Being an Ambassador May 30, 2019 It can be stressful for a student to start in a new school and it can also make current students feel nervous. Our students tend to like routines and have difficulty with changes in routines, their environment or people. Although

Vocabulary Bingo with Leslie May 29, 2019 Leslie McCormack is our Speech and Language Therapist. She consults in our classroom once per month and provides guidance to Mr. Sam and works on a range of activities with the students. In this picture Ms. Leslie is working on vocabulary

O.T. Support May 15, 2019 We are lucky to have a wonderful occupational therapist Emily Menaker who provides guidance and support for our students. Emily has many years of experience working with students like ours. She is kind, focused, and brings a wealth of knowledge. She always has

Spring Art! May 13, 2019 We all worked together to create this beautiful painting!  It was a great activity providing lots of opportunity to work together, to hold the brush correctly, to negotiate colors, to be flexible, and to talk about the seasons. Not to mention the end

Sight Words Activity May 10, 2019 This fun sight word activity involves Squashing Bugs! Mr. Sam tells the students we have been invaded we bugs and we need to exterminate immediately-before they take over our class! Each bug is "exterminated" by reading the word on the taped card

Music Time! May 8, 2019 Today we had another great day with Ms. Lety from Play Your Part Music. Our students love this part of their day so much and so attentive during the 30 minutes of this activity. Ms. Lety is able to intersperse lots

YOGA April 29, 2019 At the end of the school day, Mr. Sam likes to do yoga with the students. Stretching and having fun while learning to unwind combine with positive deep breathing exercises. Yoga can last up to 15 minutes and the students love it. They have improved

Foodie Fridays! April 26, 2019 Today we started a new tradition. We had noticed that, like many students with autism,  some of our students were very limited in the healthy foods they were willing to eat or even try. We decided to incorporate a Foodie Friday to work on

We have a class pet! April 24, 2019 Karlie de Vine, our classroom RBT, got us a class pet! I know, I know, you were also hoping for a bearded dragon or tarantula, but alas, it is .....a FISH!! Big surprise, right? The kids love our fish, who has

Spring has Sprung Team April 23, 2019 We had a great time last week at our Spring has Sprung event. As you can see  a certain famous Bunny showed up too! This picture shows all the staff at our event and we want to thank them for the incredible