Thanks for the message - Unfortunately, I do not have any resources to share. My work with MCI and other topics is with older adults. Good luck in your search!

I would recommend the book of Patricia Logan Oelwein on reading for children with Down syndrome.

In Oelwein's approach reading is used for stimulating language development.

What age is the child? Using sign language is thought to be helpful for helping children with Downs begin communicating and gets round the hearing issue.

For older children the Montessori methods and materials are worth a look.

COI: parent of child with Downs

Maybe you could visit this web site: http://cast.org You could find some tools for students with disability. They hace some projects which it is possible to create activities and customize them

Children with mild Down syndrome can do lots of activities that 'normal' children can do. For a number of years I volunteered at a preschool/elementary school for children with special needs. We would often do puzzles with large pieces with the children to work on their spatial reasoning. We also worked on writing the letters of the alphabet. The children usually used thick pencils or markers since they are easier to use. Working on fine motor skills is important too. Some children would have a lanyard and pony beads, and we would work on stringing the beads onto the lanyard. The child in question may have great fine motor skills, in which case maybe this is too simple, but since muscle tone can be a problem for children with Down syndrome this task may be helpful for some. You can also use this to work on colors/numbers (ask the child to put on 3 red beads for example). You can likely take any task you might do with a 'normal' child, and just modify it slightly and be cognizant of needing more patience or some more repetition of the instructions. Good luck! I should add that my older brother has Down syndrome so I have some experience from that as well.

Although I don't work with this population, an organization that does is the National Inclusion Project. Their focus is primarily on providing inclusive recreational activities for children with special needs of all kinds. The website is: http://www.inclusionproject.org This organization might be able to suggest appropriate educational activities. I hope this helps.

What do you mean by "mild down syndrome"? The syndrome could affect organs and could cause intellectual disabilities that can be mild or moderate. I had been educating in a typical school a girl with moderate I.D. for six years (elementary school) teaching her social skills , reading and writing and math skills for independent life (money etc.)

I believe teaching tasks that are age appropriate that will help the child gain independence are always useful ( for example, tying shoelaces, dressing themselves etc). Teaching methods such as "Instructional Strategies" by Marc Gold have been proven effective. This method includes writing a task analysis, using prompts, reinforcement and adaptations.

I am not sure what you mean by "mild" Down's syndrome. Although, I met a doctor once that told me that she taught my daughter had a "mild" form of Down's syndrome.

You can try singing nursery rhymes and other skills that may lend themselves to music.

Reading stories with interactive pieces. Computer games and I-pad apps can also be stimulating.

I have a 19 year old daughter who was diagnosed with Down's at birth. We continue to sing almost everything. She has been on the computer since age 3 and now the I-pad.

I hope that helps.

I do not share some concepts you use in the question: we educate pupils or persons, not patient; and I never understand why we talk about activities for Down syndrome children, because they do not need different activities. Everyone needs the activities that connect news learnings with the zone of proximal development. This kind of thoughts (based in social model of disability in the place of medical model) lets new emergent realities: people with Down syndrome can break away to find new ways. Here you are an example.

https://vimeo.com/album/1778764/video/33026041

http://downsyndrome.ie/campaigns-and-projects/latch-on-project/teaching-methods/

Latch on project might be interesting for you too.

Any emotive occupational therapy would be suitable, together with their frequency at special children school of deficiency. I had a teenage patient aged about 15yr whose mother a plastic artist introduced him to her occupation and had a better cognitive and Family relationship improvement working with the Family in the Atelier. You Always need a criative emotive suggestion for them instead of nothing together with clinical follow-up.

Children with Down Syndrome are more like "typical" children than they are different from them. I heartily agree with Ignacio Calderon-Almendros. Treat the child as if "typical" - with a hearing consultant/audiologist and a speech therapist. Supported contact with typical students will enable the child to learn to live in the "typical" world, as there is no "special" or "alternative" world for him/her to grow into when older.

Thank you all for sharing your comments and knowledge that's what we have been doing so far and the child is at main stream school where he is involve in inclusion tailored activities along with speech therapy. i was just wondering if there is a particular book from developed countries that could be utilized or incorporate to assist in his reading. Keep up the good work

CALDERÓN ALMENDROS, I. y HABEGGER LARDOEYT, S. (2012). Educación, hándicap e inclusión. Una lucha familiar contra una escuela excluyente. Octaedro, Granada.

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Children with Down's Syndrome are people like every one. They should never be called patient. Students with Down's Syndrome love repetitive tasks. Make the task simpler and provide frequent feedback on their immediate achievements. Use project based learning activities to teach functional academics. Provide them lots of opportunity to learn from natural environment by organizing field trips. Inclusive classroom with supportive aids and services will help them learn efficiently.

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-People-Syndrome-Hands-On-Learners/dp/1890627429/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391619054&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=actvities+for+mild+down+syndrome

I am inviting responses to the question "Does the inclusion of visual arts in the curriculum improve critical thinking and problem solving skills?"