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At Kingsdown School we want to offer support in a variety of ways to our pupils while they are accessing home learning. We have enrolled in an online resource for parents/carers to access from home. Speechlink Parent Portal will give detailed information and activities to guide parent/carers to support the development of their child’s speech and language.
The online resource is user friendly and offers information in a variety of ways, such as videos and blogs, to ensure that parents/carers feel confident in each activity and how this can support speech and language development.
How to access Speechlink Parent Portal – To access the online resource follow this link: https://speechandlanguage.info/parents
This link will take you directly to the parent portal homepage (see image below). There is no need to enter a username or password for this.
From the homepage you will be able to access all the information using the top menu.
· Top tips videos – These are videos put together by speech and language therapists of simple strategies you can use at home. They don’t need any special equipment or specialist skills. Sometimes it is the small changes that make the biggest difference.
· Information – Here you will find information on why speech and language is important and an introduction on tips for talking with your child.
· Development – In this section you will be able to find the level of development that your child is at in the four categories: Speech, Talking, Understanding, and Listening and Attention. These tables will help you work out what the next steps are for your child’s speech or language learning. They will also help you to find the right activities for your child in the activity section. Do not panic if the ages your child is at and their correct age don’t match. Children develop at different rates. It is more important to focus on what the next steps are rather than what age they should be doing those things.
· Activities – These are activities and games selected by speech and language therapist to support development at each level of speech and language. You can select activities in Language and Speech.
· Blog – Here you will be able to read blogs written by speech and language therapists and parents/carers.
We hope this resource is helpful in giving the information and activities to support your child’s speech and language at home during these difficult times.
If you require any further support in accessing this resource then please contact Kirsty Spencer at Kingsdown School.
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MAKATON
Makaton with Mel – The Weather
Join Mr Tumble for some Makaton fun. 25 episodes to choose from
BBC iplayer – Something Special
STORY TELLING
CBeebies Bedtime Stories, A different story to read each night. 30 to choose from
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COLOURFUL SEMANTICS
Colourful semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is aimed at helping children to develop their grammar but it is rooted in the meaning of words (semantics). Contact your child’s class teacher who can talk you through how you can use them at home.
Colourful semantics reassembles sentences by cutting them up into their thematic roles and then colour codes them.
The approach has 4 key colour coded stages.
- WHO – Orange
- WHAT DOING – Yellow
- WHAT – Green
- WHERE – Blue
Click on the ITS link below to access their starter pack for you to use at home.
MATHS
Number Treasure Hunt with Lisa & Maisy
5 Little ducks with Karen & Abbie
Pancake Maths Activity with Lisa-Marie
Crispy Pancake counting song with Emma
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive – with Suzie
Matching Number to Quantity with Donna
Matching colours and counting with Beverley
Recognising numbers using paper cups with Tracey
Goldilocks activity sheet – Addition to 20
Goldilocks activity sheet – Subtraction up to 10
Goldilocks activity sheet – Counting
5 little speckled frogs with Emma
LITERACY
Letters of the Alphabet with Sharon & Stripe
stick man – enjoy reading letters and sounds
Mark Making in the Snow with Paige
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set1
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set1.1
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set2
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set2.1
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set3
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set3.1
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set4
Phonics printable picture word matching phase2 set5
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 ur ow oy
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 oo ar or
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 ear air er
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 ai ee igh oa
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 consonant digraphs
Phonics printable picture word matching phase3 set6-7
Foam Fun Mark Making with Lisa-Marie
Letters of the alphabet with Sharon
letters numbers and shapes tracing activity sheets
Colour matching pegs with Claire
Outdoor Learning – Forest Treasure Hunt (Matching Part 1) with Lisa & Maisy
Outdoor Learning – Forest Treasure Hunt (Matching Part 2) with Lisa & Maisy
Jelly & Bean writing resources
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Click on the links below to watch our videos for ideas for activities at home
Pom Pom Colour Fine Motor Skill Activity with Tracey
Making a bird fat ball seeder with Mel
Play Dough Disco 1 with Hannah
Play Dough Disco 3 with Hannah
Fine Motor Skills using Pasta with May
How long can you keep the Kingsdown ball in the air? Kingsdown Virtual Basketball
Scissor Cutting Skills Workbook
Pencil Control Patterns Activity Sheets
Goldilocks Story Map Worksheet
Goldilocks Pencil control maze
Pencil Control Activity Booklet
letters numbers and shapes tracing activity sheets
Developing Fine Motor Skills with Poppy
Outdoor Learning – Making a Birds Nest with Lisa & Maisy
Making Play Dough with Natalie
Prewriting daily activity timetable
Pencils skills home activities
SELF HELP
MUSIC
MUSIC MAN
Click on the link below to join David & Jenny for some great Music Man songs
MUSIC ACTIVITIES
Making musical Instruments with Sophie
Chrome Music Lab – experiments
MUSIC WITH GIRAFFE’S CLASS
Click on the links below to join in the songs with Giraffe’s class
Sing-a-long with Becky and Dave
A Jungle Adventure – Giraffe Class
DEBBIE’S SINGING LESSONS
Click on the links below to join Debbie in her singing lesson
Frosty the Snowman with Debbie
First half of ‘A Million Dreams’ from The Greatest Showman
Part Two of ‘A Million Dreams’ from The Greatest Showman
COOKING
Click on the links below for some great ideas for cooking with your children at home
Making Flatbread part 1 with Toby
Making Flatbread part 2 with Toby
Making spiced biscuits with Katie
Making Cup Cakes with Karen & Sophie
Baking a Cookie the size of your Head with Dave
Making Gingerbread Men with Karen & Sophie
Below are some great recipes to use with your children
Below you can follow the link to the BBC site, which has some great recipes and ideas of cooking with children.
