Author: Phillip and Hannah Hoose
Illustrator: Debbie Tilley
Age: early elementary, elementary, middle school
Description: A boy has to decide whether to squish an ant, or not. He is persuaded by friends and the perspective of the ant itself.
Goals/Concepts:
Perspective Taking Social Skills Narrative/Retelling Tone of Voice
Why [...]
Title: The Runaway Bunny
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Age: preschool, early elementary, elementary
Description: A little bunny decides that he wants to run away from his mother. However, she won’t allow it, and finds a way to always follow him wherever his imagination takes him.
Goals/Concepts:
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Title: Moondance
Author: Frank Asch
Description: Bear has a wish to dance with the moon. Before his wish comes true, he learns a little bit about weather and a lot about friendship.
Goals/ objectives:
• Wishing vs knowing
• Inferencing/ Prediction
• Sequencing/ retelling
• Describing [...]
Title: The Missing Mitten Mystery
Author: Steven Kellogg
Description: Annie loses her 5th mitten of the season. While trying to find it her imagination goes wild. It is found in a most unexpected place.
Goals/ objectives:
Question-asking Negation Flexible thinking Sequencing/ retelling Body language/ facial expression “wondering” vs “knowing”
Why I like this story: A wonderful winter [...]
Title: Fiona’s Luck
Author: Teresa Bateman
Description: In this Irish folktale, Fiona uses her smarts to trick a selfish Leprachaun king who has taken all the luck of the land.
Goals/concepts:
Narrative Language Abstract/Figurative Language Perspective Taking Trickery
Why I like this book: An entertaining story that can address any number of higher- level language goals
[...]
Author: Julia Cook
Illustrator: Carrie Hartman
Age: preschool, elementary school
Description: Louis is a “blurter” and constantly interrupting others and speaking when he should listen or raise his hand. His mother comes up with a simple strategy to help limit his volcanic eruptions.
Goals/Concepts:
Impulse control Self-regulation [...]
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Book: Being Benny (also an app for iPad and iPhone)
Author: Dan Wetzel
Age: preschool, elementary school
Description: Benny escapes the boredom he is experiencing on a rainy day by using his imagination…
Goals/Concepts:
• Imagination
• Ideation
• Problem solving
• Motor planning
• Creativity
• Categories
[...]
Book: Freckle Juice
Author: Judy Blume
Age: Elementary School
Description: A short chapter book in which Andrew Marcus really wants freckles and can and does do almost anything to try and get them.
Goals/Concepts: Main idea Perspective taking Reading comprehension Prediction “trickery”
Why I like this book: The chapters [...]
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We believe apps can bring people together! To that end, we have developed:
The Social Adventures© App!!
Social development activities in your pocket!!
Dr. Lynne Kenney interviewed us on her blog radio program, Dr. Lynne Weighs In because she and many of the families in her practice have been using the Social Adventures app. You can listen to the interview HERE!
We are super excited that Mandy Nite recommended our Social Adventures app on her blog, Welcome to Their World Apps. Mandy reviews apps for kids ages preschool to 6, so please be sure to check out her other reviews!Learn more... watch our Youtube Videos
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The Bag Game©!!
Have you been looking for an app that will get kids playing together?
This app is the ticket. Fun with friends for .99 cents!
Check out these awesome reviews from SLP's:
Aubrey Klingensmith over at Speechie Apps, reviewed our Bag Game app! You can read it, here. While you are there, be sure to check out her other great reviews!!
Sean Sweeney over at Speech Techie also review our Bag Game app! You can read his review, here or on TherapyApp411, a fabulous app review site for educators and therapists.
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These Make Us Really Proud :)
Our Bag Game app has been included in the Kindertown app as a recommended resource for educators! Woo Hoo!!
We are so honored to have been included in Education World's Top 25 Blogs for Educators. Please make sure to check out all of these wonderful blogs!
We are proud to announce that we were mentioned among a number of wonderful blogs written by SLP's in an ASHAsphere article written by Heidi at Pediastaff
Dr Lynne Kenney, the Family Coach, listed the Social Adventures app in her March Newsletter as a helpful resource for children learning to manage their feelings. We are so honored!!
Thank you to all of you who voted us "TOP 5" for the Edublog Best New Blog Award!
We are thrilled to have been featured on Pediastaff.comTwitter
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