Valentine's Day makes a great theme for exploring vocabulary around friendship, family, love, giving, and receiving. Valentine's Day invites: Play with words through rhymes, stories, and songs Multisensory experiences (bright colors, treats, various textures,...
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Adapting 3D Games
This article is part of the Adapting Board Games for Neurodivergent and Disabled Kids series. Find the main page for this series here. 3D games are any games with solid three-dimensional pieces we can manipulate. In many ways, they resemble toys. Popular 3D...
Adapting Card Games
This article is part of the Adapting Board Games for Neurodivergent and Disabled Kids series. Find the main page for this series here. Popular Card Games Uno Go Fish! Crazy Eights Old Maid Card Game Challenges for Neurodivergent and Disabled Kids...
Adapting Chutes and Ladders Games
This article is part of the Adapting Board Games for Neurodivergent and Disabled Kids series. Find the main page for this series here. Chutes and Ladders are also known as Snakes and Ladders. They tend to be one of the first games played by young children because of...
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Honing Passions: Using the Child’s “Fixation” as a Motivator for Learning
The first thing you'll notice about my son is his love for doors. He loves watching people open and close doors. Now that he is able to twist the doorknobs himself, he enjoys standing at a door to open and close it repeatedly. Most people find it odd. Most therapists...
Day 30: Resources for Morning Circle
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. We’ve come to the end of the series. In this post, I share some resources for helping you further your morning gathering. Some are published for the classroom...
Day 29: Planning the Morning Circle – The Complete Planner (FREE!)
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. In this post, I help you plan the morning circle from A-Z. I’ve created a printable planner for you to help you organize the activities based on the academic goals....
Day 28: Extending the Morning Circle
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. Since many of the activities I shared in this series thus far are aimed at neurodivergent or disabled children, I wanted to address the possibility of including...
Honing Passions: Using the Child’s “Fixation” as a Motivator for Learning
The first thing you'll notice about my son is his love for doors. He loves watching people open and close doors. Now that he is able to twist the doorknobs himself, he enjoys standing at a door to open and close it repeatedly. Most people find it odd. Most therapists...
Day 30: Resources for Morning Circle
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. We’ve come to the end of the series. In this post, I share some resources for helping you further your morning gathering. Some are published for the classroom...
Day 29: Planning the Morning Circle – The Complete Planner (FREE!)
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. In this post, I help you plan the morning circle from A-Z. I’ve created a printable planner for you to help you organize the activities based on the academic goals....
Day 28: Extending the Morning Circle
This is a post out of the 31 Days of Morning Circles. You can find the main page for this series here. Since many of the activities I shared in this series thus far are aimed at neurodivergent or disabled children, I wanted to address the possibility of including...