Have a go at some of these activities:

• 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

Below there 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! The National Trust has also released a ‘bucket-and-spade’ list of their 50 top activities children should do before they turn eleven, with climbing a tree and rolling down a big hill coming out on top.

50 things to do before you’re 11¾ | Visit | National Trust

• Activity passport
• Independent work activities