Social Games in Shallow Water
There is something about water that can invite calm play. Maybe it’s the comforting way water holds your body, the silky feel of it on your skin, the blue color,...
Ages & Stages
FIRECRACKERS Celebrating Our Children’s Magic & Achievements
Firecrackers When blessed with children, we think of all the lovely things we cannot wait to teach them. But sometimes we learn of a diagnosis, and these amazing little ones...
Helpful Apps for Children with Special Needs
Apps for Children with Special Needs Conversation Builder™ By Mobile Education Store LLC Conversation Builder™ is an interactive conversation simulator designed to help elementary aged children learn how to...
Teaching your Child Social Skills Using Let’s Choose™ Interactive Card Game
Teaching your child Social Skills Social Skill to be Learned: Wait. POSITIVE CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES (See choice card above on waiting.) A parent can teach a child how to wait...
What would Mary Poppins Do?
What would Mary Poppins Do? I want to be more like Mary Poppins. Instead of screeching at my children, like the Wicked Witch of the West, to clean up yet...
Ethan’s Alternative Tomorrow: A PATH Toward Social Inclusion
Ethan’s Alternative Tomorrow Hang out with Ethan for a day and you quickly become enamored with this unique young man. He charms you with his clever wit, his love for...
Ballet Yoga – for Children with Special Needs
When my daughter was diagnosed with CP we thought of ways to incorporate movement into her daily life. Once success was through a hybrid class we named Ballet-Yoga. This program...
Making Touch Books for Blind Children
Making touch books for blind children is a time-consuming task which can sometimes prove to be expensive. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to undertake their construction since a well prepared material...
MOTORING through MEALTIME
Mealtime presents many opportunities for a variety of sensory and motor skills to be developed also! A lot of kiddos with special needs struggle with “picky eating” or “problem feeding”...
Listening Game Helps with Identifying and Make Sounds Familiar
Listening Game Hearing a sound they can’t identify can be scary for children, and there are so many sounds in our world. This game helps make them familiar. Goals Listening...
