More opportunities to continue to implement a parent-coaching model for many of our students. If you have not yet had a chance to visit our Communication Partner Training section, please do so. Read and review the resources. This will help set everyone up for success with remote learning. Click here.
If you can only choose one resource, this video is excellent. It does take an hour to watch.
Have students watch videos featuring the core word "I/me/my" Model how to find and select the word on their devices or communication boards while watching the videos. If this is easy, make it more challenging! Model sentences like "My turn" or "I do". Feel free to pause the video and watch as many times as you would like.
NOTE: If the activity you choose targets 'me' or 'my' and your child only has "I" on the home page of their device, that's ok! You can model "I' on the device, while verbally saying "Mine" or "My turn".
Links to communication boards can be found here.
Books:
Pete the cat- I love my white shoes
Songs:
Choose one activity to complete 5 minutes each day. Focus on modeling the word "I/me" during this time. Review these ideas for an activity to try that you think your child would find fun. For example, hold all the puzzle pieces and model what each one is before giving it to your child (e.g. "me", “I do”) to put into the puzzle.
Turn-taking games:
-Hide and seek
-Bean bag toss or cornhole
- Finding hidden items around room or in sensory bin
- Book reading
Pretend play schemes:
- Tea Party – my teacup, my plate, my food, etc.
- House – my bed, my chair, my broom, etc.
- Doctor – my elbow, my head, my ears, etc.
“Is this Mine or Yours?” game
- Have child bring familiar items from home
- Place items around room to find – take turns finding/hiding
- Ask ”Is this mine or yours?”
Dress up
Toys for turn-taking:
- Play-Doh
- Play food
- Soccer ball and net
- Basketball and hoop
- Wind-up toys
- Stickers or stamps
- Cars and car ramp, car race
- Blocks/LEGOS