Songbird Studio

Today I'm sharing a quick and easy idea using this foam puzzle from Dollar Tree. Just glancing at it, I see at least 3 of the most obvious ways we can use this in a session: 1) Identifying transportation icons 2) Identifying colors 3) Fine motor manipulation With a little more thinking, I can also see 2 additional ways to use this puzzle: 4) Counting the pieces 5) Requesting And of course, practically anything can be... 6) A fun choice activity! I'm going to focus on the first idea from the above list, identifying transportation icons. It's true, this puzzle isn't going to win any awards for detail, but the general shape of each icon is recognizable.  Especially for students who have complex voice devices with lots of submenus, this puzzle will provide a fun way to practice accessing menus specific to transportation and/or vehicles. If you'd like, you could use a black sharpie to add some general details, like windows and wheels. (If you make a mistake, no worries, ...

I have been using a formula for our color review with my littles in their music groups the past couple of weeks.  It has been fun and easy, and very straightforward, so I thought I'd share!  (Plus the pictures just make me happy 🌈)  We have gone in rainbow order (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple), devoting one class to each color.  Right after our hello song, we usually do a movement activity.  For our color review, we've had free movement to a song about that day's color, using that day's colored movement props.  Next, we usually play instruments, so during our review, we've had free play using instruments in that color with a song about that color!  Finally, we always end with a book, so we have read a book devoted to each color each day.  The books I've been using primarily are from Cantata Learning .  They include CDs and we've used the music for the movement or instrument activities sometimes. You can...