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Are you searching for fun, holiday-based activities that can be used to strengthen early literacy and linguistic skills? Check out my St. Patrick's Day following directions activities. They are wonderful at strengthening language abilities and they help students to better understand the subtleties of linguistic cues. Here is a terrific sampling of three fun activities that can even develop a student's ability to decode the language behind multiple choice tests. http://goodsensorylearning.com/following-directions.html  Other Following Directions Activities At Good Sensory Learning we offer many activities and games that strengthen student's ability to follow both oral and written directions.  Come view these publication by clicking on the...

It’s wonderful when giggles of joy and excitement ring through the classroom as young students eagerly learn the skills needed to be proficient readers. Learning centers or reading centers are often the place where this can happen, but the trick to tickling your students attention often lies in multisensory, interactive activities or games. Here is a fun phonemic awareness activity I designed that you can make with old recycled pill or vitamin containers and other common household goods. It’s a wonderful learning center idea that will help students blend phonics sounds into words.   Materials and setup:      ...

A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog entitled, How to Use Zoom in 2020 for Video Tutoring, but this week, I wanted to share with you five, fun, educational games I created for my students that you can play while conducting lessons or tutoring online with Zoom! What are Five, Fun, Free Learning Games for Zoom Sessions? Here are some fun, educational games I created to be played with the Zoom group chatbox.   Category Race:  One person comes up with a category such as Superheros.  A timer is set for 1 to 2 minutes.  Players type in as many superheroes...

Developing language processing skills, critical thinking, mental flexibility, verbal reasoning and sequential processing abilities is foundational in any elementary education. But when lessons are fun, memorable, and motivating too, you can engage even the most discouraged learner. I created Making Connections - Compound Word Games to turn compound word lessons into brain-teasing puzzles that ignite the attention of all learners.  Learning specialists, homeschoolers, teachers and parents can now help young learners develop these skills with ease! These fun puzzles can be quite challenging, so this product can also be used as a brain- teasing, morning warm up or literacy center activity for...

This colorful Thanksgiving digital download - PDF offers enjoyable and engaging printable activities that strengthens language processing skills such as listening, following written/oral directions, understanding homework/test questions and interpreting multiple choice items. Included in this publication are three activities that will also help your students practice linguistic cues and develop spatial, sequential, attentional and executive functioning skills. You can come get a free sampling or purchase this as well as other great Following Directions activities by clicking on the image or the following link. http://goodsensorylearning.com/following-directions.html Other Following Directions Publications If you would like to learn about all our following directions publications,...