See if this student sounds familiar to you . . . . Casey the Connector loves to make connections. Casey can make a connection anytime, anywhere, for any lesson you might teach. Casey is the master connector! The only drawback to these wonderful connections is they occur at the most inopportune times . . . by blurting his or her thoughts in the middle of your lesson. As a teacher, you are happy that this obviously very bright student is taking your lesson to a deeper level, but these interruptions upset the flow of the lesson. What is a teacher to do? You don't want to quash his or her enthusiasm, but it can get your class off the topic at hand. Maggie Combs, a SLP in Oregon, who also reads my FB page shared a great suggestion. I asked her if she would care if I shared it on my blog. She graciously agreed to pass along her technique. MAGGIE'S TALKING PARKING GARAGE: Maggie said . . . . Sometimes when I am leading a "carpet time" lesson the kids will start making connections with what I am talking about. It's like having a 'popcorn conversation'. ("My uncle has a motorcycle like that!", or "I did that with my family once!") so I use my talking parking garage. I make a parking strip out of black construction paper. I then divide it with narrow white adhesive strips like parking spaces. Then in each space I put a colored pocket like the old library pockets. I found some calendar pieces of cars. So I glued them to the front of each library pocket. Then when I get a comment that would ordinarily pull us off topic, I interrupt the kiddo and say," Great let's put that in our parking garage." Then on a 3x5 card I write the kid's name and a few key words to remind them of what they had wanted to say. We have a 'talking time' scheduled for later when we briefly talk about our parking garage cars. As they get used to this they will announce, "parking garage" we take down the name and keywords and we continue. I want them to make connections between their life and school so this works great. I love Maggie's idea with the library pockets. If you don't have any library pockets and you need something right now, you can download the picture I made above. Then put the picture in a page protector, keep it on a clipboard, and write on it with a vis-a-vis marker. You can erase the names and notes after you discuss what you put in the talking parking garage. This should work as a temporary solution until you have time to go shopping for the supplies you need. Thank you Maggie for sharing your idea! I am joining the Manic Monday Linky Party. Click on the picture below to find more great freebies.

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