Learn with Ben le Koala

Ben le Koala is a pedagogical method that adapts to the rhythm and needs of each child to help them learn daily actions and gain autonomy.

The app offers simple and fun educational activities to guide children in their learning: brushing teeth, getting dressed, washing hands, eating independently, and developing their motor skills.

Built with parents and professionals, the Ben le Koala method offers over 100 educational activities to help children gain more autonomy.

The activities rely on imitation, routines, and learning through play—approaches that are particularly effective for children.

Ben le Koala offers activities with and without screens: Videos to imitate and learn by mimicking actions. Step-by-step printable sheets that outline the key steps from the videos. Screen-free games and activities to learn while having fun. Adventures to progress step by step. Practical advice to guide parents and professionals.

The activities cover more than 40 essential daily skills:

Personal hygiene:

• Brush your teeth with Ben le Koala
• Brush your teeth with Ben le Koala in the Wild West
• Brush your teeth with Sam le Chat
• Wash your hands
• Wash your hair
• Go to the bathroom
• Wash your face with your left hand
• Wash your face with your right hand
• Take a shower

Getting dressed:

• Put your shirt on
• Put your jacket on
• Put your shoes on with a guide
• Put your shoes on without a guide

Preventive measures:

• Sneeze into your elbow
• Cough into your elbow
• Blow your nose

Yoga:

• Wake up
• The body’s awakening
• The tree and the bird
• The feather
• Stretch yourself
• Massage your body

Balance:

• Stand on one foot
• Jump

Juggling:

• Juggle with one hand
• Juggle with two hands

Music awakening:

• Dance - Kokoleoko
• Dance - Simamaa Kaa
• Djembe - Kokolaoko
• Body percussion - Simamaa Kaa
• Play with instruments (triangle, claves, tambourine, maracas, frog guiro, sistrum, maracas)

Nutrition:

• Eat a yogurt
• Chew some food (green, orange, beige)
• Make freshly squeezed orange juice

Manuel activities:

• Finger gym
• Draw a line
• Prepare a fruit salad
• Prepare a syrup
• Make a paper plane
• Cut with the scissors

Created in 2013 in collaboration with Signes de sens and the Centre Ressources Autisme du Nord–Pas-de-Calais (Autism Resources Center in North of France), Ben le Koala supports families and professionals to help children in their learning and develop their autonomy.

The activities can be used at home, at school, or in medico-social structures.

The app is designed for all children, and particularly adapted for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other developmental disorders.

Ben le Koala was designed by Simon Houriez of the Signes de sens association. The app was developed in partnership with Stepwise and then Capgemini.