I figure I would give you all a peek into this past week. For those of you who don’t know I serve clients from ages 3-14. I have a client of every age in between.
First up I am so excited that to do a Harry Potter themed activity. I found a great lesson plan for middle school students created by the US National Library of Medicine. Yes the author is strange, but the lesson is EXCELLENT. Check it out here!
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to visit family in London. While vacationing I went to the Making of Harry Potter, where I was able to go behind the scenes of how the movies were made. It was fabulous and I really wanted to do an activity on it. It also helps when you are lucky enough to have students obsessed with Mr. Potter almost as much as I am.
Well it is finally December! I think one of the strangest things for me is seeing Christmas trees and Santa decorations in school! Where I grew up in MA, it all had to be religion neutral. Florida does not appear to be the same. For the children who do celebrate Christmas I picked up coloring book in the dollar section of Target. I took the pages out and divided the pictures into sections. Next I wrote in vocabulary words or targeted sound words. My plan is to use these pages with a variety of children.
For those who don’t celebrate Christmas and for even those that do, I wanted to create a more neutral crafts that all children could do! I pick up foam gingerbread men again from Target. I plan on using them to motivate the children to complete activities.
For those of you who haven’t tried out the Super Duper Wh- Questions app, you are definitely missing out. I tried out the lite version of just the “who” cards and fell in love. I bought the pro version after the first time I used it. I highly recommend you try the lite version! It is great!
Quick tip: Have you ever forgotten to bring your mirror? If you have an iPad you can use the camera option. The kids love it and it is great for working on placement. I also will use Photobooth on my laptop as well. It all depends on what I have access too.