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Do you have a "class wanderer?" How about a child who repeatedly leaves the instructional area? These intervention tip packs are designed for changing disruptive or non-productive classroom behaviors. Download includes: -About “In A Nutshell Mini-Mods”. -Visual “Three Step Intervention Plan”. -Functional Communication Training. -Typical Targeted Behavior Examples. -Positive Reinforcement List and Examples. -Folder Setup. -16 Different Kinds of Printable Tokens. -References. EARLY CHILDHOOD

Here is a a year's worth of original and novel games to get little ones moving! “The Preschool Games” Improve your preschoolers self-control = improve their life. Start Here's "The Preschool Games" is squarely based on the theory of executive control - the same basis of "The Marshmallow Test"* that has been featured regularly on PBS. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/teach-self-control-reduce-economic-inequality/ Four games to play in a circuit - start these little learners on a path

Do you have a learner who puts non-food items in their mouth? Do you have learners who chew on shirt sleeves, pencils? A sensory break filled with "Mouth Work" may be the ticket! These sensory cards were created for teachers and professionals to provide a FUN focused way to administer sensory work. Each set of cards focuses on waking up , coordinating, and processing the senses. Download includes: -About “sensory cards”. -Object, set-up, materials, and how to play. -When to use the cards. -

Do you have a "class clown"? How about a child who intentionally makes noise? These intervention tip packs are designed for changing disruptive or non-productive classroom behaviors. Download includes: -About “In A Nutshell Mini-Mods”. -Visual “Two Step Intervention Plan”. -About Attention Maintained Behavior. -About a Token Economy -Typical Targeted Behavior Examples. -Positive Reinforcement List and Examples. -15 “choice cards” with (blanks) -Folder Setup. -Eight Different Kinds of Printabl

Do you have a learner who can go all day without eating? How about a child who eats so little during the day that they wake up at night to eat? Then you need this book! This book series was created to be used as teaching tools. Some learners need to be directly instructed to recognize the body’s signals or feelings of things like; hunger, bath rooming, and hygiene. Discrete Teaching Books will recommend a “Teaching Time”. The “Teaching Time” will be the time of day that the behavior most

Expand on little learners natural love of exploring the world by teaching them how prove their ideas. Learner will formulate and express reasonable responses to the picture. (Who the penguin is; What the penguin is doing; What the penguin would say; and Where the penguin is) Examples: Why do they think penguin has fairy wings? Why is he holding a bike tire? The sky is the limit in this interactive game of cognitive skill. Download includes: -Executive function information -Visual layout f

Play Dough with a Purpose! Print and Play. Use this download as an independent activity or a center. Little learners strengthen hands and answer cognitive boosting questions. Targets fine motor, cognitive, and language domains. Play dough is a favorite for any preschooler and a great teaching medium. For a year's worth of high interest play dough mats - check out Start Here's - "Dough-GEO" download. This download includes: -Executive Function. -Procedure, Setup and Materials list. -Work-a

The ability to scan left to right and distinguish shapes are prerequisites for all academics. *Self-Control Work* This activity can also be to practice "calmly" scanning a large field. Get ready for school with Start Here's - SEE! This download includes: -Executive Function Information. -Object, Set-up, Procedure. -Lesson checklist/data sheet. -Figure Ground Activity and Questions. -Visual Form Recognition Activities. -Visual Sequence Activities. -Extension – “Make-Your-Own-Pattern” Activity.

Learners who understand how letters are made will be better writers. (lines, stops, curves etc.) Pencil work is a very important "back to school' skill. Ensure that EVERY learner knows the shapes and directions for writing letters. 16 clean and clear worksheets keeps all learners on track. Download includes: Writing poster Lines – left to right Lines – top to bottom Circles – 1 Circles – 2 Oblong – 1 Oblong – 2 Curves – top to bottom Curves – left to right Small curves – left to right Stops

All you need to set-up a perfect PreK - K classroom. This download targets preparing the environment and controlling the rate of activities for the best outcome, happy engaged preschoolers. Whole child focus on language, social and adaptive skills, gross and fine motor targets, and cognitive skills. A developmentally appropriate enriching daily schedule, visual classroom set-ups, visual room layout plans, year-long centers, rotating play centers, sensory and gross motor centers, play stages.

