1 To help children settle in a new setting, it is important that you know how to spell and say their preferred names.
* Prepare a badge for each child, checking the spelling with parents. Make a display, perhaps a fruit tree, to which the badges can be attached like fruit. Encourage the children to identify and put on their badges as they arrive.
2 Social development requires activities rich with interaction between children and adults from a variety of different backgrounds.
* Set up an imaginative play area that encourages children to interact with others. Try a supermarket using boxes and packets of many different foodstuffs. Sell plastic fruit and vegetables, including tropical fruit and more unusual vegetables. Talk to the children about goods for sale.
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