Potato wedges picture recipe

This picture recipe for potato wedges can be downloaded from My Box net.

Dance!

Chris Pavia features in the Mencap's 20 inspirational people with a learning disability.
Chris is a professional dancer with the Stop Gap Dance company.

Stop Gap are an intergrated dance company and include dancers with physical and learning disabilities. They recently toured a show Trespass. The company also do a lot of educational work. They are based in the south of England .

wheelchair symbol:ARASAAC

Wheel chair dance

Wheel chair dancing recently feature on BBC Three with the series

Dancing on Wheels. This BBC page has information and links about wheelchair dancing.


Wheel Chair dancing a 5 minute film on

Teachersmedia shows the pupils at Lancasterian School training for the national Wheelchair Dance Association Festival.

Teachers TV view the archive

All the 3,500 Teachers TV videos are now available at Teachersmedia. The videos are only available to view in the UK.

Viewpoint Hotlist 2011

Viewpoint Hotlist 2011, a set by Mencap's photos on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Following news that just 1% of the British public can name someone who has a learning disability, Viewpoint has highlighted 20 of the most inspirational public figures

Calm

Do you have a favourite calming video which you use in the classroom /sensory room?


The 2nd largest aquarium on You Tube is my favourite




I also like


Earth one video you need to see on You Tube

Free symbol resources

Geranium from ARASAAC PICTOGRAMS

ARASAAC PICTOGRAMS is a free set of symbols with an English index by Michael Hjort-Pedersen.They are hosted on this Spanish website and can be found in English below the Spanish download option.

Sclera Pictograms also offer free symbols.

Sclera Pictograms were developed in Belgium(find out more here) and are available in English.


see my other blog entries on symbol resources

I like vegetables!

This You Tube Video from Parry Gripp is a bit of fun.The lyrics are all about liking vegetables and would be suitable for an Entry level group studying Healthy Eating.

Times Goes Nowhere

Times Goes Nowhere by Jo Lane is showcased on BBC Film network
'Carer Janet's time with Tommy, a young man with low functioning autism, is drawing to a close as he transitions into adult services. Janet reminisces over their time together and sees the world through his eyes one more time before realising she needs to let go.' BBC OUCH!

Snap! Mencap Photography competition

Mencap run a photography competition every year . The theme is My World
The closing date is 30th June 2011.

Create! Art for Autism

Beechwood College are running an art competition with three categories covering 2d art, 3d art and digital media.
The competition is for young people age 11-25 with autism.
The closing date is 10th June 2011.

Visiting a farm to see cows and sheep

Here is a worksheet for a farm visit to see cows and sheep.
It can be downloaded from My Box net . The worksheet is suitable for students with a learning disability working at entry level.
Thanks to my colleague Gill for this worksheet.

child development

I have prepared a child development bingo covering age 0 - 3 which is available to download from my Box net. This resource is for use with a milestone 7- E1 class

the child development 0-3 bingo comes in Word format and PDF

there is a powerpoint with all the images which can be used as a calling card or used on the whiteboard (print in handout format)


Some of the pictures are taken from

Family life: the growing child

a basic skill(entry 2 -level 1) resource from

the Embedded learning Portal

There are some useful pages: Toys that children play with at different ages Crawling to walking

Resources for teaching adults with a learning disability.

Here is a list of some of my blog entries. You will find links to teaching resources suitable for young adults with a learning disability

• Bullying
• Citizenship
• Cleaning washing and ironing
• Community Action
• Food hygiene
• Gardening
• Health and safety
• Healthy eating
• Healthy living
• Internet safety
• Managing Money
• Personal hygiene
• Personal Safety
• Relationships
• Shopping
• Travel training
• Work skills

update April 2020 Try CK CLick  https://www.ckuk.org.uk/index.php/ck-learn/learn-about/

Another Gardening Resources

The Life Cycle of plants is a good resource to support the growth of seeds and how plants grow.
Thanks for this link from Talking Smartboards Celebrate Spring! which also has other nature resources
Also see my other blog entries on gardening

Teachers TV

The Guardian has a story today about the relaunch of Teachers TV as Schools World