Summer Time Shopping!

On my first day of summer post-graduation celebrations I took a 3 hour nap and caught up on all of the TV shows I'd been neglecting throughout my last semester of grad school. Since then, I've binge-watched the second season of Orange Is The New Black and both seasons of House of Cards. I also read all three books in the Divergent series and took countless other naps. Needless to say, I didn't exactly know what to do with all of my new found relaxation time!

Itching to be productive and get back into the swing of things, I decided to start building my therapy collection - books and games galore! I purchased most of my games at Goodwill and ordered some of my favorite books online at half.com. Here's what I have purchased so far:

Some of the books I ordered online include: Sleepy Bear, Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp, Go to Sleep Groundhog, The Super Hungry Dinosaur, Baby Bear Isn't Hungy, Bear Wants More, What Will You Be, Grandma?, Cluck O'Clock, and Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes. 

Some games I'm hoping to still add to my collection include: Pop the Pig, Pop Up Pirate, Who Shook Hook, and Sneaky Snacky Squirels. 

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I also received two AWESOME gift baskets as a graduation present, which included Headbandz, Guess Who, Memory, and so many other neat things! 

I'd say it's a pretty great start, right?!

What are my plans for all of these awesome materials? Read on.

 I was placed at an elementary school during my last semester of grad school, where I provided therapy for kiddos PreK - 2nd mostly (some 4th graders) twice weekly. My supervisor chose to create weekly themes, which she paired with a book and a craft/game. I thought this method was very successful - it exposed the kids to literacy (great vocab learning) and created a simple way to target artic and language at the same time for mixed groups. I plan on adopting this method, with a slight modification. I always felt as though I wanted more time to go back through the book - target story sequencing and retell, etc. So, I may select a monthly theme with two books that I use throughout the month to target goals. I'm still tweaking my plans a bit - stay tuned for a later post! :)