I am certain you will- where do you live?

Not just for kids- Wounded Warriors at the USAFA benefiting from sensory work.

This is really neat and a great overview and starting point!

Here is something Laurence Schneider has been working on for us all, a play date map, a guide to know how you create a playdate that will be...Here is something Laurence Schneider has been working on for us all, a play date map, a guide to know how you create a playdate that will be intrinsically motivating & educational using the child's own interests, observation and one of the most powerful sources of key information - asking the parents Show more

The course finished Sunday, and on Monday I included lessons learned in my class right away. We did a math warm up playing “Duck Duck, Goose” skip...The course finished Sunday, and on Monday I included lessons learned in my class right away. We did a math warm up playing “Duck Duck, Goose” skip counting and reviewing multiplication- a warm up we usually did standing in the classroom. Now we were outside, running, playing, inclusive- who would have thought, kids were having fun doing math. It took just as long as the usual math warm up, but the mood it set for the following lesson was hugely different. Kids made comments like ‘I love math’, “math was so much fun today” etc. even though the actual lesson still complied with what I usually had to do. Immediate impact!
One of my autistic students was hugely interested in sea animals. Playing with the idea of Rupert’s self advocacy, I provoked a response. I looked at one of his drawings, naming a beautifully designed octopus a starfish. My little kiddo absolutely lost it! He could not get over it for the entire day- I felt like a failure, horrible person causing such heartbreak. I could not apologize enough and thought to myself- well, this did not go well at all. However, the next day the student started to talk to me which he never did before. He even raised his hand to ask for help- that never happened in the 5 years of schooling. Since that day, our relationship has been absolutely amazing and he is growing socially and academically. MM can have immediate impact in class. Show more