Information and guidance for children and families
- Government Advice on supporting vulnerable children and your people during Covid 19
- Changes to national restrictions and school closures January 2020
Tools and support for children, young people and families to support home isolation
- Looking after your child or young persons mental health
- Video on ways to support neuro-diverse children in challenging times
- Ideas for calming a child with Autism
- A framework to guide decision making around alternative education and provisions during Covid 19
- Amaze are offering a helpline for information and advice open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Call 01273 772289
- Sensory Stuck at Home – A facebook group with suggested activities
- Back to School kit by widget – signage, wayfinding and personal care around a socially distanced school environment as well as well-being and mental health resources to assist children returning to school after such a major disruption to their normal day-to-day lives.
- Resources to support children and young people manage their mental health
- Children’s exercise to support self regulation
Resources and activities to support home isolation
- Wellbeing activities for children and young people
- Creative prompts for children
- Making Musical Instruments from rubbish, an illustrated guide by Peter Quinnell
- Live Making Workshops with Towner Gallery
- Hands and feet game – a movement game based on tracing hands and feet
- Making a musical shaker from Nature
- Painting with objects
- Make your own paintbrushes
- Letter Writing Prompts Available as PDF downloads or sent by post. Letter received will be included in an exhibition in 2021
- Making Clean Mud – a sensory activity
- Making sensory rice
- Making Flubber – a sensory activity
- Creative collage with the Manchester Art Gallery
- Inside / Outside – woven paintings project
- Puppet making – This resource includes a video, a materials list and a straightforward how-to list of steps outlined and illustrated clearly
- Making Patterns – No special materials needed + Accompanying Worksheet to support adults to introduce the activity
- Connecting with nature – wellbeing activity
- Art Activities for primary school aged children
Want to discuss these issues in more detail? Join us for a Peer Support Network virtual meet up.
Image: Art Breaks Studio