I was inspired by “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” for my December theme. In it Olaf travels around Arendale and asks each family what their holiday traditions are. He gathers traditions for Christmas, the winter solstice, and Hanukkah. I like to talk to kids about their holiday traditions as well as the traditions of cultures they’re unfamiliar …
I had a hard time finding holiday-themed prizes that weren’t chocolate. In the end I got a pack of these Christmas squeezers. I wish they had something similar for the other winter holidays! You can find the rest of my themed prizes here.
Here’s December’s Holiday-themed virtual therapy room! Visit it to see the webcams, apps, videos, and websites I’m using this month. Here’s a link to my folder of themed virtual therapy rooms (so you can download and edit a room to make it your own). You can find my other themed virtual therapy rooms here.
For my holiday-themed sensory bin I bought this foam gingerbread house. I put velcro on the back of the sticky pieces and put velcro onto their corresponding spots on the house. A hole punch worked perfectly to get the right sized velcro pieces for the smallest decorations. I then put all the house pieces into …
There are so many fun games, video games, videos, and websites for food that I had to use it for November’s theme! You can see all the ways I’ve incorporated “food” into my practice below. You can also find the rest of my monthly themes here. You can find my other themed virtual therapy rooms …
For my food-themed sensory bin I got this “Ice Cream Treats” kinetic sand pack. I got one years ago and had the hardest time keeping kids from mixing the colors/scents/flavors! This year I got the refill sand pack and let kids choose which one flavor ice cream the wanted to play with each session – …
For my food-themed prizes I got these containers of ice cream scented kinetic sand. Since they’re so much more expensive than my usual prizes (which are usually $0.50 each or less) I let the kids pick their kinetic sand at the beginning of the month and choose from the usual prize bin each week (as …
Who doesn’t love a spinner?! It reminds me of the episode of “The Office” where Pam makes a spinner for the office chores, then has to make a whole game out of it (but sneaks a tiny chore spinner into the game). Best of all: it’s disinfect-able (which is important to me when I have …
Here’s November’s food-themed virtual therapy room! Visit it to see the webcams, apps, videos, and websites I’m using this month. Here’s a link to my folder of themed virtual therapy rooms (so you can download and edit a room to make it your own if you want to). You can find my other themed virtual therapy rooms here.
October is my favorite month so as I’ve been developing monthly themes that I can reuse each year, I was most excited for this one! I started with “spooky” as the theme, but the more I thought about it “MAGIC” is better because it includes all the spookiness while still including topics for kids who …
