I’ve stumbled across a few goodies in recent months that I’m finding fun and useful. Matching Emoji Cards I’ve used these colorful cards from the Target Dollar Spot to talk about emotions in a fun, culturally relevant way. Explore emotions and feelings by asking questions such as “how does this emoji feel”, “how do you… Continue reading New Finds for the New Year!
A re-blog. More holiday gift ideas.
Here is another list of gift ideas published by nationally known SLP and blogger Linda Hodgdon. Enjoy! http://usevisualstrategies.com/autism-2-tips-holiday-gifts/
A 0newordatatime Holiday Shopping Guide
This is the time of year that you will find lots of lists of toys….lists of toys of the year, best toys for babies, best toys for teens etc. So, today I’m going to add one more to the list of lists. Here are my 2017 favorite toys for enhancing speech and language skills FOR… Continue reading A 0newordatatime Holiday Shopping Guide
Something Fishy
I’m continuing through my summer of thematic teaching and offering you ideas of simple learning activities that you can do at home to encourage language learning. Last post I shared my ideas for beach week. This week, I added a few things and now we are all about things that live in the ocean. I… Continue reading Something Fishy
Beach Week
Where I live, on the east coast of the U.S., most kids have some experience with the beach. It is a common vacation spot as well as a day trip destination. Whether or not you and your kids travel to sandy shores, you can have beach week at home and incorporate some learning as well.… Continue reading Beach Week
Boats
So, we are continuing the journey of streamlining toys to a single concept or theme to assist with teaching speech and language skills. This week is boat week. My sensory bin has a few inches of water and several boats and a few Little People figures. Pre-verbal and newly verbal kids are working on easy… Continue reading Boats
I Scream, You Scream, Teaching with Ice Cream!
Summer is here and by now your kiddos may already be tired of the slower pace and lack of schedules. In my corner of the world, things don’t slow down, rather they ramp up! New toys appear, new goals are written and sessions are added to make the summer months productive for learning speech and… Continue reading I Scream, You Scream, Teaching with Ice Cream!
