by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | May 11, 2022 | Behavior, Classroom Instruction, Interventions, Life Skills, Social Skills, Visuals |
Rules and routines are a large part of classroom functioning. Management of the classroom and instructional control come from clear and concise definitions of rules. Creating rules as a group or individually does not always have to be a lecturing style. Teaching and...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Apr 27, 2022 | Life Skills, Play, Social Skills |
Social skills groups are important for all children. Social skills groups can create learning opportunities for children to practice what they have learned in real life situations. These groups help children make friends with the support of their teachers or...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Apr 13, 2022 | Classroom Setup, Organization & Classroom Setup, Schedules, Visuals |
Object schedules don’t have to be fancy! When creating them, I often need to remind myself to stop overthinking. When I started using object schedules, I tried to find objects that matched the area of the classroom exactly. After failing to find enough objects for a...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Mar 23, 2022 | Academics, Basic Skills, Curriculum Ideas, Math, Work Tasks |
Math lessons are often skipped over in early childhood classrooms. Math curriculums are not the easiest to find and most are hard to adapt to all of our learner’s individual needs. As a teacher, I often struggled to come up with ways to teach early math skills...
by Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Mar 9, 2022 | Academics, Classroom Instruction, Data, Interventions |
Letting data drive instruction means just that. Review the data and see where students or clients have mastered skills and which skills should be targeted. Within most public school systems, the need for data taking and analyzing the data is a large need. When...
