The first thing we advise is to take these days of confinement with lots of relaxation, it is not advisable to want to do many things but rather to participate jointly in each of the activities that the day requires, taking advantage of those moments that we often do not have for involve our children in all household chores This will allow us to do our homework while teaching our children simple tasks such as get dressed, make the bed, set the table, cook, take a good nap, undress, put on a washing machine... We believe that all these activities can integrate almost the 80 % of the time of day So we don't have to massify activities, because we believe it can be more stressful than relaxing, and we want stability, relaxation, and tranquility to be part of our daily routine with our children.
Here we leave some activity ideas that some are integrated into our daily habits and others we can enrich for our children with disabilities.
Take a good bath: integrate a moment into the day with water apart from offering the daily hygiene that a child needs, is an activity relaxing and generally motivates and entertains our children with autism. Water activities can be enriched by including objects from the kitchen, clay, even flour to enrich the sensory experience and extend this enjoyable activity for our children. Don't forget to make foam While we fill the bath, it can also be a good time to integrate smells in the bathroomoo for get into itand share that water game.
Read stories: On many occasions we have shared with you the great wealth of sharing a moment of tranquility in a specific space with adequate materials and being able to establish that communication and that moment of interaction through the stories, photos or anything else that your child finds attractive.
Making puppets: to be able to make puppets of their own favorite characters can enrich and increase your attention we emphasize again the fact that not complicating the activities, We can play hide and find the puppets, make them fly, cover them with a blanket, have them choose one... or simply let the children show us what they would do with them and establish imitation. of what they do as a mirror, that can be a good tool to connect with them without having very pretentious goals that later frustrate us.
Make Home Videos or Funny Photos: The digital tool is a unique tool in motivating children and can be a great way to share various moments with our children, and they will also remain as memories of this experience and they will surely capture the attention of our children, we can introduce costumes, hats, I dress up as something the child likes...
Music: We believe it is essential to integrate music into all the dynamics of the day, such as daily thread and driver of a calm, stimulating, and fun dynamic during all these days of confinement. We can think of several interesting dynamics: The first of them is simply Play their favorite music and share listening and expressiveness with themWe can also use music as a dance activity, choreography movement. We can even use music as Relaxation moments, in the bathroom, before going to sleep to lower activity levels and help reduce anxiety levels from not being able to leave the house.
Introduce objects into the environment: balloons, soap bubbles, paper airplanes They are objects that can give us very fun dynamics and a bit of movement in these somewhat more stagnant days that we have ahead of us.
Pillow fight and tickling cannot be missing in more family dynamics.
We can also surprise our children with a Changing furniture, makeshift cabins with sheets can be very stimulating and can create an attractive and entertaining space.
Watch Old Family Videos: Photos can be a good time to share with the family and sometimes it is even more attractive than other people's videos and so we change the digital dynamics for something that enriches the moment more and gives it variety.
Massage: It's a good time to physically relax the bodyor, take a good cream, good oil and do a sensory massage measuring the pressure of each of the children so that it is to their liking, we recommend that this massage be near bedtime ideally after bathing to help you relax before going to bed.
It is very important throughout the day too balance all these activitiesyes, with the leisure always supervised but it is also important that they have time to do what they like and what regulates their sensory and emotional well-being. Use all the rooms in the house because the spatial change is also rich and helps that it is very important throughout the day also to balance all these activities to have a feeling more dynamic of all these activities, including changes of space such as sitting on the floor or standing can give great variety to these activities.