Having good fine motor control takes attention, practice and self control. Little learners are less frustrated when they can "do the work themselves". Get ready for school, start practicing today! Only at Start Here! Download includes: -Executive Function Information. -Object, setup, procedure, materials. -Starting Scissors - an original short story about learning to cut. -Basic Shapes & Colors -Snip-strips -Sorting labels (for containers) -Sort & paste sheet -Lollipops/stars -Snip-strips

This is the perfect bundle to support emergent readers and writers. “Five-Minute Pencil Work” Learners who understand how letters are made will be better writers. (lines, stops, curves etc.) Pencil work is a very important "back to school' skill. Ensure that EVERY learner knows the shapes and directions for writing letters. 16 clean and clear worksheets keeps all learners on track. Download includes: -Writing poster -Lines – left to right -Lines – top to bottom -Circles – 1 -Circles – 2 -Ob

*This item is part of a BUNDLE. Over 100 things to talk about! This speech and language pack is one of my favorites! It's FUN comprehensive practice is the best way to get little learners interacting. It has been my experience that the most challenging learners are the toddlers who are not yet talking. I have found success using a this pack of FUN, quickly-paced multi-sensory activities. I frequently use these materials when I start with a late talker. The six interactive sets follow

Designed for that little learner with average to high cognitive/academic/language skills - but low on "tone', "strength", "coordination" or "cognitive flexibility". Challenge your little learner with "Water Bottle Workout". Be sure to play quick - "put blue bottle on red circle", "put green bottle on number 3", "match triangle to bus"... Use as an independent daily activity or a center. This download includes: -Six Domains of Early Childhood. -Object, Materials, Set-up, and How-To-Play. -O

Exercise young brains with this pack of thinking skill games and activities!!! *Function & Attribute Sort Challenge -What do a "tangerine, keys, a light-switch, and a tool" have in common? Challenge young learners to sort this set of 60 real-picture cards into categories by function or attribute. Need extra support? Differentiate instruction easily with the target-word work-mats. Download includes: -Executive function information. -Attribute definition poster -Function definition poster -Ho

With Start Here's "before & after" high-interest play dough mats, little learners use visual clues to infer what will happen next. This HANDS-ON, FUN activity is a developmentally appropriate way to spark ideas and lay the foundation for critical thinking skills. Download includes: -How to make a “mat-set”. -Executive function information. -Object and material list. -Procedure. -Visual of mat-sets. -18 Full Color Play Dough Mats (Nine Sets). -Reference page. EARLY CHILDHOOD INFO: Young childr

Eloping and wandering are safety concerns for learners on the spectrum. Use this book to teach safety skills about going outside and being around water. This book series was created to be used as teaching tools. Some learners need to be directly instructed to recognize the body’s signals or feelings of things like; hunger, hygiene, and safety. Discrete Teaching Books will recommend a “Teaching Time”. The “Teaching Time” will be the time of day that the behavior most naturally occurs. Instr

Teaching little learners about emotions is not only an important life skill, it is also an important language, adaptive, and social skill. Unit has matching and paper activities. Teach, Talk, Pretend, and Draw! Download and start today. Download includes: -Six Domains of Early Childhood Information. -Object, Set up and Procedure. -Intro to Emotions Posters -Domain Lesson checklist/data sheet. -Activity 1 - Emotions set A – nine full color work mats. -Match the face - happy, sad, mad, surp

(this unit is part of the Interactive Essentials BUNDLE). These reading response activities are based in Vygotsky’s theory of learning. The student will be able to expand their learning by talking about their ideas, predictions, word survey, comparisons, questions, problems & solutions with a teacher. (the most knowledgeable other - MKO) The activities are set up so the 1:1 MKO conference takes place at the halfway point of the book to facilitate a thoughtful discussion about the book. *G

What does a hippo, fish eggs, and a 3-D printer have in common? They are all a part of Start Here's "Dough-Geo" play dough mat MEGA-PACK. These 40 high interest mats invite little learners to explore basic geometric shapes, while answering questions, and improving finger strength. The questions target the first three levels of Bloom's taxonomy and are developmentally appropriate for kids from preschool to kindergarten. Use as an activity or as a center. This download includes: -Executive