By:Social ThinkingWhole Body ListeningWhole body listening (WBL), first introduced by Susanne Poulette Truesdale (in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, July 1990, Vol. 21, 183-184) is a popular concept taught in schools to help students focus and actively listen with more than just their ears. WBL is essential for collaborative engagement, relationship development, and
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By:Read, Write, ThinkStudent Interactive Plot DiagramUse this Student Interactive Plot Diagram to have your child map out his story before he begins writing. A lot of students want to jump right into writing but there is a lot of prep work that goes into creating a good story. I have my students plot or map
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By:Social ThinkingSocial Anxiety: Breaking It Down to Build Up Social CompetenciesAnxiety and stress are normal life experiences that we should all learn to manage as part of our life skills. One specific type of anxiety is social anxiety. If you have self-awareness then you’ve experienced social anxiety. When children learn to manage their social anxiety,
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By:Social ThinkingSharing an ImaginationWe tend to think imaginations are only for the young! Yet sharing an imagination is essential across the ages for having a conversation, working in a team, creating new things, reading comprehension, peer play, social networking, and more. Join Social Thinking’s founder, Michelle Garcia Winner, as she explains what we mean by
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By:Social ThinkingSize of the ProblemMath is not the only activity that requires problem solving; we’re constantly problem solving socially when communicating with others, working in groups, doing homework, self-regulating, etc. Along the way, we encounter problems of different sizes that can cause negative emotions. We teach that it’s expected to match the size of our
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By:Natalie SnydersSLP Video Companion FreebieA sheet with language prompts and a list of recommended videos your child can watch on YouTube SLP Video Companion Freebie is another great free resource from Natalie Snyders. She provides you with a sheet with language prompts and a list of recommended videos your child can watch on YouTube (like
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By:Social ThinkingSmart GuessStudents are normally expected to figure out what they should be doing and, often, how they should do it. Social problem solving requires making educated guesses, or smart guesses, about what to do. In this webinar, Michelle Garcia Winner provides strategies to help people navigate social situations by making smart guesses. Encourage individuals
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By:The Measured MomNumber Worksheet 1-10A fun way to practice and reinforce numbers 1-10 I love how this resource has multiple ways to reinforce number sense with tracing, counting, and identifying numbers 1-10. Children love the different activities (tracing, placing that number of stickers, dotting the number, using counters, and pointing/coloring to the correct number of
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By:Carson-DellosaMultiplication PracticeMultiplication tables x1 through x12 with a practice sheet Have your child review or practice their multiplication skills with this practice sheet! I like to do one fact family at a time (start with x1, then x2, …). Once your child has mastered all of them, you can continue to practice by seeing how
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By:Montessori AssistantMovable Alphabet PrintableThe moveable alphabet is a Montessori tool used to teach reading, spelling, and writing. There are multiples of each letter and each letter has its own compartment in a wooden box with vowels in blue and consonants in red. This is a great tool to help children spell words, write out sentences,
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