At a time of the year, winter has its own charm of holiday vibe and cozy times. The Winter season can also be a challenging time for parents with special needs children. Keeping kids busy may need some fresh ideas and many traditional winter activities may make special needs children feel left out, nevertheless, they can still feel safe and comfortable if parents choose activities to explore their options.
To handle learners with special needs at home, parents can choose simple winter activities to make winter days enjoyable.
5 effortless activities for parents with special needs children to try on –
Indoor fort
Making a DIY fort is always a fun activity. Depending upon how much help your child needs let them get actively involved in making the fort. Gather blankets, sheets, pillows, and get creative with your kids to create a magical experience. Decorations are an add-on to this experience, with twinkly lights, the indoor fort looks more fascinating. You can even add some snacks, read books,or even make storytelling a part of this whole experience. Let the kids decide what they want to do.
Cooking
Getting your kids involved in cooking is a classic idea to help children learn about basic life skills. Plus cooking can be an engaging activity where you don't really need to put any extra effort to plan much. You can simply decide on what kind of task your child can handle easily.
It can be dipping pretzels in chocolate, sprinkling cookies, or can be just passing ingredients. Cooking also helps the child to feel close to the parents and can allow them a sense of truth when you give them a task and appreciate their effort.
Festive Decorating
Winter season is also a celebration time. Christmas, new year and holidays. Many people enjoy decorating their house during this time of the year. Involve your children and ask them to lend a hand in decorating your house for the holidays – this can be an excellent way to practice fine motor skills, also if they cannot help you much physically, ask them to share ideas on how to decorate to allow their imagination to flow –let them feel accomplished and proud in sharing their ideas.
Movie
Watching movies is all-time favorite for both adults and children. This is another classic smooth and effortless activity that suits all. In winter, movie time with popcorn and hot chocolate can be a relaxing family time for everyone to enjoy especially on those cold days.
Practice Crafts
Craft activities can enhance creative things as well as motor skills within special needs children. With age-appropriate crafting activities, children can have a fun time doing. Plus they can focus on doing what they like. To make it synced with season children can choose a theme that winter inspired. They can also make gift cards for family members, friends, and other relatives.
Takeaway For Parents
Winter season is also a time where that comes witha break in the usual routine. A lot of the time this gets children with special needs out of their comfort zone. To keep their nervous system calm, fun activities are always the easiest way to navigate the holiday season. Just modify the activities to their ages and skill levels sure they can enjoy learning something new with you while having fun.
You can even ask their special education teacher about some suggestions to make it more relevant and inspire learning experience with winter activities. Additionally, to know how to best handle learners with special needs, Special Education Courses can create a solid foundation to understand and meet the needs of your special needs child.
Written By : Shivangi Chakraborty
