Joydens Wood Junior School

Speech & language programme

Development of expressive and receptive language skills (see your child’s programme for specific targets)

- Use the Auditory Memory Games ideas to practise listening and auditory memory.

- Use the Conversation Practise Game / Conversation Cards to practise good conversation skills

- Use Question cards for conversation practise to practise verbal reasoning skills (you can adapt/make your own)

- Use What am I guessing game cards to develop questioning and thinking skills (you can adapt/make your own)

Vocabulary support
(aka. Pre-teach vocab)

Learning new vocabulary

- Use the Star words template to learning a new word – try one or 2 a week and revisit them often

- Use the Working on Vocabulary Pack for information of Word Finding and support ideas

- Use the Vocab Activity Pack to develop techniques to learn vocabulary

- You can access free vocabulary activities and games at Twinkl

Lego therapy

Listening skills

Communication skills

- Use the Lego Therapy Group Information Sheet / Lego Therapy Sentence Strips / Lego Therapy Useful Instruction Words to find out how you continue to provide support through the use of Lego/construction kits

Social skills

Friendship skills

Understand ‘social rules’ for behaviour

- ‘Social Detectives’ – Go through the Social Detective Language and Definitions. You could create mind maps with examples that are re-visited and added to over time

- Use the ‘Good Friend Sorting Cards’ to support discussion about friendship skills

- Search ‘social skills’ on Pinterest for more ideas to develop social skills at home

Handwriting practise

Correct formation of letters

Developing speed and fluency

- Use Handwriting warm-up exercise to support fine motor activities to improve handwriting

- Use the Handwriting User Guide for information on how to teach handwriting

- Use the Letter formation handwriting sheet to support your child to correctly form their letters, then build up to writing neat words (this can be linked to spelling practise also)

1:1 reading

Developing fluency when reading

Understand and talk about what has been read

- Try to read daily with your child

- Use the Reading skills questions to develop understanding of the text you are reading

- Remember it is important for them to listen to texts too – have story time as a family/listen to audiobooks

Personalised maths 

Development of key numeracy skills

- See below for learning packs that are set for lower age groups.

- Try other activities like:

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/number/

Personalised English

Development of key literacy skills

- Online Literacy activities at: https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/

- Search ‘writing activities’ at https://www.twinkl.co.uk/ for more writing activities

- See below for learning packs that are set for lower age groups.

Memory skills

Develop visual/auditory memory

- Play online memory games at https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory-games.html

Spelling support (aka. Precision Teaching)

Spell High Frequency Words

- Use the 100 HFW handwriting sheets to practise spelling and handwriting skills

Self-esteem programmes

Describe things I’m good at

Develop positive qualities in myself

- For more ideas to develop self-esteem visit https://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/self-esteem-character-building-activities-for-kids/

- Remember to visit https://youngminds.org.uk/ for further support

Nurture club

Turn taking skills

Communication

Resilience (e.g. losing games)

- Play a range of board games as a family

Emotional regulation support

Understand and recognise emotional states

Develop strategies to calm and regulate

- Use Emotions Face Discussion Cards to discuss different emotions and how to recognise them/when they might be experienced

- Use the Ways to calm down cards to create your own calm down kit. Use the blank ones to come with some of your own suggestions.

- Use the Mindfulness Challenge cards to help find ways to be mindful/calm –

- Use Managing Anxiety ideas to support your child manage their fears/anxiety at this time.

Typing practise

Locate letters on a standard keyboard at speed

- Typing practise at https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/text-type/text-type.html

- Further online typing practise at: https://www.typingclub.com/ or BBC dance mat typing https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr

Clever Fingers

Strengthen finger muscles to improve pencil grip & handwriting

Development of fine motor skills

- Use the Clever fingers home intervention ideas to find different activities from the programme you can do at home

- Make your own fiddle toy by searching DIY fiddle toy on Pinterest for more ideas.

- Complete dot to dots

- See handwriting activities in the cognition and learning section (see above)

Sensory breaks

Sensory regulation

- Use Movement Break Visual cards for movement break ideas

- Read out Sensory Circuit Parent Booklet for more information and ideas of activities to set up at home

- Use Gross Motor Activity cards to develop body control

- Make your own sensory bottle by searching sensory bottle ideas on Pinterest