Structured Special Ed

A coworkers told me about the CUTEST children’s book on personal space and I just had to share 😍

So we are reviewing personal space this week with many of my younger grades because my younger students love to come running up to touch my belly or talk to the baby or listen to the baby or hug the baby and do all of that without asking

So we are working with them on not only asking but being ok with it when the answer is no or not this time

This book has been the absolute best and cutest book I found to help drive this lesson home

So if you are looking for a children’s book on personal space from the perspective of teaching students to advocate for their own personal space or how to accept when someone says no to getting into their personal space this is a great book!

Obsessing over these two new books I added to my collection 😍

My small group K-2 students love all the Jory John and books and were so excited when I showed them these that just came in

We started with The Good Egg and The Talent Show for our mini SEL lesson on self awareness and how everyone has strengths and talents

Definitely worth checking out!

Today we threw out the lesson plans and played UNO

And it was the absolute best

Due to field day, we only had 12 kids in one of my 6th grade classes, so I told the teacher instead of putting them on a computer let’s make them actually play together, talk and engage and play with them so we can build those relationships and have that quality time

So we split the class, she took a group and I took a group and we played UNO for 30+ minutes for SEL time

And the kids loved it

And we loved it

And the kids needed it

It’s crazy how many of my students don’t know how to play card/board games anymore or know how to interact in these situations or have the appropriate social skills that come with these types of activities and games

I really wish we could have more days like today

Kids of all ages and grade levels need play

When my students ask for pop it breathing cards to add to their other breathing tracing cards.. I gotta give the people what they want 🤷🏻‍♀️

But real talk, student buy in is so important and I will gladly add pop its or any other high student interest thing to any visual I can if that makes them more interested in using their coping skills when they need it