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Turn Your Phone into a Document Camera for Teletherapy

5 Literacy-based Halloween Circle Times

“What is Halloween?” Circle Time

“It’s Pumpkin Time!” Circle Time

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Turn Your Phone into a Document Camera for Teletherapy

Turn Your Phone into a Document Camera for Teletherapy

At this point, I’m hoping teletherapy is a short-lived way of life, and that it’s not going to continue into the Fall (Aren’t we all?) Keeping that hope alive also means that spending $50+ on a document cam for a situation so short-term isn’t really at the top of my list!   At least with investing in digital materials like… Read More

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5 Literacy-based Halloween Circle Times

5 Literacy-based Halloween Circle Times

With so many Halloween books out there- how do you narrow it down?! Truth be told, I’m still struggling with that (my husband and the friends we had in town visiting pretty much had to peel me away from the Halloween kids’ book section at Target last weekend- but it’s fine. Everything’s fine.) I have narrowed down some of my… Read More

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“What is Halloween?” Circle Time

“What is Halloween?” Circle Time

I looove this circle time activity because it’s super simple, fun, and interactive! We start out using the book, “What is Halloween?” by Harriet Ziefert. (Find it here on Amazon or here on Thriftbooks.) This is a really simple lift-the-flap book, and is great for introducing some basic concepts surrounding Halloween! After reading the book, we watched the adorable “Knock… Read More

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“It’s Pumpkin Time!” Circle Time

“It’s Pumpkin Time!” Circle Time

So many good pumpkin books are out there to choose from, but one October book I like to use at circle is called “It’s Pumpkin Time!” by Zoe Hall. (This is a Scholastic book I can’t find on their website anymore, or on Amazon or Thriftbooks, BUT.. at the time of this post, there are several copies available on eBay… Read More

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5 Little Pumpkins Halloween Circle Time

5 Little Pumpkins Halloween Circle Time

5 Little Pumpkins is a classic Halloween book, but I changed it up a little bit this year for circle and it was a hit! To start, I read the book one time through and we do all the actions with it: 1-“Oh my it’s getting late”- surprised face with our hands on our cheeks2-“There are witches in the air”… Read More

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Little Blue Truck’s Halloween Circle Time

Little Blue Truck’s Halloween Circle Time

There are SO many great preschool read-alouds to choose from for Halloween, but one of my all-time favorites is Little Blue Truck’s Halloween! It’s a lift-the-flap book and has a truck and animals wearing costumes, so it’s pretty much a hit with everyone! I printed off pictures of each animal from the book, did a Google-image search “eye mask clip… Read More

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Who else is reading The Day It Rained Hearts this Who else is reading The Day It Rained Hearts this week? Between this and Little Blue Truck’s Valentine, we’re delivering Valentine’s to LOTS of our animal friends! With all no prep or low prep activities, you can buy this set tonight and use tomorrow morning!
Easy to prep? ✅ Works for lots of your caseload Easy to prep? ✅ 
Works for lots of your caseload? ✅ 
Preverbal AND verbal kids can participate? ✅ 

I use this every year, at different times throughout the year, and just leave out the “Valentine’s Day” part of the line- voila, you also have an interactive book for a jungle/zoo anima theme or a pet theme, too! 🐵 🐊 🦁

Grab it with the link in my profile!
Olivia and I are Super Bowl ready! #gochiefs ❤️💛 Is the bow and tutu over the top? Yes. Do I regret it? No. 😂 

Since most people are just in it for the food and commercials.. Whats your favorite Super Bowl snack? Mine is buffalo chicken dip 💯!
This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t w This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t want you to miss out either!

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Sneezy the Snowman is my favorite winter book- wha Sneezy the Snowman is my favorite winter book- what’s yours?!
Things I never thought I’d see in therapy 😆 B Things I never thought I’d see in therapy 😆 But a little friend who I saw over telehealth wanted to show me his new belt, and naturally when you’re showing someone your new belt over video chat, you thrust your lower body way up close to the camera to show them 😂
Making these shirts super late last night was wort Making these shirts super late last night was worth it for this one cute family pic 😂 Amazon sent the wrong design and I didn’t check the package till 2.5 months later and nothing fit anyone anyway, but I had it in my head we would match on Christmas so dang it, we were going to match.  Are you a matching Christmas jammies kinda family?
Why just label presents with sticky tags when you Why just label presents with sticky tags when you could spend a much longer time making them with your Cricut? 😂

This was the first time I’ve ever used the Cricut to write with a pen, and I’m obsessed! It’s so much better than my own cursive handwriting 😬

Also it’s 9:15 on Christmas Eve and I still haven’t put them on the gifts. Or finished wrapping. Or finished baking. Who else is in the same boat?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

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