I am often amazed at how some people can turn what I would call trash, disposable or unwanted materials into cute, clever, useful and fun activities for students. This is what happened when I recently had one of our assistants show me some of the things she had made for students. She showed me activity after activity and one was just as imaginative as the next!!! Today I’m showing you […]
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20
Feb
2017
Sensory and Learning Fun With Fake Snowballs!
Children love surprises and novelty. What better way to bring this to your instruction than with something that is seasonal, fun and has multiple applications. When we recently had a professional development meeting with the district SLPs, one of the agenda items was for every person on the team to bring something to share. One of our SLPs brought this huge plastic container filled with fake snowballs that he uses […]
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12
Feb
2017
Anxiety Reducing App You Can Get for Free!
We often do calming procedures for our students that involve visual supports. If we’re using a 5 point scale with a student, we typically start the visual calming procedure when the student gets to a “3”. When I found this calming app, I started thinking about how this could be used in a calming procedure and tap into the wonderful deep breathing that helps to calm not only students, but […]
Read moreI had never even heard of a Buddha Board until about 2 weeks ago and now I’m obsessed! This thing is so simple, yet so useful for so many reasons. When you are working with students who need some sensory outlet or something that can help give students (or teachers for that matter) a little emotional support, you need to find tools that can help! Look no further. The Buddha […]
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