Curriculum
Having Fun – The Sensory Way: Five Ideas to Have Fun at a Party!
Five familiar party games, reworked so that people with profound and multiple learning disabilities can take part, make choices and share the fun.
- 45 minutes
- 7 modules
- 1 CPD hour
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Adapt pass the parcel, musical statues and other party games for people with PMLD
- Build anticipation with your voice, counting and well-timed pauses
- Use a Big Mac or switch so a player can control the music
- Notice small responses, such as a look, a smile or a change in breathing
- Plan activities around the seven elements of the engagement profile
About this course
Pass the parcel isn't much fun if you can't tear the paper or hear the music stop. A few changes let people with PMLD play the party games everyone knows, with plenty to communicate about.
In sensory pass the parcel, every layer is a new texture, such as bubble wrap, foil or fur, and a Big Mac switch lets one player start the music for everyone. Musical statues can be run from a head switch, and there's a hiding game with a scarf, a star game and a cake nobody has to eat. Each game is linked to the seven elements of the engagement profile.
The ideas come from a special school teacher with 14 years of PMLD experience. Her story of a pupil who took five minutes to blow out his own candle is a good reason to wait before you help.
- For early career teachers, parents and 3 other roles. Early years and special.
7 modules
Open in order
- 4 min
Introduction
- 11 min
Sensory pass the parcel
- 6 min
Who is hiding?
- 7 min
Musical statues
- 8 min
The star game
- 11 min
Cake!
- 2 min
Wrap up