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The first year we owned a home, we bought 2 Costco

The first year we owned a home, we bought 2 Costco size bags of Halloween candy. Guess how many trick or treaters we got?

2.

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The year after, I stopped at CVS and bought a bag of York peppermint patties in case we got trick or treaters. My husband was appalled I’d give those out for Halloween and went and bought a standard chocolate candy mix with Milky Way, Snickers, etc... instead.

I just figured if no one came by, I’d get the peppermint patties all to myself and saw no problem with it? 😂 I mean, would YOU be appalled if you got a peppermint patty? I can’t think of anything better! (Except maybe Reese’s)

Over here practicing some spooky “oooo” sounds

Over here practicing some spooky “oooo” sounds with the baby but you can practice some other sounds with this no prep spooky haunted house craft in your sessions! Always one of my favorite activities to use this time of year!

Do you ever use @supersimpleofficial songs in ther

Do you ever use @supersimpleofficial songs in therapy? I love their Knock Knock Trick or Treat videos this time of year! I always pair it with a book about trick or treating and use their printables as visual supports to work on who and what questions- like “WHO is at the door?” or “WHAT is his costume?” I’ve made it work for both therapy sessions and circle time!

Do you have a favorite trick or treating book?

This was one of my fave Halloween activities last

This was one of my fave Halloween activities last year! I did this as a circle time group with some of my kids who are nonverbal and harder to engage-Here’s what we did!

1️⃣Simple Halloween book to work on verbal approximations of “boo”
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2️⃣Science experiment! We made pumpkin volcanos with visuals from my simple science experiment pack and targeted engagement, “bubbles” “in” “go” requesting, and turn-taking. They LOVED IT!
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3️⃣Halloween themed bubbles (a no-go this year with masks 😩)
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4️⃣Wind up teeth (big/small, go, requesting one)
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5️⃣Crazy eyeball glasses- mostly to get them to attend to me
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6️⃣ “Jumping spiders” - requesting one, adding a color attribute, “go” , “up”, and turn taking

Do you use Halloween things in therapy or are you strictly Fall and pumpkins?

But what if I’m watching Selling Sunset on Netfl

But what if I’m watching Selling Sunset on Netflix? Does that count? 😆 #teamchrishell

Do yourself a favor this weekend and grab a pumpki

Do yourself a favor this weekend and grab a pumpkin, baking soda, and vinegar while you’re out at the store. Then do pumpkin volcanos in therapy next week. Your kids will be obsessed!

Fall books are my fave! Do you have Apple Trouble

Fall books are my fave! Do you have Apple Trouble yet? It’s really cute and easily simplified depending on your caseload!

I made these visuals last year to go with the book and the hedgehog game (they’re free on TPT!), and made a Boom card version this year for all of you who are virtual! (Swipe for that pic!)

You can still use the physical game in virtual therapy, though, too. I’ve held up games like this to the screen and had them tell me which piece to put in next. With the hedgehog, your kids can choose which color spike to stick a picture on (“Get a blue one” “Put it on the red”).

Still doing face to face therapy? The game is all plastic with no tiny pieces so can easily be wiped down, and so can the printable visuals if they’re laminated! The shell comes off the hedgehog too so you could also dunk all the parts in a bucket of whatever type of cleaner you’re using.

Use the Boom card version for a whole group push-in activity on a smart board during face to face therapy, too!

PS- this book is out of print and hard to find for a reasonable price (check ThriftBooks.com to see if it’s in stock periodically) but if you don’t have it, use a read aloud on YouTube on mute so that you’re the one reading the story!

Mine would be ☕️ and ☀️... hot coffee to s

Mine would be ☕️ and ☀️... hot coffee to start my day and then a day outside in the sunshine when it’s not blazing hot!

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