BBC Children’s cooking recipes
How about growing some food!
P.E.
KEEPING FIT
Keeping fit using a Ball with Gail
Balloon Keepy Uppy with Kirsty
DANCING
Strictly Come Dancing at Kingsdown – the Samba with Ellen
Learn the Shrek dance with Oti Mabuse
YOGA
At Kingdown we really enjoy our Yoga, use the links below to join in some of our Cosmic Kids Yoga sessions
Colonel Crockles the Crocodile | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
Yoga with Avanti – January 2021
SCIENCE
Click the links below for the:
British Science Week – Chromatography Flowers
Science Ice experiment with Amanda
Making a Frozen Sun Catcher with Karen & Sophie
Making a bath bomb – with Lisa & Tom
Mixing Milk & Washing up liquid – with Cara
Making a glitter Jar – with Debbie
Mini Professors – Skittle Rainbow
How to make paint ice cubes with Katie
How to make a Lava Lamp with Katie & Ewan
Learning Body Parts with Katie
Learning Body Parts with Katie – part 2
SENSORY
ATTENTION BUCKETS
Click on the links below to watch some sessions with attention buckets you can use at home
Tac Pac demonstration with Lorna and Holly
What’s in the bag – Attention bucket with Poppy
What’s in the dark room box – Attention bucket with Emma
Dark Room Attention Bucket 2 with Emma
What’s in Emma’s attention bucket?
Attention Bucket 2 – with Emma
Nursery Rhymes in a bag – with Donna
More nursery rhymes in a bag with Donna
SENSORY IDEAS AT HOME
Bear hunt sensory tray instructions
Creative sensory walk activities
How to make a sensory bag with Hannah
Making a Sensory Tray with Lisa-Marie
Taste safe playdough – with Becky
STORY MASSAGE
story massage chinese new year story
story massage chinese-new-year-2021
Story Massage – Hero with Poppy
Story Massage with Ceilidh and Dee
SENSORY STORIES
Below are our videos of the Sensory Stories you can use at home, there are also information sheets with the written words, actions and resources you can use to support you.
Music & Movement script for – Into the Jungle –
Harry The Hiccupping Hedgehog with Jacqui
THE BIG CELEBRATION with Deanne
The Big Celebration supporting documents part 1
The Big Celebration supporting documents part 2
The Cloud supporting documents
Bubbles supporting documentation
The Beach supporting documents
Below are some techniques you can use with your children to calm the mind and relax the body
Sensory Stories and resources from Oak National Acadamy
Oak National Academy resources
DONNA BOYGLE , Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner.
Click the links below for some great ideas and information to use at home.
Vestibular Movement by Donna Boygle
ART
Taste Safe Paints – with Becky
Making an Origami Cat with Mel
Making a Friendship Bracelet – with Kirsty
Ice Painting with Katie – part 1
Ice Painting with Katie – part 2
Painting Patterns and Numbers with Lisa
Making flour hand prints with Claire
Creating paintbrush lockdown activity
Creating with Spaghetti Brushes
No Mess – Painting part 1 with Donna
No Mess – Painting part 2 with Donna
PARENT INFORMATION
Providing remote education information to parents
Links for sensory ideas from Donna Boygle
Toileting and Sensory Processing
Safety within the Home advice sheet
Helping children with additional needs cope with difficult emotions
Absconding and Wandering advice sheet
think u know – parents Support tools home activity worksheets
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