The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: One of the things I’ve enjoyed about our daughter Emma growing up is that she’s able to take on more responsibility for her routines with each passing year. All I have to do after breakfast is tell her to take care of her “morning stuff,” …

Managing a Kindergarten classroom takes a lot of discipline. Making sure your students learn the rules at the beginning of the year is time consuming, but so important. Here are three posters I place around the room for my students to have a visual reminder of their expectations throughout the day. Grab these posters HERE. I keep these posters in the areas I need them the most. Table Rules go on the white board, so that if I am teaching whole group I can remind those who are not doing a good…

I am going to start teaching a Kindergartner some social thinking vocabulary. She is a very visual learner. I adapted some of Michelle Gar...

Social stories are an effective and easy intervention to use for a variety of behaviors! These stories are short stories accompanied by visuals to help children with autism and Aspergers behave appropriately in social situations. The story describes the situation and then scripts the appropriate res...

CVC WORDS This page contains affiliate links. Read Full Disclosure We love to use these at home and as a literacy center in the classroom.Grab a cookie sheet, these magnetic letters (the…

This is a collection of 4 social stories about common problems related to communication and social skills. The stories included are: - I Don't Interrupt - Asking Politely - Commenting - Good Listener Social stories are an effective and easy intervention to use for a variety of behaviors! These sto...

Since I made these daily child routine chart printables for my baby, our day has been a lot smoother. Now he goes to the potty without me. That's always a plus!

Social stories are an effective and easy intervention to use for a variety of behaviors! These stories are short stories accompanied by visuals to help children with autism and Aspergers behave appropriately in social situations. The story describes the situation and then scripts the appropriate res...

This is a social narrative to use with your students with special needs that always want to finish their work first, come in first place, or win every game. The book should be printed, laminated, and bound for durability and multiple uses. The book is 7 pages and there is also a single page sheet wi...

These hand signal posters coordinate with the other ocean themed products in my store. Teach these hand signals to your students at the beginning of the year. Students can use these instead of raising their hands. With these hand signals, students are able to communicate their needs/ideas witho...

Get your students listening quickly! Count down from 5 and say each instruction with each number. Eventually you will be able to count 5, 4, 3,2,1 and the students will do everything automatically!5 = Eyes to the front4 = Mouth closed3 = Body still with legs crossed2 = Ears listening1 = Brain focuse...

This is a poster for using "give me five" as an attention getter for classroom management. Use the poster to teach students that when you say "give me five" they need to be listening and following the rules. 1. Crisscross applesauce 2. hands in our lap 3. two ears listening 4. two eyes watching 5. o...

By Cally Guerin Many years ago, I wrote a PhD thesis that used French psychoanalytic and postmodern theory. It may have been the translation of the texts, but I found it necessary to read, and re-r…

Social stories are an effective and easy intervention to use for a variety of behaviors! These stories are short stories accompanied by visuals to help children with autism and Aspergers behave appropriately in social situations. The story describes the situation and then scripts the appropriate res...