The Wheels on the Bus

 

 

 

• Here it is!

A week of The Wheels on the Bus Preschool Package!

It includes detailed information on how to turn this song into a language opportunity for preschoolers!

Included:

• coloring book
• what are the parts of a bus-interactive book
• find similar items in and out of the classroom based on colour
• "wh" questions
• Vocabulary activity
• Sequencing Activity targeting first, next, last, and then, etc.
• and much more!

The Gingerbread Man

 

 

Here is a cute Gingerbread pack great for this time of year.

It is normally $5 but I am selling it for $3 until December 25th! And keep your eyes peeled cause I am going to be adding more activities to it!!!

 

 

The Gingerbread Man Preschool Pack- also works with students who have a language delay.

It is 60 pages of hands-on fun and it's low prep!

You can use the book (in this pack) or you can use a youtube video. Read this book a few times to encourage comprehension.

This pack includes:

•Fine motor skill activities- including playdoh mats, or drawing, colouring and pre-printing practice.

•Rhyming worksheets

•Beginning sound mats- can also be used for segmenting sounds

•Beginning Sound House Center- do the 2 pictures start with the same sound?

•Coloring pages- and printing practice for upper case letters (beginning sounds of each character from the story).

•Sensory bin pieces

•Prepositions interactive book- also targets “where” questions and a wordless book that you can pair with a youtube video or use as comprehension pieces or story props!

 Here is a video I like to use with it!

The Wheels on the Bus

 Here are some fun and cute activities that you can use with The Wheels on the Bus theme!😊

To make it fun, we need to incorporate many areas: play, hands-on learning, interactive, etc. Some of the activities are even appropriate for teletherapy!

 I have incorporated many activities in this pack, fine motor skills, language skills, language centers and below is a fun video you can watch. You will also want to do the hand motions too!

Camping Theme

 

This is included in my Early Intervention Information and Activities Pack!!

•You can use this as a bus theme or pair it with a camping book.
Activities:
1.Sorting – camping items and items that are not for camping.
2. Free play center- language ideas
3.Fine Motor dabbing
4.Coloring page
5.Printing practice for the letter /c/ mats- used for coloring, dry erase markers, play-doh, and/or posters for visuals.
6.Printing practice- lower case- used for mini erasers, pencil, crayons, pom-poms, dry erase or play-doh.
7.Dabbing practice- lower case- you can use with bingo dabbers, or Q-tips and paint.
8. Interactive Book
9. Jar and Bug Go togethers
10. Opposite Tent Match up
11. Fishing for Concepts

 

  

 

Goldilocks for a week!

 

 

Everything you need for speech therapy! 

Goldilocks for $4!

Read the story to your students every day 

and then follow up with one of the activities.

Monday- name the category

Tuesday-concepts

Wednesday- opposites

Thursday-story sequence
2 versions

Friday-comparative and superlatives
Bonus-articulation for /g/ & wh questions.

Early Intervention

Recently, I read that it takes 4 times longer to work on language skills with a 4th grader than when working with a preschooler!

"According to research, learning and development are at their highest rate in the preschool years. Early intervention is forward looking, even into adulthood.  It has been shown that Early Intervention therapies do far more than provide for immediate benefits during the developmental years.  They significantly increase the child’s ability to integrate in future social environments, including school, community, and ultimately employment."

With that being said, many of our staff who work in preschool centers, and daycare need some additional information and support on how to incorporate language in everday situations. Many preschool teachers want to work on letters, letter sounds and even sight words! No!!! Start with those early concepts (in, on, under, beside, etc.), vocabulary (naming items, their category names, and describing how items are associated),  following directions, reading and MOST IMPORTANTLY- FREE PLAY!!! Just let them play! :)

I have made an Early Intervention Pack for staff who work kids- you can check it out here! 

You can get my Early Intervention Pack here- with everything you see here and MORE!

 

Pre Christmas Sale!~

Everything in my store is 20% off this weekend AND starting Monday I've put 4 

of my top sellers on sale for only $1 for December! That's over $10 of products

for $4! These products are great for preschool aged kids :)

 

 

Promise No. 1 - Education as a Treaty Right

Some days I feel sorry for myself and then it doesn't take long to see that everyone, at some time, is facing an up hill battle. Some hills are steeper than others. We all need to work together, support each other and remember "were here for the kids...."

Creating Communicators provides speech language and occupational therapy to (predominately) First Nation Schools. As an aboriginal woman who was born and raised in Alberta, I see these issues first hand. It makes me sad that these school have many students who struggle with the basic skills they need to succeed academically and socially. The teachers work hard and don't always feeling supported or valued. 

I started Creating Communicators to bridge this gap. When I go to schools, I work hard to build a rapport with students and teachers, and help teachers and aides with training, and give them as many resources as possible. I want to do as much as I can to support of First Nation students and staff.

I want all of staff and students to know that I will go above and beyond what is expected to help make their role easier and support them in anyway I can possible!


With that being said, many of our educators are doing an excellent job! Here are some examples of activities that are being used in a K4 classroom. 

Tina is using Pete the Cat as a theme and has made hands on centers that target vocabulary, math, language and other important concepts. She has done it an an excellent way so that she is promoting language through play, which is exactly what the 4 year olds need!  


I am so proud of her and the work she has done at the school!

 She uses these laminate cut outs for the students to talk about vocabulary, colors and to help sequence the story. 

 

Tina uses these buttons to work on number sense.

And then she has them practice fine motor skills tracing the numbers in the book.

 

She also has all of her Pete the Cat books displayed in her class so the students can "read" them!

Great job!

I want to thank Lisa Thunder for taking a chance with Creating Communicators and working so hard for all of the staff and students of Bigstone Cree Nation at OPK school! 

Thank you Mrs. Bishop for letting me come in and do activities with your class! Thanks for being so open and welcoming!

Thank you all!
I am so grateful to be a part of your team!!!
Cheers, 
Mindy

Parent Handouts for Summer

During the summer many kids are spending a lot of time with family and not in speech therapy which is totally understandable! I feel like we need to get the "speech" word out there. I want to help parents by giving them easy strategies that they can use everyday to increase the language skills of their little guys. I always laugh when parents are so proud of themselves by telling me they do flashcards with their kids! Kids learn best through play... I am not faulting them just pointing out that children can learn language by doing fun things that they are interested in, it doesn't have to look like a classroom.

I created a handout that is written in parent friendly vocabulary for everyday activities like going to the beach, park or during camping. The only place you can find this handout is on my website so be sure to check it out and pass on the link to any parents in need! Stick around and check out the other freebies here too!
 
If you use these handouts leave me some feedback in the comments section.

I hope you have sunny weather,
Mindy
:)