Morning circle, activity for those who have multiple disabilities.

Morning circle, activity for those who have multiple disabilities.

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  GOOD MORNING ANDGOOD BYE CIRCLE IN THE UK. We saw in Uk (The Brooks on Broadwaters school) an activity called The Morning and Goodbya Circle, performed every day with those who face severe and profound learning difficulties, and have motor impairment and the lack of communication and autonomy. In the Morning and Goodbye Circle children are encouraged to communicate in a variety of ways including vocalizing, facial expression, giving eye-contact, eye-pointing... These activities includes the following structure and sub-activities: • Register-time: responding to "who's here today?" and having their name called. Listening to and showing an awareness of/interest in others. • "Hello Song": greeting teacher, staff and peers, also saying hello in home language. • Responding to "how are you today?". • News from home: looking at home-school books ans sharing news. • Songs that focus on names. During the Goodbye circle we focus on the following activities: Reflecting on the activities of the day (daily) and how the children have been (reading the home school diaries). Children have the opportunity to communicate how they are feeling in the moment using their preferred means of communication. Favourite action songs and rhymes. Goodby song.
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  GOOD MORNING CIRCLEIN AREMI SCHOOL. Up until the moment we discovered this activity in London, we decided to modify a similar activity carried out in our school, in the classroom of the little one's. During this activty we perform a similar structure seen in the UK: • Everybody is situated in a Circle, so everybody is able to look their peers and teacher's face. • We did a song to wish a good day and to say good morning everybody. During the song the children have to clap their hands (we help those who can't do it alone). • Everybody says hello and good mourning. • Those who are learning reading and writing skills are the responsibles of saying if everybody is at school. As well as choose the day of the week. • Then we look at the window to realise what's the weather like and then we read the menu. • We finish the activity informing the activities of the day.
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  With these activitieswe want our children to achieve the following aims: • To listen and respond, to focus visual/aural attention. • To sustain attention and respond with relevant verbal/non-verbal "comments" . • To initiate communication and interaction with others.
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  • To listenwith enjoyment to the morning and good bye song. • To enhance the relationship between peers. • To inform everybody we are in the school and starts a new day (is very helpfull for those who have multiple disabilities). • To work reading and writing skills in a funny and pedagogical way. • To work concepts such us: food, weather, days of the week... • To work and learn through listening and performing songs.