Decorating the Tree

Are you looking for some ideas that incorporates movement into your sessions?  This is great activity to work on following directions, labeling, and prepositions.  This works well if you co-teach with the OT, which I share a room with OT and PT. The sentences that the kids generated using prepositions and vocabulary related to the Holidays were great!

Easter Home Kit

I know I am not alone when I say that this time of year is super chaotic!  To top if off, St. Patrick's Day and Easter are extremely too close.  I felt like my planning for both holidays has been rushed. With that said, I still wanted to squeeze in some time to put together a home Easter kit for my students.  I tried to include activities specific to each individual goal.  I stuffed pieces of paper in each egg that targeted different skills, such as following directions, articulation, synoyms, antonyms, vocabulary, and sentence formulation.  I also added a bunny to work on prepositions.  They all included fun, decorative pencils in a cute carrot pouch.  Anytime I can incorporate carryover while still engaging the students, makes me happy!  Happy Easter!

   

Holiday Treats

I love giving my students a little treat during the holidays. This year, I found this cute bag topper from http://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/2014/05/frozen-olaf-snowman-party-favor-printable.html.  It's adorable and educational!

Does your school do a door decorating contest?  This is our 3rd annual contest.  This year, I decided to get my students involved.  Since I share a room with both OT and PT, I came up with a cute sign that incorporates how we used fine motor and language skills. We talked about what the holiday season meant to us.  Then, we had students write the words on a snowflake.  It was a fun way to collaborate with other professionals and the kids had fun helping us place their snowflakes on the door. 

Here is example of a student's snowflake.

This was the sign on my door.