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DIY projects & materials

DIY plantable felt gardens

February 26, 2016

DIY pretend play garden ideas for yound children. | ahedgehoginthekitchen.com

I am crazy about these DIY Plantable Felt Garden Projects for Kids! They are guaranteed to provide hours of learning fun for your child too. Add plantable felt gardens to your collection of dramatic play themes for hours of learning fun! Here are 3 of my favorite DIY plantable felt gardens! Dramatic Play Garden from Pre-K…

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Filed Under: DIY projects & materials, Educational programs, Home programs, Sensory activities Tagged With: dramatic play, felt, gardens, pretend play, symbolic play, vegetables

Quiet books

February 25, 2016

Quiet books are a fabulous tool for teaching a wide variety of new skills. I have been experimenting with different kinds of quiet pages for the quiet books at my center recently. All of our quiet books at Le Chemin ABA are homemade by me, kid-tested and kid-approved! Today, I’m going to share some of…

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Filed Under: DIY projects & materials, Educational programs, Home programs, Learning colors, Reading, Sensory activities, Therapeutic materials Tagged With: autism, DIY, handmade learning, Home programs, home therapy, quiet books, quiet pages

DIY pretend play food : pasta, chocolate chip cookies & sponge cake

February 19, 2016

DIY Pretend pasta cookies & cake!

DIY pretend play food! I love these creations for teaching pretend play skills to kids. This DIY felt pasta, felt chocolate chip cookies & (real!) sponge cake will inspire your child to learn new skills through play. What better way to develop imagination, creativity and symbolic play skills than with a play kitchen and adorable pretend food?…

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Rainbow pinch pots and more – sorting by color

February 15, 2016

Happy Monday readers! To start off this beautiful new week, I am sharing my favorite activities for learning colors with your little ones. Rainbow pinch pots This activity for making rainbow pinch pots : beautiful little cups in different colors, is wonderful for teaching your child the different colors, engaging your child in a fun,…

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Organize your child’s educational materials

February 12, 2016

Organize learning materials to help your child with autism progress. Increase communication, interaction and fun! | speciallearninghouse.com

Organize your child’s educational materials to create increased learning, communication and fun at home Now that you’ve create your child’s progress nook, you will need to organize your child’s learning toys, materials and tools. If you haven’t created your child’s progress nook yet, do that first here! Organize your child’s learning materials in his or her progress nook…

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DIY Fairy Gardens – Ideas & Supplies

February 6, 2016

Fairy tree We are so lucky to have a small courtyard garden attached to our learning house in Paris! The children get to plant flowers, veggies and fruits, play outside and help with watering plants as part of their daily activities. I grew up in NYC and we had a country home in upstate NY….

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DIY play shop

February 5, 2016

To follow up on my DIY play kitchens article, I have gathered my 3 favorite DIY play shop links to share with you today. Hey, your little cooks need to get their groceries somewhere! At my learning house, we have a great time working on pretend play, and developing symbolic play skills, with our wooden and felt…

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DIY play kitchen

February 3, 2016

Here at our learning house, we are big fans of everything DIY! The more fun we have planning and creating a DIY project, the more our little ones will enjoy participating in it step by step! Creating a project from start to finish is an important of learning to communicate, to folow step by step instructions…

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