A is for Apple song
I made this song board with Boardmaker software. The song is my favorite Cookie Monster song with a twist. I sing this song with my students for their “letter of the week” as well as…
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The Quilt Maker’s Gift
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I first heard this story during my Speech Pathology “student teaching”. It was performed in a play by elementary school students. It was eight year olds forgetting their…
How I organize my coupons
My wonderful colleagues provide me with extra coupons from the Sunday paper. I put all coupon booklets from the week into a sheet protector, label the top page with the date, and put it in…
Keeping a White Board–White
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Last week I “showed off” my less than gorgeous Freezer Board, which is a snazzy name for a dry erase board with a list of freezer items. I…
The Big Road Race
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I admit, we originally bought this book because my son is obsessed with race cars. That and the Berenstain Bears rock. But it turned out to be a…
100th Post. 100 Things.
This could get ugly. If you are one of the two people who has been consistently reading this blog, you may recognize some of these facts. (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!)…
Family Favorite Recipe- Apricot Chicken
Apricot Chicken Chicken (a few breasts? I just eyeball it) cut into strips cubes of grated carrots and/or spinach Wet Mix: 2 eggs 2 tsp. soy sauce 2 Tbs. water Dry Mix: 1 cup seasoned…
The miracle of the tape recorder
And it is a miracle for kids working on speech sounds. Sit a child down with a cheapo tape recorder and a blank cassette. Have them talk. Rewind and have them listen to themselves. Rate…
Great simple game for special needs kids
After giving my asssistant a vague description of what I wanted, she created this game board. I LOVE it! She created “players” that are popular icons: Spiderman, Transformers, My Little Pony, Princesses, etc and velcroed…
And now it’s time for curses with Super Woman
…the part of the show where Super Woman comes out and sings some curses. Curses to the ants that are taking over my home. Curses to the mouse, that I thought was dead, and reappeared…
Freezer list
Last year we finally bought a chest freezer. ย There are some difficulties: it is outside under our carport (we have no basement or garage), it is padlocked (to make sure no one runs off with…
Smile A Lot
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. What an adorable book about being positive in the midst of the day to day! The first two pages read as follows: Life has all sorts of ups…
El Cheapo Dinner–Fried Rice
Ah, the great money-saving, left-over using family favorite! Fried Rice (as made by a woman who is not Chinese-American, but married one! ) Lots of rice (any left over rice you have and/or make 3…
Social Behavior Mapping
Social Behavior Mapping is a technique developed by Michelle Garcia Winner. Ms. Winner has written and presented on a number of fabulous ideas for working with children with Autism and other Social-Cognitive difficulties. The mapping…