To Be Me Fit For Life
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To Be Me Fit For Life
To Be Me Fit for Life A CCEA Publication © 2009 A practical resource to support the Personal Development and Mutual Understanding (PDMU) Area of Learning in the Northern Ireland Curriculum The To Be Me (Personal Development and Mutual Understanding) thematic unit for Key Stage 1 pupils with severe learning difficulties (SLD) aims to provide teachers with support in beginning the planning, teaching and assessing of PDMU within the Northern Ireland Curriculum. This resource is comprised of six sub-units • Fit for Life • Let’s Get Moving • Home is Where the Heart is • Feast for the Senses • Straight from the Heart • Let’s Get Together It details suggested learning activities and methodologies which will assist teachers in developing children’s personal, emotional, social and health needs at the very earliest stages of development. It includes links to the Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Framework, the cross curricular skills of Communication, Using Mathematics and Using ICT. The resource also connects to the Areas of Learning where appropriate and incorporates the principles of Assessment for Learning. Strand 1 Personal Understanding and Health Themselves and their Personal Attributes Begin to recognise uniqueness and value personal qualities and abilities Their Own and Others’ Feelings and Emotions Begin to recognise and manage some feelings Keeping Healthy and Safe Begin to recognise some aspects of a healthy lifestyle Strand 2 Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community Similarities and Differences Begin to recognise differences in each other Learning to Live as a Member of a Community Begin to understand their role in the classroom community Relationships with Family and Friends Begin to understand the relationships within a family Similarities and Differences Begin to recognise differences Writers Anna Woznica, Lisanally School, Armagh Helen Stewart, Tor Bank School, Dundonald Stephanie Anderson, Tor Bank School, Dundonald Caroline Currie, Lisanally School, Armagh Resource Sheet in this booklet Skills listed on a light pink background are Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Skills listed on a dark pink background are Cross Curricular Skills To Be Me Fit for Life Curriculum Objective To develop the young person as an individual Key Experiences Explore who they are Recognise what they can do Develop their health Learning Intentions Pupils will have opportunities to: • recognise and name some of the features of their body; and • identify some features which help them to keep clean and healthy. Progress in Learning I am starting to: • understand what makes up the different parts of my body; • understand the importance of keeping clean and healthy; • become aware of the need to eat healthily; and • become aware of some of the things that make me feel unwell. To Be Me Fit For Life Success Criteria Pupils will: • become aware of how their body works; • recognise basic hygiene skills; and • become aware of the need for healthy eating. Attitudes and Dispositions Personal responsibility Self-confidence Curiosity Flexibility Tolerance Openness to new ideas Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities Self-Management 1 Key Question What can I do with my body? Bodies in Motion Play some music and encourage your pupils to move around – dancing, wiggling, twirling. Use music of different tempos and styles to help encourage interest. Provide opportunities for them to watch themselves through the use of mirrors or by setting up over-head projectors/using torches to create shadows. You could also take videos of them moving and allow them to watch these at a later stage – this may lead to the development of simple self-reflection. 2 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Be aware of personal strengths, limitations and interests Cross Curricular Skills: Communication Use non-verbal means to express ideas and engage with the listener Communication Listen to and take part in discussions You will need: Begin to shape their movements by first copying your pupils and then by encouraging them to imitate your actions (another adult may physically guide or prompt if necessary). You should model large movements (such as jumping or stretching) as well as smaller movements (such as waving your hands or nodding your head). Ensure that each pupil experiences some level of success. Seek advice from occupational therapists and physiotherapists about suitable movement games for pupils with physical and/or sensory needs. To Be Me Fit for Life • Music of different tempos • A stereo • Torches • A projector • A video camera 3 Key Question What are the different parts of my body called? You will need: Resource 1: Songs and Rhymes 1 Resource 2: Songs and Rhymes 2 Resource 3: Visual Lyrics Resource 4: Action Instructions • A camera • Dolls/figures/ body-based construction toys Head and Shoulders Using the songs in Resources 1–2 for ideas, together sing songs that focus on our bodies. Action songs will help sustain interest and motivation. Resource 3 includes some examples of ways to present lyrics to your pupils using pictographs and ideographs. Once your pupils are familiar with the songs, start to name the body parts and actions as they are performed. Work towards encouraging them to follow specific instructions (for example stamp your feet, clap your hands). Use Resource 4 if you would like to show these instructions pictorially. Take photos of each pupil engaged in the song and dance activities and include them in a class display. Discuss the photos with them and ask them to describe what they were doing. Encourage them to use simple verbs (for example jumping, waving, stomping). To encourage consolidation work at home, you could also send copies of the photographs home to parents with copies of the words of the songs (choosing a few well known nursery rhymes to begin with). 