Cutting And Gluing Anytime Food

This is a really fun and simple idea to help reinforce the concepts of Sometimes Food and Anytime Food that I came across on the Bright Hub Education website. All you need is some old magazines, scissors, paper, and glue. Basically, what you're going to ask your kiddo to do is to sort through the magazines, looking for the pictures of food, eventually gluing the Anytime Food pictures onto her paper. See? Simple, but fun!

You Are What You Eat

MODIFICATIONS: When faced with a magazine full of pictures and charged with the task of sorting through it to find anything, there is definitely the possibility that your child may be overwhelmed. Sure, this may be a great opportunity for your child to politely ask for help and grow a little bit in that respect. What I have experienced plenty, however, is that, often, when kids feel overwhelmed, they tend to act out. To cut that whole thing off at the pass, you can go ahead and rip a handful of pages out of the magazine to start with and only give your child those pages. Narrowing down the sheer amount of things she has to sort through can make all the difference. To go even farther, you can tell your little one what to specifically search for, one food at a time. For a more visual child (this does take some extra work), you can take a picture with your phone or copy the different Anytime Foods, giving your kiddo something to look at and then search for. You know which of these ideas will be the most appropriate for your little one, so take a few minutes to think about it, and then go have some fun!

Remember, more often than not, modifications are not about working to correct a problem, they're about teaching a child to develop the skill set that they have to be able to interpret the world.

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Mr. Mike is a licensed Special Education Teacher, specializing in working with children from Birth-2nd Grade. He has spent the most time working with 3-5 year-olds with special needs of all sorts including Autism, Aspergers, PDD, Sensory Processing Disorder, Downs Syndrome, just to name a few. Having taught a full class of preschoolers as well as worked one-on-one with children in their schools and in their homes, he has also developed many different tips and tricks to help children develop a love of learning and, most important, of themselves! If you've got something on your mind or you would like some thoughts, tips, or tricks, don't hesitate to get in touch - mike@mrmiketv.com