Room 17 Home Learning Ideas

Hello,

Please find below a list of activities / ideas from Room 17’s teacher that you can complete with your child.  Feel free to dip in and out of these as you wish.

If your child uses a communication system then please try to use it daily with them. If you need some advice about this then please send me an email.

Life Skills:

• Help to make or prepare meals

https:www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/

• Use a knife to practice spreading, toast, crackers…
• Practice cutting toast, soft fruits/veg (using hand over hand or with very close supervision)
• Pouring – pouring liquid or dry foods from one container to another
• Help to wash and dry dishes
• Putting away dishes
• Making simple and meaningful choices (usually from a choice of two) using the objects as reference

Literacy

• Reading stories together
• Interactive stories https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/
• Let’s talk Makaton charity page also has videos and ideas https://wetalkmakaton.org/
• Playing board games / puzzles together and practice turn taking (as well as having fun!)

Health and Wellbeing:

• Going for a walk in an open area and discussing what you see and hear along the way
• Cosmic kids yoga – a lot of episodes are on Youtube and there are greater mindfulness videos too if you need to relax

https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/

Sensory:

• If you have an instruments at home then play along to your child’s favourite music – if you don’t have instruments then why not make a few together, for example take a plastic bottle, fill with dried beans (or something similar) and shake!

• There’s lots of different ideas to try on this page: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/