4 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Manage behaviour in a range of situations Cross Curricular Skills: Communication Listen to and take part in discussions and explanations Using ICT Access information Dolls and Figures Draw attention to the names of body parts as the pupils explore a range of body-based construction toys (for example Duplo, Popoids, etc.) or when playing with baby dolls, action figures, stuffed toys, etc. Mix and Match Together, play matching games to consolidate the names and locations of their body parts. For example, visit www.dltk-cards.com/ dominos/dominos2.asp to build a dominoes game (click on ‘Other Themes’ and then ‘Body Parts’). To provide your pupils with some ICT experiences, allow them to mix and match body parts of favourite characters on Balamory To Be Me Fit for Life at www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory/plum/ misfits/misfits.shtml. You could also make an interactive Snap game using the Literacy Activity Builder application, which is on C2K. Finally, consider creating an interactive jigsaw puzzle or slowly revealing picture using photographs of your pupils. Switch-It Maker on the C2K network will allow you to create mouse, switch or touch-screen activated puzzles. Encourage anticipation by asking questions such as ‘Where is his leg?’ or ‘Will we see his eyes next?’ as each piece of the picture appears. For instructions visit: http://c2kschoolbox.granada-learning.com/ pdf/downloadsSEN/ideas_switchitmaker_ activity.pdf 5 Key Question What are the different parts of my face called? My Face Using mirrors or a web camera, allow your pupils to make faces at themselves. If they need encouragement, have an adult sit opposite and initiate a game of copycat where the adult sticks out their tongue, wriggles their nose, etc., and the pupil attempts to copy the expression. Note that the adult’s movements will need to be exaggerated. Licking chocolate spread or jam from around the mouth will encourage tongue movement, and using face paints or stickers on the adult may encourage the pupils to focus more readily on specific facial features. In time, swap the roles so that the adult copies the pupil’s expression and movements. When appropriate, introduce the names of facial features and encourage your pupils to perform certain actions, for example touching their ears or nose. Alternatively, you could use action songs and rhymes from Resource 2 for this. 6 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Focus, sustain attention and persist with tasks You will need: Cross Curricular Skills: Communication Communicate Information Resource 2: Songs and Rhymes 2 Communication Use non-verbal methods to express ideas • Mirrors or a web camera Using Mathematics Interpret information in mathematical formats • Images of faces • Puzzles of faces Using ICT Select and interpret information Pairs and Puzzles Provide your pupils with images of faces and together play matching games. These could be photographs of pupils and staff. When appropriate, encourage them to point to specific facial features as you name them, or have them separate images of their classmates from the selection of images. You could also cut images of the pupils’ faces to create simple jigsaw puzzles. Alternatively, you can purchase puzzles depicting faces and expressions from educational catalogues. When appropriate, introduce colour vocabulary and encourage your pupils to use these words to describe the hair and eye colours they see in the photographs. You can make links to Mathematics and Numeracy by creating a simple graph. Place different eye colours along the horizontal axis and encourage your pupils to stick their photo above the correct colour. This may help consolidate comparative vocabulary and develop counting skills. You can make links to Language and Literacy for pupils by using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). Place photographs of classmates and staff into the PECS books and work towards the pupil being able to find the image of a person you name. For information on PECS, visit www.pecs.com and seek advice from the speech and language therapist. To Be Me Fit for Life 7 Key Question How many body parts and facial features do I have? Count Off Encourage your learners to count body parts, facial features, fingers, thumbs, etc. You could: • use a Mr. Potato Head doll and count the parts as they assemble/disassemble the doll; • make play dough people and then cut off limbs or add limbs to count (you can find recipes for play dough on page 87 of CCEA’s Learning Through Play folder); • sing or recite counting songs/ rhymes about body parts, like those in Resource 2; and • allow them to make hand and foot prints and then count the fingers and