Worried about losing progress over the summer holidays?
Everyone struggles to maintain learning if it is not continued over extended periods of time. The summer holidays, although fantastic in many ways and a well-deserved break, does allow for a significant period where learning can be lost. This is true for all children, but especially for those with additional needs. They may lose time with specialised teachers or professionals, and this may cause parents and carers to worry about their progress.
The image demonstrates the different Teach Me Too series and each of the video resources within each series.
Teach Me Too’s resources are FREE to everyone, and available whenever you need them. They provide teaching on vast swathes of the Early Years curriculum in the UK. Not only this, but the teaching provided is specialised for children and young people with Down’s syndrome and supports those with special education needs. Where our children are missing specialised teaching over the holiday, this is a fantastic alternative way to receive this education.
Taught by and created alongside specialist teachers and speech and language therapists, Teach Me Too’s resources are made for the early years of development. It helps to provide the crucial education those with SEN require to build the foundation of their learning. It has been created with multiple needs in mind, including for those without speech. To read more about why we still use the written word to help instruct non-verbal children, see our blog on the subject.
There’s more coming soon in Teach Me Too, with developments in the Mathematics series (using money raised by the Oarsome Maths Mission from July 2024). We are always keen to hear from you about what you want more of, so if you have anything you’d like us to cover in Teach Me Too, do get in touch.
And the resources really work. Louise Pennington, Professional Development Lead at the Oxford University Press wrote of our Maths resources:
“These videos are very engaging and provide carefully constructed opportunities for children to join in with fun maths activities time and time again.
Numicon can be used to support learning from Pre-School to Year 6 and beyond. It makes numbers and their relationships visible – therefore supporting progress within the Early Years and Primary Maths curriculum by making abstract concepts appear concrete. “
For more advanced learners, or for those questions that you are not sure how to answer, Learning for Life is also available. Moving away from the skills in Teach Me Too, Learning for Life is RSE based, providing ways to learn about appropriate and inappropriate actions, privacy, puberty, safety, and emotions. There will be more Learning for Life series being released in the coming months, so stay tuned for those.