Now soaring in Kindergarten
Many kids with autism spectrum disorder (like my son, Jack) have issues with transitions. How can you help kids like that and ease the anxiety over those transitions? First, I started using “visual countdowns” (a countdown without a specific amount of time attached to each number or item that’s removed). I’ve seen them made with stars and strips of paper on velcro (you can
Something random I took pictures of a while back to share. Instead of buying “privacy shields”, I make my own “test security” each school year. I let the kids decorate their own and since they are made out of old file folders, the fold in together and fit perfectly into their desks. I just staple the two folders together, overlapping the middle. Some of
We worked on our ornaments today and I think I am in love! First up are the reindeer/photo ornaments. I LOVE these craft ornaments I ordered off Amazon, they open and are super easy to put things into and then they just pop back together! (link at the bottom of the post) I let my students roll up brown paper and stuff the ornaments….
I have seen some great things on Pinterest, but when I pinned a black chart DIY by The Very Busy First Graders I knew I needed to give it a try. I shared last night on my Instagram the box of dye and a lot of folks responded that they had tried it and it was an epic fail…I also had some folks share some great
I am done! I mean, I am not “done, done” but I am pretty close to done! I am not, however, ready for students yet. There is always so much to do! My classroom revealed…. I will warn you, I have a lot of pictures to share. I’m a fan of photography =) My Book Cover Banner made using Maria at Kinder-Craze’s tutorial! My data
I start back to school Monday, but the kids don’t come until the following Monday. I have been spending most of the last couple of weeks in my classroom getting ready and I am STILL not there…but I have made progress. I am not ready for a big reveal YET, but here are some of my projects: (keep in mind these are pics with my
These are a couple of pics I have shared on Instagram, late night sessions in my classroom. Boring door transformed into not so boring with laser frames from Michael’s…spray painted frames, plus they were super cheap! My doors are OLD and so covering them with paper is really the only way I have to change them around! Not so clear in the photo as in
Ta-Dah!! As many of you know, past year I covered my Yellow Small Group table with contact paper. But being the fickle person that I am, I got tired of that and decided to change things up again! My first thought was to peel the original contact paper off…and that should have worked. But it was going to take FOREVER. And I am not sure
Instagram has become a MAJOR obsession for many of us and if you have been on there lately, you have seen my pics and many of my instagram friends’ pics of their iphone icons! They are SOOO stinkin’ cute! The app I used is called CocoPPa, just look it up in the app store. Now here is the disclaimer: it will not let you
It is the task that we all dread….removing name tags from desks at the end of the school year. A friend has been hassling me suggesting I try using shaving cream, which I finally did. And guess what? It worked! It actually worked better than Goo Gone…and it’s less expensive! I let the shaving cream sit on what was left of the name tag, and
