April’s Theme: Gardening & Birds

My dog Zooey dressed as a gnome with a garden behind her.

Since April is the month that we can all start gardening (and there are so many great gardening apps) I decided to use this for my reusable theme. I also love birding and April is a great time for it since so many birds are migrating through New Mexico at this time. Here are ways …

Gardening Prizes

I really struggled to find gardening-themed prizes. I really wanted growing kits, but they’ve quadrupled in price since before the pandemic! So, instead, I ordered these cacti erasers. I’ll update this page as the kids love or reject them. You can find the rest of my themed prizes here.

Gardening Sensory Bin

For my gardening sensory bin I ordered small plastic planting pots and a Safari Limited Toob with insects. I removed the insects kids are usually afraid of (the cockroach, spider, and milliped), added some toy gardening tools that I accumulated over the years (I couldn’t find a cheap set like it to link to), and …

Garden & Birds Naturalistic Activities

Stardew Valley app

Each month I switch out the apps, websites, and videos I use during treatment. Here are the ones I’m using this month… Toys/Board Games/Apps Books Videos Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language treatment. You can find my other themed naturalistic activities here.