toes. This could also lead to comparative work on size. 8 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Focus, sustain attention and persist with tasks Cross Curricular Skills: Using Mathematics Use mathematical knowledge Using Mathematics Develop methods and strategies Communication Use an expanding language You will need: You can make links to The Arts by: • creating life-size body outlines on wallpaper; painting, colouring or collaging inside the outlines; and drawing, counting and naming body parts/facial features as you go (be aware of pupils who may swallow buttons or eat the glue when collaging); and • creating an interactive wall display of photos of each pupil and handprints of each pupil. Cover each photo with a flap of paper that can be lifted. Connect the photo to its respective hand with a coloured piece of string. Then allow your pupils to guess whose handprint it is, follow the string to the photo, lift the flap and discover the owner. To Be Me Fit for Life Resource 2: Songs and Rhymes 2 • Dolls/figures that you can assemble (such as Mr. Potato Head) • Play dough • Paints • Paint trays large enough for pupils to stand in or paint laden sponges large enough to press hands in • Paper • Wallpaper • Collage materials • String 9 Key Question What must I do to keep clean? Clean Routines You will need: Resource 2: Songs and Rhymes 2 • Basins Introduce face washing after mealtimes. To establish the routine, make particularly messy foods available (such as jam or chocolate spread on toast). Encouraging your pupils to look in the mirror while washing can help them to develop independence in face washing. Using the song about face washing on Resource 2 may also be useful in reinforcing the routine. • Wash cloths • Plastic dolls • Washing liquid • A range of home cleaning equipment Art activities provide another ideal opportunity to introduce the idea of keeping clean and healthy. Encourage your pupils to wash their hands and/or feet after art lessons, phasing out transitioning cues and physical assistance over time. • A range of personal hygiene equipment Establish hygiene routines throughout the day. For example, encourage hand washing after outdoor play, before mealtimes and after using the toilet. If teeth cleaning is part of your school’s programme to develop self-help skills, ensure a consistent and predictable routine is followed daily. Using toothbrushes with pictures of their favourite TV characters may help increase your pupils’ motivation. Singing songs about tooth brushing, like those in Resource 2, may also help consolidate the learning with your pupils. A symbol-supported PowerPoint presentation showing the stages of tooth brushing is available on www.symbolworld.org/learning/life_ skills/pse/index.htm 10 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Set personal targets and review them Cross Curricular Skill: Communication Listen to and take part in discussions, explanations, role-plays and presentations Resources and advice for parents about teeth brushing are available at www.colegate.co.uk and www.aquafresh.co.uk Role Play Consolidate the idea of washing and keeping clean through role-play activities. For example, allow your pupils to wash dolls in the house corner using a selection of basins, plastic dolls, cloths/sponges and soaps. Reinforce the body part names during the activity. You can make links to The World Around Us by allowing your pupils to sort the items we use to clean ourselves (face cloths, sponges, toothbrushes, etc.) from things we use to clean the house (dustpan and brush, scouring pad, feather duster, etc.). Ensure that any household items are thoroughly clean or, preferably, new. You can make links to Language and Literacy by reading aloud fiction books including ‘I Don’t Want to Wash My Hands’ by Tony Ross and ‘Smile Crocodile Smile’ by An Vrombaut. Non-fiction titles could include ‘Healthy Teeth’ by Angela Royston and ‘Why Wash?’ by Claire Llewellyn and Mike Gordon. To Be Me Fit for Life 11 Key Question What must I do to keep healthy? You will need: Sorting healthy from unhealthy foods may be too advanced for this age group. However, reinforcing how fruits and vegetables can make our bodies strong is important. We, therefore, recommend that you provide fruits and vegetables as part of healthy break time snacks along with milk and water to drink. Feely Fun Familiarise your pupils with different fruits and vegetables by providing lots of opportunities to handle and smell them. You could, for example, place either real or plastic ones into the water tray and allow your pupils to wash them using soft brushes, etc. You can make links to Physical Education and help develop their fine motor skills and hand/eye coordination by providing opportunities to cut soft fruit or vegetables in the house corner using toy cutlery or butter knives on chopping boards. Ensure they have the support of an adult for this. As this is a messy activity, it provides a good opportunity to reinforce the need to wash hands before and after handling food. Resource 5: Shopping with Money Resource 6: Like/Dislike Cards • A selection of real fruits and vegetables • Plastic fruits and vegetables • Toy cutlery/dull butter knives • Food magazines • Paints and paper • Hoops • Clothing and supplies to play shopkeeper You can make links to The Arts by allowing your class to cut out pictures from food magazines and stick them onto paper plates. Alternatively, together make interesting print shapes using chopped vegetables and paints on paper. They may need an adult’s support for these activities. 