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Literacy Corner: 25 of the Best Thanksgiving Books for Kids

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Article, Literacy, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Good Housekeeping] When Halloween is over, you can put away all your spooky and scary books for kids — but you might want something that still gives you that crisp, fall flavor and gets you excited for the next holiday. The best Thanksgiving…...

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and if I can teach children to say thank you for their many blessings, I feel I’ve done my job well. Here is a small collection of what I’ve shared over the past…...

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Kids Activities Blog] Here is a link to a great post that is in the process of getting a whole lot of repins n Pinterest! Check out 25 Thanksgiving Activities for Three-Year Olds on the Kids Activities Blog...

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Newsletter, OT, SLP

Editor’s Note: The following are some very well done printable worksheets for Thanksgiving that we thought we were idea for speech – language and OT work. [Source: TLS Books] Thanksgiving Fun – card game, dot-to-dot, color by letter, alphabetical order, find…...

Thanksgiving Motor Planning Ideas

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Motor Planning, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Pink Oatmeal] With Thanksgiving approaching it’s the perfect time to start thinking about Thanksgiving motor planning activities. I love Thanksgiving, I don’t like turkey, but I love that there are four days in a row that everyone in my family is…...

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Gross Motor Skills, Medium Motor Skills, Newsletter, PT

Thanks to Your Therapy Source for pinning this one! This is a great motor activity to do the last day before the Thanksgiving recess, or to send home with the kids to do with their brothers, sisters and cousins on Thanksgiving Day!…...

SLP Corner: Visual Thanksgiving Recipes

November 2, 2021

5 November 2021, Autism, Newsletter, Visual Schedule

[Source: The Autism Helper] I am a go all out kinda girl. I like to do things big – borderline over the top, in the gray area of ridiculousness, and questionably out of control. I want a 12 foot Christmas tree, 6…...

November 1, 2021

5 November 2021, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] When Shakespeare called sleep “nature’s soft nurse,” he was definitely onto something. Centuries later researchers have found that inadequate sleep in children affects their emotional functioning in ways that may predict longer-term social problems. A new study, published in Affective…...

November 1, 2021

5 November 2021, Newsletter, School Nurse

[Source: Medical X-Press] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the emergency use of a smaller dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, paving the way for 28 million kids across the country to get their…...

November 1, 2021

5 November 2021, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have reported in the journal JCI Insight encouraging early tests of a gene therapy strategy against Angelman syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder that features poor muscle control and balance, hard-to-treat epilepsy, and intellectual…...