George Manning House visit.

On our second visit to George Manning House we brought our IPads with us because the Activities Manager told us that the ladies wanted to learn how to play some simple apps. We researched some interesting apps and found some that would be easy for them to play. We chose Desert Maker, Pizza maker, Draw Free and Kaleidoscope and Four Pics, One Word. We had to think about how we would cater for the ladies there. Some of the people there couldn't use their hands or fingers. We had to choose games with easy to see graphics. We also had to think about their tastes and make sure none of the games were offensive.

 

On our next visit we decided to do some crafts with them because they already enjoy these activities. We researched using the internet and looked up fun activities. We then organised ourselves with things to bring. We had three activities and two people running each activity. Each group member was responsible for their own things. When we got there we got a big table and put all the stuff we needed there.

Overall we learnt we had to be patient and clear. We also spoke slowly so they could understand us. Sometimes the ladies didn't listen to us. We would try to say it again but in the end we often let them do their own thing and changed our ideas to suit them. We had to repeat ourselves and make the instructions easy to follow. The run sheet didn't go to plan in the end- we ended up all helping with one activity. We learnt that we had to communicate in this situation and be flexible. It was still good to have a run sheet because it gave us a time frame. We had something to work off.

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