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A quick reminder about using viusals and how impoartnat they are!   ..read more

 There are many skills that children have to acquire before they speak!   Watch this video WALKIE TALKIE to help you! 11 Skills that Toddlers MUST have before WORDS emerge 1. Responds to events in the environment 2. Responds to people 3. Develops an attention span 4. Exhibits joint attention 5. Plays with toys 6. Understands and uses early gestures 7. Understands early words and follows simple directions 8. Vocalizes 9. Imitates actions, gestures, and words 10. Initiates interaction with you 11. Begins turn taking ..read more

    Concepts! Associations  Pronouns! Here are some fun and educational activities you can do in your classroom during those down times while you are waiting for the gym to practice your concert in the gym. They are easy and useful for all students ..read more

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 I love using Mat Man in my pre-k classrooms.  Mat Man, by Learning Without Tears, is such a quick and fun activity that you can use with the kids to help teach important readiness skills such as drawing, pre-writing, counting, building, socializing, sharing, and body awareness. I love to use it and incorporate language concepts like body parts, and concepts. You can download it here for free! Here is a video for information on Mat Man. Mat Man World This is the video I use in classrooms when I do Mat Man. When I do Mat Man with kids preschoolers I pair it with the ..read more

Monster Theme I love using the Monster theme in the preschool and kinder classrooms. I incorporate Speech and OT. There are so many fun ideas and activities.  You can pair with the OT centers to make your centers a language rich experience. We did Wet, Dry, Try with the letter M- for Monster, then we made monsters with play dough and made fun monsters using add-ons like buttons, straws and other $ store items.  M- make the m sound with the kids, talk about words that start with the m sound and explicitly describe how to make the m sound (putting your lips together, e ..read more

  Here is a great language activity pack for preschoolers! •You can use this as a bus theme or pair it with a camping book. Activities: 1.Sorting – camping items and items that are not for camping. 2. Free play center- language ideas 3.Fine Motor dabbing 4.Coloring page 5.Printing practice for the letter /c/ mats- used for coloring, dry erase markers, play-doh, and/or posters for visuals. 6.Printing practice- lower case- used for mini erasers, pencil, crayons, pom-poms, dry erase or play-doh. 7.Dabbing practice- lower case- you can use with bingo dabbers, or Q-tips and paint. 8. Interac ..read more

Here is a great freebie that you students can show to demonstrate the knowledge of each of the 7 teachings. They can carry out an activity/action that represents each of the 7 teachings: Love Respect Courage Honesty  Humility Wisdom and Truth. First you can read a book and introduce each of the teachings and which animal represents each teaching. Then you can explain why they are important and how you can use each of these qualities  at home, school  and in the community. After they understand each of the teachings, give them a week to demonstrate each quality by demonstra ..read more

Do you need some phonological activities for centers during December?  Here are some fun activities for  rhyming segmenting  beginning sounds and more!     I pair this activity pack with a fun sensory bin. There are so many ideas you can do ..read more