Garden Party

Soooooo, since snow is in the forecast this week, I decided to bring the season of spring to myself (and all of you). Before my job switch, I worked in an elementary school, and I remember the challenge of working with multiple students and multiple objectives within a very short time span. I wanted to create a themed packet so ya'll would have a bunch of activities at your fingertips. For those of you working in various job settings, I think there are some great themed activities for your kiddos, clients, and students as well.

This Garden Party Packet targets multiple speech/language objectives. The activities include:

*Vocabulary: Garden Matching Game and Vocabulary Homework Sheet
*Fruit/Vegetable Cards: 18 fruit cards ad 18 veggie cards
*Categorization Activities: Categorize by color, where it's grown, and category
*Sentence Building: create complete sentences using 4 various sentence templates
*Sequencing Story: Grow a flower by sequencing 6 icons.
*Pronoun Activities: Use complete sentences to target him, her, he,she, they, and them.
*Possessive Activities: Use the 6 people cards to create complete sentences using correct possessives.

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 There are a total of 36 pages, which include directions.

Here are some samples of the work

Vocabulary

 Fruit and Veggie Cards

Categorization Activities

Sentence Construction

Sequencing Activity

Pronoun Activity

Possessive Activity

It's a Spring Thing

I decided to kill two birds with one stone and made this mini-book. It targets inferences and "wh" questions. Also, I loved the cute spring graphic. The weather is slowly getting better, but I don't think we're out of the woods yet. So, for now, I'm living vicariously until I get my flowers and sunshine.

This mini-book is 13 pages long. I constructed the pages on half sheets to save some paper.When I worked in the schools, I remembered how precious paper was, especially during IEP season. The left side of the page discusses "Janelle's" activity during the first day of spring. The right side of the page includes 4 options, one of which will help Janelle complete her activity.

I have a few children working on the concept of answering "wh" questions and the pictures supports have been really helpful as we work on "what" and "who questions. And, as luck would have it, I also have some kids working on basic inferences.

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Here are some examples of the book:

Ready, Set, Spring

We had the first day of Spring (although it doesn't feel like it quite yet). But I'm hopeful that it is right around the corner. In preparation for the warmer weather, Ready, Set, Spring is ready.! This book fits into the Ready, Set series. There are two versions. A manipulative version and an easy assembly version.

The manipulative version includes a blank template to allow your child to fill in the blanks. You can then copy the story and send it home for review. The manipulative version also requires more Velcro, laminating and scissor skills.

The easy assembly version does not have the blank story template. It also requires less time for overall assembly.

For some visual cues on how to assemble the books, take a look at my Ready, Set Christmas post. I was able to take some pictures of the final product.

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Grab Ready, Set, Spring (easy assembly version) at our TPT Store

Here is an example of the Manipulative version

Below is the blank template where you will Velcro the various icons.

Below are some examples of the icon pages

An example of the easy assembly version is below. It does not include the blank template page.

Easter Bingo

I created another bingo activity for the upcoming Easter holiday. This activity includes 6 different bingo cards and corresponding bingo chips. Use this as a reinforcement activity while working on speech or language goals. It can also be used to target seasonal vocabulary.

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Where's the Ladybug?

Again, while the template is set, here is a spring themed activity for targeting prepositions. This activity follows the same formula as "Where's the Bunny" and "Pot of Gold Prepositions". It has been pretty warm here in Colorado over the past few days (although I hear we are in for some snow later this week). However, I feel that spring is in the air. I suppose that's what inspired "Where's the Ladybug". Help the ladybug escape from the net by using the correct prepositions. The reinforcement activity includes various cute bugs (I'm not a fan of the ugly ones). For every correct answer, glue or Velcro a bug around the net.

When I assemble the preposition activities, I print on card stock and laminate for durability. I separated the cards into two separate booklets (preposition vocab cards vs. fill-in-the-blank cards) and attached the cards using a hold punch a metal ring. 

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Here is an example of the vocabulary cards

Here is an example of the fill-in-the blank cards

This is the reinforcement activity

Where's the Bunny?

Since I had easy access to my template from Pot of Gold Prepositions, I decided to make a few more booklets. This book follows the same structure as the St. Patrick's day activity. There are 12 vocabulary cards, and 12 fill-in-the blank cards. These two different versions allow you to target objectives depending on your child's current skill level. This activity also includes a reinforcement game. For every correct answer, Velcro or glue the Easter egg into the basket.

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 Here is an example of the vocabulary cards

Here is an example of the fill-in-the-blank cards

As a reinforcemet activity, glue or Velcro the Easter eggs to the basket

Pot of Gold Prepositions

Before I get started, St. Patrick's day is right around the corner, so here is a quick roundup of the activities currently available on the TPT store:

St. Patrick's Day Bingo: Grab This Freebie at the TPT Store 

Ready, Set, St. Patrick's Day: Grab This at the TPT Store

Pot of Gold Prepositions: Grab This at the TPT Store

Pot of Gold Prepositions 

A few of my kids are working on prepositions and I just wanted to keep things fresh with some new activities. I made this St. Patrick’s Day activity to target key prepositions (over, under, on top, in front, next to, around, in the middle, behind, between, beside, out, in). There are 11 pages total which include:

Direction pages

12 vocabulary cards targeting prepositions

12 fill-in the blank cards (Once familiar with the vocabulary, children can fill in sentence forms with the correct preposition)

12 coins/empty pot (Use the coins and pot as a reinforcement activity. For every correct answer, glue or Velcro a gold coin on the pot)

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Here is an example of the vocabulary cards

 

 Here is an example of the vocabulary cards

Here is an example of the fill-in-the-blank cards

Add coins to the pot of gold for each correct answer