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By: Leah Musgrave and Dean Trout It is Monday and time for a little shared information from these 2 Gals. We love sharing and we love our profession! Today we kick off a two-part series on printable resources with the spotlight on…...
[Source: Teaching Mama] Most of these activities just require a few ingredients. So easy and TONS of fun! Visit this Great Aggregated Post on Teaching Mama.org...
[Source: Childhood 101] The highlight of Easter for my girls has to be the Easter egg hunt, after all what isn’t there to love about running around the garden to find delicious chocolate treasure! In fact, my ten year old already has our…...
Thanks to the people at Therapics for reaching out to us to share this free activity!   It is great way to teach prepositions whilst helping a child with language challenges participate in the Easter fun.     It would make a nice carryover…...
March 28, 2023
[Source:  Education Week] Advocates say universal screening for dyslexia in the early grades could shorten or prevent extended interventions for students later on in school. And they can muster research findings to bolster their claim. Consider these data, from the International Dyslexia…...
[Source: Your Therapy Source] Copying skills are important for both school and daily life because they let you write down something quickly and without mistakes. However, no one has studied these skills in children who learn easily and children who learn differently.…...
March 28, 2023
[Source:  Science Daily] A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017 determined that approximately 1 in 44 children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research also has established…...
[Source: Council for Exceptional Children] When President Biden released his budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Education for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 earlier this month, a stated priority and focus was on the health and well-being of students. The budget summary…...
[Source: Science Daily] Adding evidence to the importance of early development, a new study links neutral maternal behavior toward infants with an epigenetic change in children related to stress response. Epigenetics are molecular processes independent of DNA that influence gene behavior. In…...
March 27, 2023
[Source:  Science Daily] A review of evidence from prior research provides new support for the possibility that the evolution of larger brains in some species was enabled through increased energy investment by parents in their offspring. Carel van Schaik of the Max…...