Anger is probably the #1 issue the kids I work with deal with. In this post you will find many great links, worksheets, and resources for addressing anger in children of all ages. One of my favorit…
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One of the most important things to understand in modern business (and quite possibly life in general) is the concept of complexity. While we use the words complicated and complex almost…
Want to know what your kids are really thinking? These Conversation Starters for Kids will help you find out.
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Are you looking for a fun activity to get your kids interested in cooking? Download this free Mad Libs printable to get them excited!
A few good mindfulness exercises for all y’all :) One of these for 1 minute a day consistently can build you a good powerful habit that might really help you out… Or not :P
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I have a daughter who does not have what Carol Dweck calls growth mindset. So I'm implementing specific parenting strategies to help her develop it.
Find 10 key positive parenting strategies to discipline without controlling kids through punishment and rewards.
Our Natural Disasters Packet has notebook pages and worksheets as well as some hands-on activity ideas covering the following events: Flooding Mudslides Tsunami Tornado Hurricane, cyclone, typhoon Blizzard Heat Wave Drought Wildfire Sinkholes In this packet you’ll find one page on each of these events. Often, natural disasters occur because of geologic changes or extreme weather conditions. Students explore the cause of each of these events. They also find out what ...
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A time management worksheet will inspire you as you work your way toward improved productivity and better health and well-being. Significantly...
What can you do when your child is having a tantrum? Try some of these gentle parenting suggestions for coping with tantrums.
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Grammar doesn't have to be boring. These Which One conversation flashcards will help your students to practice grammar naturally.
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Les expressions de lieu. Here are some good pictures and words to express where one is in relation to someone/something else.
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Guest post by Fred Kiel, Ph.D. & Doug Lennick: If you’re in a leadership position, you make hundreds of decisions each day – and most of those have the potential to impact the well-being of others. They are moral decisions. Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Coal Mines regularly made decisions to bypass safety procedures...Read More
Sentence stems help students communicate what they are thinking about, help many students with special needs, and provide focus for our lesson.
The good old activity of Odd One Out here used on body related vocabulary. - ESL worksheets
Here’s a fun science experiment that kids can carry out on their own. Does the temperature of a bouncy ball affect its bounce? Will a cold ball bounce higher or lower than one at room temperature? What about a hot bouncy ball? This was so fun to explore! We had a good guess of what […]
With working memory reported to be the number one indicator of academic success, it's surprising that most teachers and parents know little about it. Working memory is like a mental dry erase board where we post information until we need to use it in short-term memory. This information is accessible through one's inner visualizations as well as one's inner voice. There are a Number of Misconceptions about Working Memory: 1) Myth: Kids with a weak working memory have ADHD or other learning disabilities. 1) Truth: Some kids just have a weak working memory that doesn't warrant a diagnosis of ADHD or a learning disability. 2) Myth: Kids with a weak working memory can't remember what they learn. 2) Truth: Memory strategies & exercises can bypass and remediate a weak working memory. 3) Myth: Kids with a weak working memory always have problems with executive functioning skills. 3) Truth: Working memory is only one small part of executive functioning. To learn more about executive functioning CLICK HERE. 4) Myth: Kids with a weak working memory have a hard time developing this skill. 4) Truth: Learning to manage one's visualizations and inner voice can strengthen working memory. You Might Have Working Memory Problems if You: forget needed materials at home and at school. require prompts to complete homework. need to re-read text. have difficulties memorizing math facts. have trouble comprehending a story. have trouble remembering how to use grammar and sentence structure. have difficulty following multi-step directions. have trouble completing complex assignments. struggle doing mental math. need for more time and repetition. What are Three Ways to Improve Working Memory? The best way to improve working memory is to help kids become aware of their own cognition and take an active and present role in the learning process. One can nurture this by: Exercising working memory and using highly structured and organized materials and tools such as those present in Planning Time Management and Organization for Success and The Ultimate, Mindful and Editable Planner/Agenda doing exercises such as those present in the Working Memory and Hemisphere Integration Bundle and Following Directions Bundle. playing games that exercise working memory such as those presented in the Executive Functioning Games Bundle. Developing learner's capabilities to visualize. I offer both PowerPoints and fun activities that help to develop this skill. To learn more CLICK HERE. Managing one's inner voice. I offer a blog that can tell you more about developing this skill as well as task cards. Providing fun and engaging activities that require working memory such as Red Light, Green Light can help. However, ready-made activities that specifically exercise working memory can save time and focus an intervention plan. Come download some FREE SAMPLE ACTIVITIES. Also, if you would like to learn about all my multisensory tools that develop working memory, CLICK HERE. Cheers, Erica Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning. She is also the director of Learning to Learn, and Learning Specialist Courses. Blog: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/warrenerica1 Executive Function Podcast: https://goodsensorylearning.com/pages/the-personal-brain-trainer-podcast-with-dr-erica-warren Store: http://www.Goodsensorylearning.com/ Courses: http://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/ Newsletter Sign-up: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/694000
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Grammar Girl gives you a few memory tricks to help you remember the difference between the words 'affect' and 'effect'.
