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
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
PreK Pushin: Math & Communication Goals– How do they go together?
Graph image by Creative Lessons Cafe Push-in therapy. In-class support. Co-teaching. Whatever you want to call it, going into the classroom to provide in-class support minutes to your students can definitely require some outside-of-the-box thinking if you’re not the one who has planned & is leading the lesson. I know–it’s hard sometimes as SLPs to let go of having a… Read More
Potato Head Play
Mr. Potato Head is a toy that many of us SLPs have used in therapy with little ones. It’s always been toted as a “must-have” for anyone working with early intervention/prek. I love my potato heads (I scored a big tub full of heads and accessories at a yard sale last year!), but I’ll admit- there was a point in… Read More