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I LOVE the book "The Napping House" by Audrey Wood!!! I read it with our preschoolers, act it out using props (a cot, blue scarf/bonnet for a student to be the grandmother, a baby doll for the child and stuffed animals~ the kids love it!!!) then we do a book retelling extension activity in small groups to send home! I've put the retelling booklet on-line for you to use. It is editable and includes a parent handout which highlights key language concepts... just insert your name and position. Pu

'Who Am I?' animal activity language masks (hand drawn)~ set of 9 animal and community helper masks contain firefighter, police officer, farmer, snake, octopus, dog, shark, cat, and pig. So many language and speech goals/concepts can be targeted using this activity! Examples include grammatical sentences, asking questions (including yes/no), categorizing, descriptors, ‘wh’ questions, action concepts… I have found that the list is ENDLESS!  I frequently pair this activity with an EET (Expanding

Well...might as well meet their interests :) I made this barrier game to surprise my students as the year is concluding. The looks on their faces as I have pulled this out have been priceless~ so excited!!! (WARNING~ it does take a lot of cutting to put this together for multi-players, and some hand cramping LOL, but it's worth it:) Mincraft themed barrier game with parent instructional handout: includes parent instructions, one scene page and two pages of varying objects to cut out (does not

Interactive Hallway Activity...What's In My Bag? Expanding language: writing, expressive and receptive skills; targeting critical attributes; fashioned after the EET tool by Sarah L. Smith Get the whole school involved in expanding language! Students define an object using the basic areas as interpreted closely to the EET program: category, function, describe using the 5 senses, composition, parts, location, additional information/personal opinion Using magazines or allowing the students to dr

This activity targets a variety of language skills including CVC word production, velar sounds in the final position of words, promoting letter learning, etc. all while making your OT happy by incorporating some fine motor practiceYou will need to print these PDF’s on cardstock and laminate for more durable materials. Cut the individual 4”x4” final /k/ words apart. You will need to provide 11 clothes pins (pinchable type) and write the following letters with permanent marker (one letter per clo

Summer/beach themed barrier game with parent instructional handout: includes parent instructions, one beach scene page and three pages of varying objects to cut out (ocean animals, characters, beach objects- some color and some black and white clip art~ not a separate black and white version!) it does print well in black and white for low ink printing! Objects were thoughtfully selected with many minor differences to promote more in depth descriptions. Great for therapy session use, then send

companion visual for "Who Am I? animal faces activity": receptive and expressive language activity masks wh questions 2"x2" visual supports to aid comprehension and facilitate participation with language mask activity includes PDF's: one direction page, one 9 symbol choice board for identifying the character and two visual support boards to facilitate giving clues (answering basic 'wh' questions) to the target participant

12 Synonym snowmen pairing groups (3 synonym vocabulary per snowman); 6 Antonym snowmen pairs Cut apart the bodies of the snowmen (head with hat, torso, bottom), then have your students build snowmen synonyms! So many extension activities including pairing up the antonym snowmen, following directions incorporating spatial detail, describing, naming, root word, suffixes, etc. Synonym Groups: Strong, tough, powerful Huge, giant, enormous Scary, frightening, terrifying Goofy, silly, ridiculous Slow

15-2x2 inch clipart/photographs per pronoun group {He, she, they: 45 total} Common action vocabulary targeted Contains 3 visual supports for pronoun category (4x4inch) Sentence strip visual supports to help develop language (multi-cultural in mind~ two variations of each set.) It is important to note that the photos/clipart are primarily Caucasian due to difficulty with finding quality, available images.