You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“Tomorrow is new, and new can feel like a lot.”
“I'll say goodbye the same way every single morning.”
“By snack time, some of it will already feel like yours.”
A goodbye that stays the same every day is what makes a new place start to feel safe.
In their story, a character walks through a first day of new cubbies, new faces, and new snack time, and slowly finds an adult there worth trusting.
It ends at pickup time, with your child's character already holding onto something small that belongs just to them in the new place.
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