1. Sit with your child and play an instrument together. 2. Encourage the child to make sounds and watch your response. 3. Respond enthusiastically to the child’s sounds by smiling, clapping, or mimicking the sound. 1. Hide behind your hands or a scarf and reappear while making eye contact with your child. 2. Pause and continue the interaction at the child's pace, letting them lead and finish the...
1. Show your child the texture. 2. Touch a small amount to your child’s hand or arm. 3. Pause and wait. 4. Remove the texture when your child shows refusal (wiping hand, pulling away). 1. Model the object on yourself, another child (who is willing) or another adult 2. Present the sensory object to your child. 3. Allow your child to refuse using gesture or body movement (turning away,...
1. Briefly activate the toy to gain interest, then pause. 2. Let your child explore by shaking, tapping, or squeezing. 3. Use single-word comments linked to your child’s actions or sounds. 4. Continue while your child remains engaged. 1. Place the basket within reach and wait for your child to choose an item. 2. Allow your child to handle, turn, bang, mouth, or visually inspect the object. 3...
1. Guide your child's hands and visual attention to toys/trays of material(s) that they can touch and look at. 2. Let your child explore the toys/materials in the tray and encourage them to investigate all their properties, stimulating all of the child's senses as far as possible (colour, smell, texture). 3. You may need to draw the child's attention back to the activity if the child becomes...
This video shows you how to use the key words resource pack. Sections Links open in YouTube.
This video shows you how to use the vocabulary resource pack. Sections Links open in YouTube.
This video takes you through all the steps to work on speech sounds described in the speech sound resource packs (early years, primary). Note, these videos use work on the "k" sound to demonstrate the activities. The same principles apply to working on any other sound.
This video shows you how to use the barrier games resource pack. Sections Links open in YouTube.