If we as adults feel overwhelmed by the Christmas/holiday season, can you imagine how our kids feel? Your house (normally their sanctuary) is completely decorated with different things and smells and you can't touch some items. The main word for this season is "prepare". Help your child become prepared for the upcoming days.
Sometimes it helps our kids to look at previous year's photographs to help them remember how the house will look and who some of the friends and family members will be coming to visit. Remind them who people are and offer some conversational tidbits they could talk about with those folks.
Also they need a quiet place to "regroup" if they become overwhelmed by noise or crowded family areas...plan where they could go in advance and what activities they can do to help self calm...listen to music, read a book , play a hand held game, hold a stuffed animal...whatever works.
What things do you find helps your child?
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