Great social story to teach why children need to keep their hands to themselves. Has great pictures of different ways that students might touch a friend that makes them sad. Unfortunately, there is a glitch in the software that puts a blank page in between each page of the social story, so there is a blank page within the social story.
Use these bears to help teach shapes. Before you do anything, laminate and then cut the bears arms and legs (to later match) and put the bear back together. The child has to match the real life shapes to the appropriate shape located on each bear's belly.
Two different calm down visuals to utilize in your early childhood classroom. 1--"Smell the flower, blow out the candle." 2--Mountain Breathing: Breathe in, Breathe out, Breath in, Breathe out...