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Session 3 - Communication and support

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Your session goals
Communicator
Communicator 20%
Disability Awareness
Disability Awareness 25%

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Session summary

Learn braille and fingerspelling and give spelling your name a try.

Safety message

  • Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
  • Activities start when the first person arrives and end when the last person leaves, including leaders and their children.
  • Remember to review your risk assessment to ensure you have enough adults, which may be more than the minimum ratio.
  • Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.

Activities

Lumpy bumpy name game

25 mins

Learn and practise braille. Can you spell your name and read someone else’s?

  • Meets
  • Requirement 4
  • Meets
  • Requirement 3.a

Learn to fingerspell your name

25 mins

Practice fingerspelling the alphabet and your name, then try a fingerspelling bee!

  • Meets
  • Requirement 3.a

Preparation

Equipment

  • A4 paper
  • Air-drying clay
  • Device with access to the internet
  • Copies of the fingerspelling alphabets (optional)
  • Access to a printer (optional)

Resources

Braille alphabet

PDF - 171.0KB

Hello, my name is

PDF - 249.1KB

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