Learning to be Buddies

My latest Learn to be Buddies news

A website, a card game, an edublog, a focus on supporting children with disabilities and ways you can be involved.

I have been neglecting my blog as I have been working on my website.  Make sure you visit www.learn2bebuddies.com.au to see what I have been doing in my absence . 

When I get going with my blog again, I want to focus on talking about the different types of disabilities and how they influence children’s interpretation of facial expressions and body language.  One of the key strategies for helping students who struggle with these things is the use of pictures and/or photos.

With my book I have designed the Feelings Game.  The game is a set of cards that represent four different emotions – happy, sad, angry and brave. Each of the four emotions is illustrated in three different ways. Each card can be printed off as many times as desired depending on the game you are playing or level of complexity relevant to your children.

There are a number of ways to use the cards. One way is to play “memory”, a matching game where children take turns selecting a pair of cards from the set that have been laid face down. If they find a matching pair they get to keep it. Other ideas are suggested in the document accompanying the cards.

Make sure you visit www.learn2bebuddies.com.au to have a look at the cards and for my introductory discussion of this topic.