Preschool Vocabulary
In this full day workshop, we will explore methods to increase vocabulary, literacy skills, independence, and communication skills in your preschool students! The day begins with an in-depth look at the importance of building vocabulary for all preschoolers. Increased vocabulary will lead to more advanced reading skills in early elementary and overall school achievement. In this session, we will review the importance of building vocabulary and ways to identify vocabulary deficits. We will explore a range specific strategies for increasing word knowledge and use at a variety of levels for delayed learners. We will explore how to increase language through the use of Higher Order Thinking Questions, play based learning, and classroom based read aloud.
Next we will examine how appropriate and purposeful use of visuals helps build executive functioning skills with our younger learners. Many students with special needs struggle with receptive language. This delay in language development can cause issues with many executive functioning skills. In this session, learn how to utilize visuals to improve organization, planning, following directions, problem solving, and cognitive flexibility with preschool students. We will explore specific strategies and examples of how to create visuals, teach appropriate use, and utilize on a daily basis.
The school I teach at does these type of job task. In our Daily Living Skills classes the teacher uses what you have shown. In a Math class I helped in the teacher used the grocery items as a math task of having a list to shop with than then the cashier would ring the items up and the student would pay with play money. I do believe our DLS classes use them as well.
You have some great ideas
These are wonderful Ideas that I will be employing next year with some of our Learners. Thanks for these excellent ideas. Well Done!
SO happy to hear this was helpful! Thanks for reading 🙂
Love all of this. Fantastic job.
Thanks for reading!
Are the vending machine visuals available? My principal made me a double sided peg board that I showed from your blog.
Ashley (the blogger) made that activity and since they are name-brand products, it would be illegal to sell the photos, sorry!
I think that this is a great thing. I was hoping to set up a store in one of our offices and would love to know how to get the printouts of the items you have.
Check out the freebie included in this post here: https://theautismhelper.com/vocational-job-series-part-1-stocking-how-to-and-freebie/
I’d like to know as well how I can get a those printouts as well! I’ve been trying to set something up like that as well.
Here you go! https://theautismhelper.com/vocational-job-series-part-1-stocking-how-to-and-freebie/
I am the Daily Living Skills teacher for my school k-5. We are starting a school munchy cart this year . I travel from classroom to classroom but can use the cafeteria . I would like to do these set ups with my 4-5 graders as they will be running the cart. Do you have any ideas that would best word for a traveling teacher
Great question! I would have all of the visuals ready to go and assign each student specific jobs!
Do you have the laundry visuals available to purchase or download?
Hi Mickey! Sorry – I don’t!
I love this and am so excited to get started with shelf stocking with my life skills class. Do you have any data sheets or data collection systems you can share to help track these skills?
I created a sheet with each student’s name and a list of all the jobs. At the end of the week, I marked which ones they completed to determine what to assign for the following week.