Kids learn best when having fun! It’s a simple premise. Coming up with fun ways to teach them, though, isn’t always so simple. I try to post lots of creative ideas to help bring a little fun and creativity to teaching – whether it’s work at school or homework – to help kids learn math, spelling, and colors, among other skills. This post is another … Continue reading Teach spelling using just some dot paint and beads!
At The Behavior Buzz, it is a known fact that teaching conversation skills can be hard! It’s something I work on with my clients nearly every day. What makes conversation skills so hard, is that there are an infinite number of questions or comments the other person might say, and knowing how to respond appropriately can be extremely tricky. One good way to build up … Continue reading Who Doesn’t Love a Little Bingo? Conversation Bingo (FREE printable included!)
Folder activities are one of my absolute favorite strategies for teaching children at a wide range of ages and levels! Although many people think folder activities are only for basic skills (such as matching or spelling), in reality they can be used for children at any age or developmental level. File folder activities work well for even very complex skills (such as algebra, geography, or … Continue reading Folder Activities: A Great Way to Teach Almost Any Skill! *links to product
Children engage in problem behaviors. It’s true of children with disabilities and it’s true of typically developing children. Part of growing up is learning which behaviors are and are not appropriate, and to figure that out, kids try out all kinds of behaviors. Most parents understand the basics of putting in place consequences to stop problem behaviors, but far fewer parents know the tricks to … Continue reading Teaching new skills and how to fade prompts
I have been working with children with behavioral and developmental needs for twenty years. That means, over the past two decades, I have accumulated tons and tons of visual supports, systems, and strategies in my clinic. Some of these strategies are labor intensive to implement, some took a while to make, and some cost me a fair amount of money when I first bought all … Continue reading Does your child constantly struggle transitioning away from a favorite toy to get anything else done? This is the $1 strategy you CANNOT miss!
One common struggle for a lot of my Behavior Buzz clients is knowing how to appropriately use social skills in their daily life. They especially struggle with how to talk with their peers and handle common social problems. This post focuses on a fun and creative approach for improving social skills in children. Elsewhere in my blog you’ll find information on games and activities to … Continue reading Improving Social Skills Creatively with Friendship Stories (FREE printable included!)
Being comfortable making mistakes is hard, and many kids become extremely frustrated or angry when they do something wrong or get corrected. Some children may avoid trying anything hard because they don’t want to risk doing it wrong or making a mistake. Learning from mistakes, accepting mistakes, and learning it’s okay to make mistakes, like anything else, is a skill. And with a little support, … Continue reading How Can I Teach my Child it is Okay to Make Mistakes? (links to product)
Summer is one of those things that we all can’t wait to have arrive, and then as soon as it’s actually here, we are stressed out and overwhelmed by trying to keep our kids busy for day after day after day! Sure, the idea of summer sounds great – lazy mornings, warm days, playing outside, nothing to do all day…but for many families, especially for … Continue reading Surviving Summer
One of my absolute favorite ways to make math easier for the kids I work with is to use manipulatives! Manipulatives are simply materials that kids can actually move or “manipulate” as they work through their math problems to help them actually see the math that they’re solving. They’re visual cues or prompts that help explain the conceptual material the child is trying to learn. … Continue reading Using math manipulatives to make learning math so much easier!
Finding out what your child did at school can be difficult for any parent. When your child has special needs, it can be nearly impossible! Although your child may have a behavior sheet that comes home daily, most behavior sheets just tell you how compliant your child was, not what they actually did during the school day. Creating a parent-teacher communication notebook that goes from … Continue reading Parent-Teacher Communication Notebooks
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