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45 Nursery Rhyme Song Recommendations for Infants through Kindergarten

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[Image Description: There are 4 bright pink footprint crafts on light pink construction paper with "this little piggy" in cursive writing in pink marker stapled onto a bulletin board. Each toe print has a pig drawn on it in black and pink markers. The toes are labeled in black marker in the following order: "went to the market", "stayed at home", "had roast beef", "had none", and "went wee wee wee wee all the way home." ] 1. Ba, Ba, Black Sheep🐃 2. Baby Bumble Bee🐝 3. Baby Shark🦈 4. Bingo🐕🐶 5. Daddy Finger👍👆👉👈👇✋👌 6. Dem Bones🦴 7. Down by the Bay 🌅🍉 8. Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe 👉🐅🦶🤏 9.  Frere Jacques (Where is...? version that I made up) 🦜 10. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes 👤🤷‍♀️🦵🦶 11. Here We Go Loop de Loop➰📅✨ 12. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 🌳🫐 13. Hey Diddle, Diddle🐈🎻🐄🌙🐶🥄 14. Hickory Dickory Dock 🐭 🕰️ 15. Hot Cross Buns 🍞 16. Humpty Dumpty🥚🧱 🐣 🍳🐴👑 17. If You're H...

What to Ask and Not Ask Students When Returning from Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring Break

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                                [Image Description: "Avoid Asking People ', did you do during the holiday break?'" is in left-aligned black text with a big white snowflake on the right side. "Read more to find out why and what to say instead" is in left-aligned dark purple text below. There is a curvy hot pink arrow pointing to the right above this text. There is a yellow leaf with 5 dark red veins and a brown stem on the left side of this text. The background of the graphic is light purple and my First Former Buddy Club President logo is in the bottom left corner. ]      Avoid asking students, "What did you do during the holiday break?" Not everyone has positive break experiences. Some people may have experienced trauma recently or during past years. So, summer or the holidays might be a trigger also known as trauma activation for them. Holiday or seasonal traumas can be any trauma. To...

Meeting the Needs of Students Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices

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                                  [Image Description: The graphic is light yellow with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. There is a drawing of  an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) electronic device on an iPad with a green protective case. The screen shows a grid-based communication system with many symbols and pictures for the core words: "I", "is", "do", "want", "like", "have", "where", "more", "you", "it", "what", "get", "make", "to", "on", "good", "of", "all done", "that", "stop", "not", "bad", "in", "out", "go", "come", "think", "eat", "help", "see", "some", and "up." ] CONTENT WARNING:  I would like to mention...

Fidgets Are NOT Rewards. They Are Self-Regulation Tools.

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                          [Image Description: There is a stack of three containers of Play-Doh on the left (top to bottom: red Strawberry scented Play-Doh, purple Grape scented Play-Doh, and aqua nonscented Play-Doh). There is an open clear container of several colorful stress balls, pop-its, and other covered fidgets on the right. The Play-Doh and container are sitting on a light gray desk. ] CONTENT WARNING #1:  I would like to mention that I am not a therapist. All content posted on disability advocate/teacher influencer page is for educational purposes with no intent to provide any professional services. Social media should never be used as a substitute for mental health care advice nor legal advice.  If you suspect that you or a loved one are experiencing mental health concerns, it is okay to get help. I highly recommend seeking help from a therapist and/or other mental health professional who is qualified t...

Incorporating Nursery Rhymes into Early Childhood Games

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[Image Description:  There are four pink pig footprints on rectangular lighter pink papers stapled on light orange bulletin board paper with rainbow bulletin borders. On each paper, "went to the market" is written in black marker with a black line above it pointing to the big toe print, "stayed at home" is written in black marker with a black line above it pointing to the index toe print, "had roast beef" is written in black marker with a black line above it pointing to the middle toe print, "had none" is written in black marker with a black line above it pointing to the fourth toe print, and "went wee wee wee wee all the way home" is written in black marker with a black line above it pointing to the pinky toe print. "this little piggy" is written in pink marker in cursive writing at the top of each paper. These footprint crafts represent the This Little Piggy nursery rhyme. ] Originally posted on July 25, 2020 on Facebook Not...