Ms. Susan
Independent Play
My attention tends to focus most on interactive and cooperative play, being the social-emotional professional I am. While my goal is...
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Skip Bo
Today, I want to introduce you to Skip Bo through a little video demonstration of game play while I explain all the great skills this...
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Ms. Susan
- Nov 6, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Pom Pom Sorting
This week, let's show the little muscles in our hands and wrists some love!
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Ms. Susan
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Mad Libs
This week, let's have some fun with Mad Libs! Print out the PDF with your Mad Lib fortune teller and follow the instruction for a fun way...
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Ms. Susan
- Sep 18, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Cloud Gazing
This week, let's get a different kind of blue light by going outside and enjoying the clouds. You can also turn this into a fun art...
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Ms. Susan
- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Animal Drawings
If you work with me, you know I love to draw! Let's get those creative juices flowing while we test our critical thinking skills by...
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Ms. Susan
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday: Turning 2D artwork into 3D stories
This week, make your child's imagination come alive, literally! Take their artwork and turn it into a full landscape of space mountains,...
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Ms. Susan
- May 20, 2020
- 3 min
Bouncing on the Words - What to do if your Preschooler is Stuttering
Does your preschooler repeat the beginning of words, such as "I... I... I... want to go outside!"? Or what about "bouncing" on certain...
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Ms. Susan
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Get Ready... Do... DONE! How to Help Your Child Plan Their Work
We're all familiar with "Ready, Set, GO!" but what about Get Ready, Do, Done? For our children, and maybe even ourselves, who struggle...
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Ms. Susan
- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Flying Pigs
Has Fun Friday felt like it lost the fun? Sometimes I get a little to excited with the research I'm reading... Last week, I discovered...
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Ms. Susan
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Creating Routines
This week, I'll provide reasoning and examples of why using structured routines are so important for our children to learn. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Mental Flexibility
To wrap up our journey into executive functions, I'll discuss mental flexibility and provide a few fun games. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 21, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Inhibitory Control
And so our journey continues with a discussion on inhibitory control and some fun ways to challenge this skill in your kids. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Working Memory
This week starts our journey into understanding Executive Functioning with a crash course on working memory along with a few strategies...
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 7, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Ideas - What is Attention?
This week I'm defining the different types of attention and how they impact social, play, cognitive and language skills. Towards the end,...
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 31, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Ideas - Gray Area and Multi Causal Thinking
This week wraps up my video discussions on play skill and logical thinking development. I'll share with you the higher levels of logical...
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 22, 2020
- 4 min
How to Use a Doctor's Kit Across Developmental Play Stages
There are a few toys that seem to be staples in our children's lives. One of these seemingly essential toys is the doctor's kit. I love...
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Ms. Susan
- Dec 13, 2019
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity *Gift Idea Alert* A Fun Game of Following Directions
This week, I'm demonstrating one of my favorite games for structured conversational practice, giving and following directions. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Dec 4, 2019
- 3 min
How to turn play into shared problem solving - 5 Tricks to Enhance Play
Play is an essential activity for our children. It develops emotional and sensory regulation (after all, emotions are sensory-based...
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Ms. Susan
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Facial Imitation Games
Facial imitation games are an exciting way to boost your child's ability to focus on a face, along with joint attention and emotion...
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