To move between the video series you can simply click on MY ACCOUNT in the top right-hand corner of every page. You will then see a member-only navigation bar. If the different series pages are not immediately obvious you may need to click on ‘Digital Products’ section to find the members area.

Alternatively, every page has picture buttons at the bottom to help you nip between the series with ease.

We also have a video which shows how to use the site, simply click here to watch.

There is no “starting point”. Think about what areas your learner needs extra support in, you can always start there and expand further out in time.

We recommend you spend some time ‘surfing’ around the videos to get a feel for each series and see which ones suit your needs the best.

Yes, any child can use them.

While they are designed with the learning profile of children with Down’s syndrome in mind, they are still teaching early development skills that every child needs to learn. Whether your child has Down’s syndrome or not, these videos are designed to be fun and engaging to children.

The learning profile for children with Down’s syndrome overlaps significantly with other special educational needs and you can learn more about this here.

Whilst the videos are designed to be watched directly by the children, they should be supported by an adult to pause the video and encourage the learner to have a go at doing the activities at their own pace and with the right level of support.

Absolutely!

You can check out our independent evaluation of using Teach Me Too in schools here. Teach Me Too definitely doesn’t replace quality first teaching! It also doesn’t personalise or differentiate the curriculum to each child (we wish it could!) However, it is one small tool to help you support children with Down’s syndrome by understanding the learning profile and the techniques and resources available.

Teach Me Too gives you access to both speech and language techniques, specialist teaching approaches and wider language learning opportunities.

The Language Through Play series looks at early language skills and how to introduce these concepts and learning through play and language therapy techniques.

The Exploring Language series is designed to support children in learning language and show activities that help them. It is based on the learning profile and challenges associated with Down’s syndrome.

Teach Me Too is NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALISED SPEECH THERAPY.

For those videos which have resources, they will be found on the resource page for the series.

You can access the resource page by clicking any of the ‘Download Resources’ buttons next to the videos in the series. Then simply click onto the video title and then the available resources for download will appear.

Some videos do have resources at all and some resources shown in the videos you do not need to source for yourself.

You will find all the learning activity resources available for download on the resources pages for the series.

Where the presenters are using props in the video it is often to re-engage the child to focus back onto video, rather than you do it at home.

When you are doing a session alone, it might be useful to watch the video first to know which props you may want to source before you start e.g. In “I Can Count” from the Mathematics series you want to have Numicon and PlayDoh to hand.

Some children will not be immediately engaged or interested; some may never be! That’s OK. This is where the adult needs to take a more active role and play along with the video themselves, showing engagement, joy and excitement at getting involved. This will often be enough to intrigue the children and the interaction with the adult while completing the activities may be the motivating factor.

For those who even after adult engagement, simply do not want to engage with the videos, you can still use the resources and spend some time reviewing the videos without the child, taking the techniques and activities and bringing them into your daily lives or classroom activities.

There is no prescribed duration for watching the Teach Me Too videos. However, repetition is key to learning. Try to make sure that the key concepts have been solidified in your learner’s mind before moving on and you can always come back to the videos as a ‘recap’.

The Language Through Play series looks at early language skills skills and how to introduce these concepts and learning through play and language therapy techniques.

The videos are best watched in order as the language and concepts evolve through the videos.

The Exploring Language series is designed to support children in learning language and show activities that help them. Its takes into account the profile of skills and challenges associated with Down’s syndrome.

Each video is based on topics from pre-existing Teach Me Too videos from across the Mathematics, Literacy and Wider Curriculum series. The videos further explore each area’s language and vocabulary, and we recommend children watch the original video first.

Key concepts are chosen from each topic. Language is presented visually, using written words, signs and symbols, alongside spoken language. The sound structure of words adapted to the learning profile associated with Down’s syndrome is explored: we clap or tap syllables in ‘the handclapping rap’, we look at groups (not pairs) of rhyming words in ‘time to rhyme’, and we listen for sounds at the start of words in sets. Some social language scripts are used like ‘not fair!’: Modelling and repeating the phrases, with visuals like signs or written words, supports our children to learn and use useful phrases in real-life interactions.

We have a free downloadable resource for Numicon which you can use, found by clicking here. Alternatively, feel free to use Numicon’s own version, which you can buy here.

Every presenter uses Makaton signing to support the communication with the learner and aid in their comprehension.

We formally partnered with the Makaton Charity in the Exploring Language series and are confident that all these signs are correct.

However, for the other series, there may be a few minor errors in the signing - for this we apologise!

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