I recently found myself eyeballs deep in awful comments from ableist parents of average kids. These comments were spread across different forums and topics. Comments ranged from "everyone is a ...
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Switch Witch: The Allergy Friendly Halloween Tradition
If you hesitate to take your child trick or treating due to allergies, Celiac, sugar consumption, or dyes, I have something fun to share with you! If your child is new to his/her eating lifestyle and ...
4 Reasons Why I Love Homeschooling
Okay, there are more than four reasons why I love homeschooling. The reasons just fit so neatly into four topics. Contrary to what most people assume, my son's conditions did not dictate my choice ...
Occupational Therapy Obstacle Course: Recognizing Emotions + Faces
This obstacle course focused on proprioceptive input, balance, coordination, midline crossing, and facial expression recognition. Take a look. If you like our video, give us a thumbs up. If you like ...
Emoji Math Activities
Our homeschool focus has been emotions. The INSIDE OUT Emotions Sensory Bin provoked conversations about feelings, reactions, and communication. We talked about and acted out facial expressions, ...
Handwriting Warm-Up with a Barfing Emoji
We have been focusing on emotions. You can peek inside our Emotions Unit Bin, to see some of what we've been working with and where I purchased the materials (and treats) used during this handwriting ...
Figurative Language + Autism Teaching Moments
Along with learning how to recognize and identify emotions, facial expressions, voice tone, and body language within himself and others, Liam is working on understanding figurative language. It's ...
Inside Out Emotions Sensory Bin
Emotions and facial expressions can be confusing for kids with autism. Not only is this true for Liam, but he also struggles to understand voice tones. With that said, this week we are focusing on ...
