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To indicate own needs. 
Description:
The child must indicate their needs to an adult or peer in a range of situations, and ask for help.
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| Early years skill: | not specified |
| Early years typical range: | not specified |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | English Speaking |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | L1b |
| TAP skill: | Expressive Language |
| TAP level: | TAP56 |
| Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | not specified |
| Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | not specified |
| Section: | Primary (5-11yrs) info; Secondary (11-16yrs) info |
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Help card Laminated 'I need you to help me' card | Use the card during classroom tasks. Introduce it as something that reminds us to ask for help when we need it. Make it a 'reward' to have the card for an activity. Tell the child who has the card for that activity, that they can ask anyone for help by showing them the card. Give them a target to use it at least once. Praise the child for using the card. | |
| Sabotaged class activities | Some children are shy of 'correcting' adults, so make sure they know it is ok to tell you can't do the activity. You may find it useful to 'prime' the children and tell them that you might give them an impossible instruction to check if they are listening. You may need to provide the children with a model sentence to use when they let you know that they cannot carry out your instruction. | |
| Shopping Game
| There are commercial games which are similar to this, many of them lotto games. Have the children work in pairs,, so that they must ask each other to collect the pieces they need. |
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