Ellen Dennis

We LOVE to sing songs in our class to learn. This song folder can be used to help children learn a repetitive song as well as their colors. It is great for communication and taking turns. There is even a color data sheet included!

Nursery rhymes are a great tool to use in early childhood classrooms. They increase many skills including phonological awareness and communication. These interactive books utilize simple clipart to teach six different nursery rhymes. As you read the rhyme, students move the corresponding symbol to that page. Students love using these in small group and independently! It is a great way to develop pre-reading skills in a fun way as well! Nursery Rhymes included: -Twinkle, Twinkle -One, Two Buc

Classroom Visuals for Early Childhood Classrooms includes different visuals that can be used when setting up centers in an early childhood classroom. While it is created specifically for inclusion or special education classrooms, they can be used for regular PK and K classrooms as well. The product includes communication boards that can be placed in the centers to help facilitate language. There are communication boards for: -Art Center -Block Center -General Communication Board -Dramatic Pla

Six Little Turkeys is a great activity to help develop communication skills while practicing colors, positional words and numbers. As you read the poem, the students follow the directions by placing the different colored turkeys throughout the farm. The product includes four different levels of visual prompting: no visuals, visuals for colors, visuals for positional words, and visuals for both colors and positional words at the same time. Your students will love interacting with this product

Ever wonder what your students have learned over the summer or what your new student is doing at home? This questionnaire is a comprehensive document that helps you learn from parents what their child is able to do while they are at home. I send it home at the beginning of each year and throughout the year as I get new students. It is a great way to see the child's current levels of performance outside of the school environment as well as learn what parents would like their child to learn over t

Having alphabet charts throughout the classroom is a great reference for children at a young age. I hang alphabet charts in each of my centers so that if I need to refer them to a letter, the chart is always accessible. This chart is made for everyday use in the classroom, but it also can be used as a self correcting tool for Melissa & Doug's Beginning Sound Puzzle. It is a great way to scaffold the activity for students who still need help with beginning sounds.