Word Family Hand Prints

Here's a way to have a little fun with phonology. You can be creative and attach the hand prints onto popsicle sticks, or have the students give the hand prints a "high five" once they've read all the words in the family.

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Graphics are from the pond http://frompond.blogspot.com

Site Word Pick-Up

Here's a freebee card game for targeting site words. Enjoy!

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Another classic

Great BINGO game for the younger ones. I use it to target vocabulary, colors (of course), turn-taking, matching, "WH" questions (e.g., Where can you find a tractor?) and object function (e.g., "What is a shovel used for?").

Meet Tic-Tac-Tony

I've had this game for a while now and it never disappoints. It is similar to Connect Four, but children get to put the red or blue circle on Tony's tail, push down, and as they let go, the shape jumps into an empty space. I use this will all ages, even with some of my higher functioning EI toddlers. It is a great motivator and I also sneak in some spatial prepositions while playing (e.g., top/bottom, next to, etc.). Also targets turn-taking.

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Helpful handout for parents and therapists on dealing with difficult behaviors

Anger Management

This activity addresses 1) anger management 2) inferencing 3) comparing/contrasting. Students color a picture of a boy or a girl, then tear up the picture into several pieces. Explain to the students that each tear represents hurtful words (have a group discussion on teasing/bullying in school). Then, have the students try and put the pieces back together, like a puzzle.

Most of the students are not able to make the picture whole again, but even if they succeed, the picture will not look the same. It will have "scars."

Each time that students say hurtful things to one another, they are creating scars which may never fully heal.

Discuss similarities and differences between the before and after pictures. What can they conclude for this activity? What can they infer about bullying? Great for older groups.

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Punch-A-Prize

Instead of having students choose a prize from a prize box (which is quite time consuming as my students are very indecisive), they will now get to "Punch-A-Prize." This was originally created by: tekyteach.blogspot.com. My version is a bit smaller and I hope to use it throughout the school year.

To make your own Punch-A-Prize, you will need a poster board, styrofoam bowls, tissue paper, and duck tape. Simply put a prize in a bowl, cover it with tissue paper and attach to the board. Voyila!