tree.
Save your wrapping and cards for plenty of post Christmas collage- it is a time consuming and perfect mid winter indoor activity.