Ever buy a really great dress or amazing shirt? It probably makes you feel good when you put it on and gives you confidence for the day. But the thing about a great dress or fancy shirt is it needs to be taken care of and cannot be cleaned with just any detergent. There are care instructions so that the piece of clothing can last and be enjoyed for a long time. Consider the amount of attention we give articles of clothing - what if we gave that same attention to our relationships? We all respond to experiences differently and it is important that we respect those differences. We cannot assume that we know what a person's reactions mean, but we can use the great gift of communication to learn more about those we love. Care tags are a wonderful way to help children understand their reactions to emotions. They also allow children to identify how others can best support them when they are feeling a specific emotion. When a child feels understood, he is better able to accept his emotions and consider healthy ways to handle them. This understanding can create open communication and feelings of safety and love. These care tags are great for kids who are learning about emotions, but they are also helpful in other relationships, especially for those dating or married. Update: Thank you Jodi Smith, LCSW, RPT-S for finally giving me a reference for this activity! I had been taught it years ago during internship, but never knew its originality. Now you all will have a reference as well as a resource for more therapeutic activities to use! Enjoy! Smith, J. (2008). Care Tags. In Lowenstein, L(Ed.) Favorite Therapeutic Activities for Children and Teens: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques. Canada: Champion Press.
Healthy self-esteem. It's arguably one of the biggest predictors of happiness in life. Find 10 tips for helping your child build it to become their true self.
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I've been having so much fun creating for friends. It's one of those things that I find so enjoyable to be able to use my creativity to make beautiful things. The weather has been beautiful here and makes it even more fun to be in the garage creating and having this little cutie out as my helper... Finishing up this week will be Life Simplified with Lori and my 21 day Vision Statement Challenge. I found this really fun road map that correlates with Monday's blog post. I love how simply it's laid out. It was found on Pinterest. Pin It
We have one classroom in our program that accommodates the deaf students who attend. One of my good friends is the teacher in that class so we get the kids together often for fun activities. I think it's important to try to teach my kids some sign language so they can try to communicate with the others kids when they are together. My friend does "Sign Time" with a few of the classes during the year and last year it was even an elective the kids could sign up for. Today we learned how to finger spell our names doing this fun activity. My friend turned me on to the Enchanted Learning website where I was able to find the fingered letters. I saved each one to my computer and pasted four to a page so I would have the whole alphabet for later uses. After counting how many I would need of each, we made copies and cut them apart. I laid the letters out on the table and had the kids walk around finding each letter in their name. They colored and cut them out, then pasted them onto a piece of large white paper. My friend had a sheet of the regular alphabet available for them to color their letters and they cut those out and pasted them below their finger letters. Everyone had to go up to the front of the room and practice signing their names before we hung them up for all to see. This was actually a pretty long activity. From start to finish it took them about and hour and a little longer for a few of them. All in all, a great time was had by all!
Black and white: To take everything into consideration and oversimplify something. To judge everything as either one way or the other, good or bad.
