A sensory bin is a tactile experience in a container. Sensory bins allow children to explore the feel of different material while also experiencing motor practice, play-based learning, and child-directed fun. This Halloween sensory bin took me about 2 minutes to put together. My 2 and 4 year old children have been taking turns using […]
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The More Autism Language Activities reviewed in this post are from Linguisytem’s Autism & PDD More Picture Stories and Language Activities Sets. I found this set when I was purchasing similar sets for ages 5-8. This review covers my experiences using The Autism More Picture Stories and Language Activities 5-Program Set with my own autistic […]
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“There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!” is a fun Halloween story. My children found all of the unrealistic things the Old Lady swallowed absolutely hilarious. To continue the fun, I created Halloween activities to go with this story. These Halloween Activities ended up bing a huge hit with my children. Halloween Activities […]
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My children and I continue to use our child-sized tables daily for homeschool and other activities. I absolutely love how the crate seats turned out and they work perfectly for my children. As I sat on one at the table with my children, I did not feel very stable. The plastic would seem to buckle […]
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The Autism Language Activities reviewed in this post are from Linguisytem’s Autism & PDD Picture Stories and Language Activities Sets. I first came across this series while teaching special education to autistic children. This review covers my experiences using The Autism Picture Stories and Language Activities 5-Program Set with my own autistic children. Overview of […]
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I have a soft spot in my heart and wallet for picture books. I own a lot. I love reading them with my children and Halloween is no exception. This article is a compilation of my 14 favorite Halloween Picture Books. Top 14 Halloween Picture Books Room on the Broom This fun story is about […]
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When I taught in a self-contained public school setting, I worked with an excellent OT who introduced me to a multi-sensory approach to handwriting. Although I do not have nor remember her original multi-sensory handwriting program source, the just of the program was to start with gross motor practice, move to fine motor practice, and […]
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I have wanted to make a couple of homeschool tables for my children to use for school work. For a while we used the kitchen table, but it just is not the right height for young children. I decided to build them myself for two reasons: 1) Furniture made from 2 x 4 wood is […]
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When I taught in a self-contained classroom for autistic children, one of the speech therapist introduced me to Matt and Molly stories. These are officially called, Autism & PDD Picture Stories & Language Activities by Patricia Koski. This article reviews the 5-pack set of language activities for social skills for children ages 3 to 8. […]
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During homeschool time, we usually end up on the floor. This is fine for the moment; however, an upright position with a table at the right height is a much better position for writing activities. I have wanted to make or acquire some child-sized tables and seats for a while now. I got to the […]
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