A message for parents and carers
If your child finds learning difficult, you can support them by breaking down activities into small chunks. Give simple instructions one at a time. Structuring the day may be tricky so ways of helping your child might be by doing:
- A bit of reading every day
- Some independent writing now and then (this could be keeping a diary, making a comic strip, writing about something that they are interested in)
- Practical, hand on maths (cooking, making a paper clock, hopscotch counting, pizza fractions)
- Some fine motor skills work (building with Lego, cutting, threading, playdough)
- Physical exercise everyday
- Some art or music every so often
- Opportunities for free, imaginative play
If a learning activity is not going well, step back and take a break. Try again another time.