Ideas for play dates with disabled friend of DD

[Smarshian]

Dd has recently started reception and has quickly become best friends with a girl in her class who is in a wheelchair. I know very little about the girl and haven’t yet met her parents. Dd keeps asking to have a play date with her, normally in this situation I would speak to the parents and organise a park trip, but obviously this isn’t very inclusive for this girl, any suggestions?

I would definitely be open and honest with the parents and say “dd would love a play date, what would your child be comfortable with?” Give them the lead. I’m sure they’ll be happy to guide you!

Yes, talk to them. Maybe suggest they come to yours after school and set up a craft activity for the girls to do.

Assuming you could get the wheelchair in your home maybe some painting or other craft, Orchard toys type games. Invite Mum to stay if she wants? Or a joint trip to a cafe for hot chocolate and take a game they can play?

Allot of parks have wheelchair accessible play equipment and you could always take a ball down to play catch with.
Other ideas that spring to mind would be
A board game cafe
Going for ice cream
Crabbing so long as docks etc are accessible
Farm trip/zoo trip
An invite over and art and craft at the table with cake and squash

I agree with asking the parents, I'm sure they won't mind.
Also I think the park would be a suitable place, assuming it has decent paths and access. Most parks now have playareas which are wheelchair accessible, roundabouts which a wheelchair can go on to, disability friendly swings etc.

I wouldn't over think it too much and just talk to her parents. I wouldn't automatically assume wheelchair = she can't walk and wouldn't enjoy the park (or any activity).
There's plenty of things a child in a chair would enjoy at the park and some parks with wheelchair friendly equipment.
Just talk to her parents

Also a reception child, even if they can't walk can still lifted into things like swings and slides.
Approach the parents and ask for a playdate and where they think their dd would like to go.

Thanks all. You’re probably right in that I am overthinking it! Will seek out the parents for a chat.