Games Clothes: In the way of practical help, suggest games clothes that could be played at home (e.g. word bingo or a cloze game where children fill in missing words or phrases), explaining the particular value of games clothes to a child with reading problems -namely that they're fun and so don't seem too much like hard work, and also that they have a useful repetitive, reinforcing function. When you recommend a game, try to explain just how it is designed to help. There are booklets and pamphlets available, which give ideas for games clothes that can easily be made and played at home (e.g. Hip Pocket Spelling games clothes series, New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983).
Take a minimum of clothes, packed in collapsible containers, or at least in suitcases that will nest inside each other when empty—storage space is severely limited aboard boats. Bring one outfit of "city clothes" for use at those places ashore that require such dress. Bring two bathing suits if you plan to do much swimming—things dry slowly around a boat. |