12 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities: Manage behaviour in a range of tasks Focus, sustain attention and persist with tasks Cross Curricular Skills: Communication Communicate information, ideas opinions, feelings and imaginings, using an expanding vocabulary Using Mathematics Read, interpret, organise and present information in mathematical formats Taste and See Tasting is a fun way to familarise your pupils with a range of fruits and vegetables. Before you cut them up for the tasting activity, allow your pupils to touch and smell the fruits and vegetables. Include foods they may not be familiar with, for example kiwi fruit, pineapples, coconuts, fennel, sweet potatoes, and dragon fruits. Note that some pupils may be more willing to try a food if it is mashed or pureed. Jarred baby foods might be useful in these instances. As they each taste a food, model descriptive language and encourage them to indicate their preferences. Important Note: Do not use foods that your pupils are allergic to or have an intolerance to. You can make links to Mathematics and Numeracy by creating a simple graph of favourite fruits and vegetables. Simply place a picture of each food along the horizontal axis and allow your pupils to place their own photo or some other marker above the foods they liked. To Be Me Fit for Life You can also have them sort their likes and dislikes into two different hoops. Use the visuals in Resource 6 to label each hoop as ‘Like’ and ‘Dislike’. You could also provide your pupils with a photo of their final sorted hoops to discuss or reflect upon later. Other sorting activities could include sorting by colour, shape (round/elongated). This could lead to the development of counting skills. You can make links to Mathematics and Numeracy and Communication by setting up a small greengrocer’s shop. Use real or plastic fruit and vegetables, aprons, paper hats/hair nets, cash registers with money, bags and boxes. Allowing your pupils to count out the food items and place them into bags/ boxes will consolidate important mathematical skills. Model the social interchange between customer and shopkeeper by verbally asking for fruits or using symbols, photos or the PECS, where appropriate. You could also introduce the idea of money exchange, if appropriate, by providing your pupils with Resource 5 and having them set the appropriate number of real coins on top of their resource sheet. You can find printable coins at www.senteacher. org/worksheet/11/games.xhtml 13 Key Question Who can help me if I’m sick? You will need: Role Play Talk to your pupils about sickness and encourage them to share any times that they were unwell. Did they have to go to the doctor or hospital? If so, what did they see there? Cut off the bottom and top flaps of large cardboard boxes and paint them to look like ambulances. Attach straps to the sides and encourage your pupils to stand in these boxes with the straps over their shoulders and pretend to be ambulances. Encourage them to move about the room or outside and make the sound of the ambulance as they stop to help people. Matching Resource 7: Healthy Pairs Resource 2: Songs and Rhymes 2 • Large cardboard boxes and straps • Paints • Dolls/figures • Play doctor’s equipment and costumes • Paper, pens and clipboards. Make two copies of Resource 7. Laminate one to create a ‘board’ and cut out the cards on the other copy. Then allow your pupils to try to match their card to the correct space on the ‘board’. You can make links to The World Around Us by setting up a small hospital/doctor’s office role play area. Alternatively, simply provide the themed equipment in your house corner. Model the sorts of tasks doctors and nurses perform (for example listen through a stethoscope, bandage someone, write prescriptions, record information on a chart, etc.) and encourage your pupils to practise on you, each other or dolls/figures. Remember to reinforce the names of body parts regularly during the role play. 14 To Be Me Fit for Life Thinking Skill and Personal Capability: Manage behaviour in a range of tasks Cross Curricular Skill: Communication Listen to and take part in discussions, explanations, role-plays and presentations Inviting the school nurse to the classroom to spend time with the pupils and build relationships might also make any future appointments easier. You can make links to Language and Literacy by providing copies of and reading aloud themed books, including ‘I Don’t Want to Go to Hospital’ by Tony Ross, ‘Do I Have to Go to Hospital?’ by Pat Thomas and Lesley Harker, and ‘Going to the Doctor’ by Usborne First Experiences. You could also sing the two doctor-themed songs on Resource 2, using props where possible. To Be Me Fit for Life 15 Songs and Rhymes 1 Song 1 If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it And you really want to show it, If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands. … stamp your feet … nod your head ... do all 3! Resource 1 Song 2 (Tune: Skip to My Loo) Clap hands, follow me, Clap hands, follow me, Clap hands, follow me, Who’ll be the leader next time? Stamp feet, follow Jane … Jump high, follow Gita … ‘Clap hands, follow me’ by Sue Nicholls from the book Bobby Shaftoe © copyright 1992 A&C Black Ltd. Reproduced by permission. Song 3 When all the cows were sleeping And the sun had gone to bed, Up jumped the scarecrow And this is what he said! “I’m a dingle, dangle scarecrow With a flippy floppy hat. I can shake my hands like this And shake my feet like that”. Song 4 When all the hens were roosting And the moon behind the cloud, Up jumped the scarecrow And shouted very loud! “I’m a dingle, dangle scarecrow With a flippy floppy hat I can shake my hands like this And shake my feet like that”. ‘Hand upon your head’ by Sue Nicholls from the book Bobby Shaftoe © copyright 1992 A&C Black Ltd. Reproduced by permission. When the dogs were in the kennels And the doves were in the loft, Up jumped the scarecrow And whispered very soft! “I’m a dingle, dangle scarecrow With a flippy floppy hat I can shake my hands like this And shake my feet like that”. (Tune: Jelly on the Plate) Hand upon your head, hand upon your head Up and down, up and down Hand upon your head Elbow on your knee … Foot upon the floor … Rhyme 2 Hands on shoulders, hands on knees, Hands behind you if you please. Touch your tummy, now your nose, Now your chin and now your toes. Hands way high up in the air, Down again, wait! Touch your hair! Hands up high just as before, Now clap your hands—1,2,3,4! Rhyme 1 I wiggle my fingers, I wiggle my toes. I wiggle my shoulders, I wiggle my nose. Now all the wiggles are out of me, I’ll sit as still as I can be 16 To Be Me Fit for Life Songs and Rhymes 2 Resource 2 Song 1 Song 2 Song 3 Song 4 (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat) Brush, brush, brush your teeth. Keep them clean each day. Then you’ll have a pretty smile, And healthy teeth all day. Song 6 Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. And eyes and ears and mouth and nose. Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. (Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) This is the way we wash our face, Wash our face, wash our face. This is the way we wash our face, On a cold and frosty morning. 12345 once I caught a fish alive, 678910 then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so! Which finger did it bite? This little finger on the right! (Tune: Twinkle Twinkle) Got my toothpaste, got my brush, I won’t hurry, I won’t rush. Making sure my teeth are clean, Front and back and in between. When I brush for quite a while, I will have a happy smile! Song 5 Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick, So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick. The doctor came with his bag and his hat, And he knocked on the door with a rat-atat-tat. He looked at the dolly and he shook his head, He said ‘Miss Polly put her straight to bed.’ He wrote on the paper for a pill, pill, pill, ‘I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.’ Rhyme 1 Rhyme 2 Brush, brush, brush your teeth, ‘Til they’re shiny bright. They’ll by healthy, they’ll be strong, If you treat them right. 15 little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head! Mummy called the doctor And the doctor said, ‘No more monkeys jumping on the bed!’ I have 10 little fingers and 10 little toes, 2 little arms and 1 little nose. 1 little mouth and 2 little ears, 2 little eyes for smiles and tears. 1 little head and 2 little feet, 1 little chin, That’s me, complete! To Be Me Fit for Life 2 little eyes to look around, 2 little ears to hear each sound, 1 little nose to smell what’s sweet, 1 little mouth that likes to eat! 17 Visual Lyrics Resource 3 Clap your hands and wiggle your fingers Clap your hands and wiggle your fingers Clap your hands and wiggle your fingers Now we’ve made a pattern Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com ‘Clap your hands and wriggle your fingers’ by Sue Nicholls from the book Bobby Shaftoe © copyright 1992 A&C Black Ltd. Reproduced by permission. 18 Tap your knees and blink your eyelids Tap your knees and blink your eyelids Tap your knees and blink your eyelids Now we’ve made a pattern To Be Me Fit for Life Visual Lyrics Resource 3 the floor and nod your head Bang the floor and nod your head Bang the floor and nod your head Now we’ve made a pattern Rub your hands and shake your shoulders Rub your hands and shake your shoulders Rub your hands and shake your shoulders Now we’ve made a pattern To Be Me Fit for Life Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com Bang 19 Action Instructions Resource 4 clap hands Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com touch 20 ear point finger touch nose wave blink To Be Me Fit for Life Shopping with Money Resource 5 Using real coins or coins printed on paper, pupils can use this sheet to count out money to ‘buy’ these items. 3 2 To Be Me Fit for Life 6 8 Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com Images of coins are © Crown copyright 4 21 Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com Like/Dislike Cards 22 Resource 6 like dislike love don’t like yum yum yuk To Be Me Fit for Life Healthy Pairs Resource 7 Make two copies of this sheet. Laminate one. Cut out the cards on the other. Then play pairs by matching the loose cards to the laminated card. Mayer Johnson PCS Symbols © Mayer Johnson LLC contact Widgit Software www.widgit.com To Be Me Fit for Life 23 To Be Me Fit for Life A CCEA Publication © 2009