When my son was younger, I often felt guilty about letting him watch children’s television and videos, especially since I kept hearing about the negative effects of too much screen time. I was amazed, however, by his ability to virtually memorize entire DVDs as well as by the amount of detail he could remember. At…
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A Train Unit
Vocabulary Signs: Train Train Sounds: TRAIN SOUNDS Circle Time/Opening Song/Poem/Fingerplay: “Trains” Here’s a little choo-choo train Chugging down the track Now it goes forward Now it goes back Now the whistle blows Whooooo, Whooooooo! What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes Chooo-chooo-chooo! The train comes running back. Fingerplay: This is a choo-choo…
Try This Tuesday #1: Using a Timer
It’s time for the first official Try This Tuesday, and I hope you will participate by sharing a creative solution you have found to make your child’s life or your family’s life a little bit easier. For more information about how this meme will work, you can read the welcome post, but here are the…
5 Minutes for Special Needs Books with Jennifer Graf Groneberg
Welcome to 5 Minutes for Special Needs Books, a place for readers to talk about special needs titles! This week’s book is More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When Your Child has Special Needs. Designed to answer any of the many questions moms may have about how to better live their…