Non-Fiction Books Shared Reading for Emergent Learners
Non-fiction books can be very engaging for kids in special education but how do we move from ‘all about me’ and their focused interest areas? What non-fiction texts would grab the attention of our learners and hold it, during group time? Read on for some great ideas shared from the fabulous Jodie Rodriguez. Growing Book by Book Jodie Rodriguez from…
Alphabet Shapes
Alphabet shapes is a fun, hands on product for all emergent literacy learners. Great for Special Education, Preschool, Pre K and Kindi kids. Be back to school ready for learning alphabet and beginning phonics. Ready to find out more? Let’s take a peek. Pattern Block Shapes and Alphabet What could be more fun than learning the alphabet and manipulating pattern…
Reluctant Eaters? From Yuck to Yum
Cooking with reluctant eaters can and should be a fun and educational learning experience. Many of my students have very restrictive diets and this can present a challenge. Sound familiar? I have a free resource and ideas that may help. Planning to Support your Reluctant Eaters The first thing I do is consult with parents to get an idea of…
Reluctant Shared Storybook Reading by A.A.C Users.
Shared storybook reading is not a favourite time for some of my students. Do you have similar issues with any of your students? Particularly those who are A.A.C. users? Read on for information gained from a wonderful webinar. There will be a link for you to access it yourself and gain an hour of C.E.U. (P.D.) to boot! A.A.C. In…
Pre-writing Patterns Dog’s Colorful Food
I have a wonderful activity to teach pre-writing patterns for you. Why do you need it? It’s fun, differentiated and suitable for special education, pre-school and kindi. Great to teach core vocabulary too. Want a freebie taste of the product. Read on to find out more. What’s it all about? A great product to support you when teaching either pre-writing…
Core Communication Word ‘Not’
Teaching core communication word ‘not’ is easy. There are lots of opportunities throughout the day to do so. I will share some ideas and an interactive adapted book – FREE. What are we waiting for. Let’s go! Ideas to teach – core word ‘not’ Of course we will be advertising the core communication word ‘not’, everywhere. Send newsletters home. Put…
Core Communication Word ‘What’ and Dear Zoo
Teaching core communication word ‘what’ is so fun when used as part of the wonderful story book ‘Dear Zoo’! I have an adapted errorless book for you to download based on this fabulous book. Appropriate for early years and older students with disability. Teaching Core Communication Word ‘What’ One of the ways I love to teach the core words is…
Keep Modeling No Matter What
Keep modeling the research says. Just keep modeling and one day your student will communicate. For the first time this year I started to have my doubts. I had modeled and done all the things the ‘speechies’ said to do. Yet one of my students was still not communicating beyond “I want”. What was I doing Wrong? Let’s consider what…
Core Communication Word ‘She’
Looking for support to teach the core communication word ‘she’? I have an adapted, interactive, errorless book to support you. Few that’s a mouthful! The book is based on, ‘There was an old lady who swallowed a fly’. But first, let’s look at some ideas to implement the teaching of the core communication word ‘she’. Ideas to teach Core Communication…
Core Communication Word ‘like’
Teaching the core communication word ‘like’ is often undertaken very early in the communication journey. Why teach ‘like’? Because it is one of the most useful words to teach. It is used in multiple contexts, all day everyday. So lots of opportunities to teach. Read on for some tips and a freebie to support you. Ideas to teach – core…
