Together Time
Gentle activities to do side-by-side with your grown-up. 3 worksheets to fill in online or print.
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When a lot of your day with a neurodivergent child is necessarily about managing behaviour, it's easy to run low on the pure, no-agenda connection you both need. These gentle side-by-side activities are just for being together, with no targets, no fixing and no correcting: the kind of calm, warm time that quietly steadies everything else.
Do them together on screen or print them. Start with the free Together-Time Menu and spend ten unhurried minutes side by side.
Our Together-Time Menu
A menu of 10-minute things to do side by side, picked by your child.
Ten-Minute Special Time
Child-led play, a few times a week, with nothing to fix.
Our Good Moments
Catch one good moment a day together, for a whole week.
Questions about together time
What calm-down activities help ADHD kids at home?
Simple, side-by-side things often work best: colouring together, a short walk, building something with your hands, a slow bedtime story, or a few minutes of stretching. Our Together-Time Menu (free) helps you and your child pick a handful of ten-minute favourites in advance, and our colouring pages are free for every age too.
Why does connection time matter so much for ADHD kids?
Children who get a lot of correction need extra deposits of warmth and unconditional time to stay emotionally steady. Connection isn't a reward, it's the foundation everything else rests on.
We don't have much time. Does ten minutes count?
Absolutely. Short, regular, fully-present moments matter more than rare big gestures. Ten unhurried minutes is plenty.