Life Skills & Independence

While at home, supporting your child in being able to communicate their needs is key. Now is the time to teach them skills that could support them through to adulthood.

Examples:

Making a sandwich

Cleaning up after dinner

Making their bed

Tidying their room

Reading a sibling a bedtime story

Crossing the road safely

Using the toilet

Washing their hands independently

Using the shower / bath independently

Changing their clothes (with specific things they might find hard such as tying shoelaces)

Engaging in reciprocal dialogue (e.i. when someone askes them a question, they ask a question back)

Introducing themselves to a family friend 

Have a go at some of these activities:

Below are some home activity suggestions as well as a guide from the Department for Education as to activities children commonly undertake by each year at school. They are not essential, but they do give children a wide experience of things across their Primary Lives. These experiences are equally important for children with SEN. Go through this and see if there are any you’d like to do with your child (that are safe and allowed with current guidelines). Start at Reception as there may be one or two there that you might find fun that you have never tried!

Further Information

We have uploaded some information, resources and links that you may find helpful to use at home with your child. Most of these resources are what the children are familiar with at school. If you would like further support, please contact your child’s class teacher by emailing his/her class mailbox and someone from the Inclusion Team will contact you. 

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