Hmmmmm…..what if you could get your clients to make their OWN speech materials during therapy? Last week I had some of my older students make up their own dice using targeted stimulus from their own goals. Start by finding a blank dice template. I made one which is available in my Roll-a-Direction game on Teachers […]
Archives for February 2013
Come on Snake Eyes: Using Dice Games in Therapy
I’ve gone dice crazy. Dice are fun because it inserts that element of chance into a session. It’s not me that’s making you do six repetition of your target-it’s the dice. Plus the dice games are really motivating for kids. AutismTeachingStrategies.com has a fantastic blog post on using game like elements to teach social skills […]
What to do with your old packaging and a GIVEAWAY
This was adapted from an idea I’d seen on Pinterest. The idea was to put sight words onto bubble wrap and then let the students pop the bubble wrap. I’ve been waiting for big bubble wrap to come in a package to try it out, but have only received the little itty bitty bubble wrap. […]
Not for the weak of Heart: Bologna Valentines
People generally have strong feelings about bologna. I remember my first bologna sandwich. I’m pretty sure it was on the now defunct “Wonder bread” with one slice of bolonga and my name written in mustard on it. The best part of these sandwiches was that when you placed your finger down it would leave little […]
Creative Fail
I’ve been walking around with 2 bags of tiny plastic Walmart babies in my purse for the last three weeks. The only time they come out of my purse is when I’m scrounging around trying to find my credit card at the grocery store. (I have 2 wallets in my purse-yet my credit card is […]
February: Joint Attention Games
January was my month to get organized. February is a month of love, relationships and (most importantly MY BIRTHDAY! Sadly I am way too old to still get excited about my birthday but I do. In keeping with the theme of the month, I thought I could write about some of my favorite games to […]
Golf-R-tick and Hole In One Vocab
All of my Teachers pay teachers products are 20% off. If you add the code SUPER you get an extra 8% off your order. This summer I forgot to add the code but the materials were still SUCH a great bargain I didn’t really care. Here are 2 other products I recently added: Golf-R-Tick and […]
I have a target bag, who has a burner…
Here’s my PSA for the night. It’s not a good idea to place a Target bag on your ceramic stove top. The unfortunate consequence is that you will now have little red Target circles embedded into your burner. In my defense, I thought I had turned on a different burner. In spite of my mishaps […]
Duration Map Emergencies….
I use duration maps a lot in therapy. Duration maps provide a visual representation for children so they know how much time is left before they can be (or have to) be done with an activity. A simple way to do one would be if your child has 5 minutes left in activity to draw […]