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- Try to create a schedule in the day which will ensure that children have some routine as children feel secure within a routine. This might include starting home learning at 9 and finishing at 3 with breaks throughout the day before settling into a nice chilled evening. This could be your very first activity together – agreeing what you are going to do and when.
- Encourage children to try a range of activities and not just stick to the ones they like most of feel comfortable with.
- Always look for positive elements to their work – in school we encourage children to assess their work and the work of others with 2 stars and a wish (2 good things and 1 thing to improve). This will encourage resilience.
- Allow children some control over the activities they wish to attempt – “What would you like to try today?”
- Try to limit screen time as to much can have a negative impact on wellbeing.
- Activities are included in the home learning packs but these are not exhaustive. Use the websites provided to look for additional activities or invent your own!
- Learning doesn’t have to have a written outcome – playing monopoly would provide the children with a wide range of maths skills including reasoning without them realising. Cluedo, chess, backgammon and other board games will also provide them with a range of skills. Don’t know how to play? Why not learn together? Reading the instructions and interpreting them is a task in itself. Bored of the same games – ask them to invent one to help them learn a new skill.
- Teach them what you do. Think about the skills you have and involve your children in the activities. This might include: working on perimeter for carpet fitting, working out a simple budget for a business, baking (reading scales), household jobs (responsibility), gardening (stages of plant growth, measuring heights of plants)
- Try and keep an active element in the day. Don’t feel that they need to be sat at a table completing work all day. Include children in practical activities and exercise (See web suggestions).