How can we make the most of the summer holidays for our VI children and all the family? Here are some top tips!
School’s almost out we all want to make the most of the holidays, for our visually impaired children and all the family. Here are our top tips and recommendations for summer 2024, with contributions from our amazing community of parent carers.
Top tips for making the most of the holidays
- Remember to have days when you can relax and give your children and young people plenty of downtime.
- For anyone who likes routine, planning the week ahead with your child/children and creating a timetable will help.
- Days at home are fine, plan a mixture of things you can do together including watching your favourite TV programmes or listening to audiobooks.
- If you have a bad day it is ok, start afresh tomorrow.
- We are not superhuman, it’s ok for our children to feel bored.
- Get them involved in your day-to-day tasks such as cooking.
- If it’s hard to get them out of the house, have an achievable goal that they agree to.
- Have less busy times in places with good outdoor space, or sensory trails to make walks more interesting.
- During the holidays, plan things that each child wants to do.
- Breathe, make time for yourself and enjoy time with your fantastic children!
Summer 2024 – ideas for accessible events and days out
Click here to view/download the list we at LOOK have compiled of ideas for fun, interesting VI-accessible activities.
We have also gathered suggestions and tips from our amazing community of parent carers of VI children. These were offered ahead of – and during – our chat session on ‘making the most of the holidays’. Thanks to all who joined and contributed! Click here to read them.
From all of us at LOOK, we hope you and your family have a brilliant summer! We look forward to seeing you at the next Parent Support Group when we resume in September.
If you haven’t joined our Parent Support Group before, please do! We love to welcome any parent carer with a child with visual impairment. It is free and online. You can contribute or stay on mute, and you can stay anonymous if you prefer. This is a peer-led supportive group of parent carers and we welcome new people. More info here: www.look-uk.org/parentsupportgroup
Finally, do have a read of this report by Jane Ring, Parent Support Officer at LOOK, on a positive experience of a day out at Warwick Castle. Jane visited Warwick Castle with her husband and teenage daughter, both of whom have vision and hearing impairments.
LOOK is a small but mighty charity committed to supporting visually impaired children, young people and their families to thrive.