Thinking Outside the Box

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Thinking Outside the Box
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Fun After Trials

• It is important to generalize skills taught
  during programs in order to ensure the child is
  utilizing the skills in an age appropriate,
  effective, and appropriate manner in their
  everyday life.
• This allows for the child to more fully
  understand and internalize what is being taught
  to them

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Geared Toward Child

• The method used to generalize the skills should
  be geared toward the childs lifestyle (family
  life, school life, culture, etc) and age
• For example When generalizing shake hands we
  may not generalize this skill with adults for
  some cultures because shaking an adults hand
  isnt appropriate
• Another example Playing pretend with a
  dollhouse may not be appropriate for an older
  child. Think about dignity and respect.

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What programs and by Whom?

• All Programs should be generalized. Be creative!
• Everyone should be part of the generalizing
  process.
• Parents especially should be involved as they are
  to become their child's best teacher!

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Program Ideas

• The following slides contain program suggestions
  for generalization
• In addition, since each child is different, each
  suggestion may need to be modified to meet each
  child's specific learning needs and learning
  style.
• Receptive vs. Expressive programs are not
  specified specifically on the charts that follow
  because many strategies can be used for both,
  with slight modifications made to each
  game/activity

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GMI

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Obstacle Course
• Incorporate into OCC/OSC program

• Advanced Learner
• Wii Sports
• Hopscotch
• Simon Says-Child is Simon
• Indian Chief
• Play soccer, basketball, T-ball/ baseball, etc

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Object Imitation

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Incorporate into Play Program

• Advanced Learner
• Incorporate into play program
• March in band with instruments

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FMI

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Color with finger crayons
• Basic finger songs
• String beads on string/pipe cleaner to make
  necklace, wreath, snake, decoration, etc

• Advanced Learner
• Where is Thumpkin
• Finger puppets
• Dont break the ice game
• Mr. Mouth game

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OMI

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Blow Bubbles
• Blow horns (horn hierarchy)
• Drink straw (straw hierarchy)

• Advanced Learner
• Simon Says 2 step
• Blowing Ping Pong Hockey

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OCC/OSD

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Modified version of Mother May I

• Advanced Learner
• Candy Land
• Shoots and Ladders
• Wii Sports
• Red light green light 123
• Mother May I
• Twister

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VIM

• Beginner Learner
• Record mt. words on TV and pause b/w words and
  have child repeat

• Advanced Learner
• If child can read- read word off power point on
  computer and next slide will be a reinforcing
  picture
• Repeat words in mt. in silly voices, loud, soft,
  monster voices-make into game

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Graphomotor

• Beginner Learner
• Kumon beginner tracing, drawing, maze books,
  etc
• Make a picture out of a shape practicing (i.e.
  make a happy face circle eyes, circle nose,
  circle head)
• Make a picture and have child finish with shape
  learning (i.e. Make a train and have child trace
  wheels on train).

• Advanced Learner
• Kumon advanced drawing, mazes books
• Make pictures that sequence how to draw
  something. Child traces and at end independently
  draws the picture
• Play modified Pictionary

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Cutting

• Beginner Learner
• Kumon books are great for cutting They sequence
  steps for learning different cuts in a fun
  colorful way.
• Character Cutting-Make a ditto with favorite
  character on one side and something that
  corresponds to character on other side (i.e. Buzz
  light year and his sonic blaster gun). Child
  cuts across a line drawn from Buzz to his gun.

• Advanced Learner
• Kumon Books
• Character Cutting-more advanced cutting

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Matching

• Beginner Learner
• Memory Modified (pieces facing up)
• Match favorite TV characters, people, things, etc

• Advanced Learner
• Memory
• Bingo
• Diego 123 game
• Old Maid (card game with 4 cards)

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Match Upper and Lower Case Letters

• Beginner Learner
• Letter Bingo-Each person has board with 4
  different Upper case letters. Pick a lower case
  letter from pile and match to board. First one
  to fill board wins.

• Advanced Learner
• Letter Bingo-more letters on board depending on
  student ability

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Categories/Sorting

• Beginner Learner
• Interactive Book-make book with pictures missing.
  Child has pictures in front of them. As read
  book place pictures where belong in story (i.e.
  milk in fridge) (Verbal Criteria Express what
  else can put in that category)
• Category Bingo- Each player has a matt for a
  category (i.e. kitchen, bedroom) Take turns
  picking cards and placing them on your matt.
  When fill up matt you have Bingo. (Verbal
  Criteria Express what picture needs, express
  category the card he chooses belongs to)

• Advanced Learner
• What belongs? picture of scene. Give child
  10-15 pictures of pictures (some that belong in
  scene and some that dont). Child puts in scene
  what belongs.( i.e. baseball stadium- pictures of
  mitt, baseball player, couch, and curtains)
  (Verbal Criteria Discuss what category the items
  that dont belong go to)
• Category board game- go around board and collect
  a piece of flare from each category. Once have
  a piece from each category you win. (Can make to
  adhere to child's interest categories can be
  baseball, Dora, fishing, and party time). (Verbal
  Criteria Discuss categories flare goes to prior
  to start of game when sorting it and setting up
  game)
• Sorting Characters-take the child's favorite
  characters and make different colors and sizes
  and then stretch out and make some fat.
  Generalize sorting by shape, size and color with
  fun pictures

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Number Id

• Beginner Learner
• Daily Calendar

• Advanced Learner
• Daily Calendar
• Go Fish

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Id Verbs

• Beginner Learner
• Pictures of character performing these verbs
• Watch a show (i.e. Dora) and edit out clips of
  action verbs for child to ID

• Advanced Learner
• Have a photo shoot and have child act out verbs
  and take their picture and then develop and
  discuss
• Video shoot video tape child doing action and
  bring in attributed such as speed, duration, etc

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Id Rooms/Places

• Beginner Learner
• Slide show on computer and label

• Advanced Learner
• Make a game with pictures of rooms/places on
  spaces. When lands on space child labels
  room/place and/or action perform in room and/or
  what see in room (label depends on child's
  current skill level).

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Id Community Helpers/Places

• Beginner Learner
• Memory Match of Places/Helpers

• Advanced Learner
• Memory Match of Helper to where he works/his tool
• Wipe off dittos make with connecting lines b/w
  who-where, who-what tool
• Thematic Unit on most popular/common community
  helpers (incorporate math, science, Social
  studies, ELA, speech, pretend play, arts and
  crafts, music, etc into unit)

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Id Emotions

• Beginner Learner
• Photo album of people and characters child likes
  child labels emotions in pictures
• Bingo (look at persons face and match what they
  are feeling to picture on your board Get all
  emotions on your board and you win).

• Advanced Learner
• Game put a bunch of pictures on floor (the
  bigger the better) Ask the child to Step on the
  ____ person/face (Can have the child take turns
  and ask you to step on faces too)

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Acting out Emotions

• Beginner Learner
• Simon Says
• Video tape family members or favorite character
  making expressions. Show the expression and then
  say to child Lets pretend we are mad like
  Swiper.

• Advanced Learner
• Feeling Charades What am I feeling? (person
  acts out emotion and other players guesses).
• Board game. Pick card. Act out emotion on card.
  Then move number spaces says to move on card.

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Shape Id

• Beginner Learner
• Make a picture (i.e. house and tree) by matching
  shapes to an outline. (Verbal criteria some
  shapes are missing child needs to Id missing
  shapes and ask for them. Receptive Ask child to
  point to some of the shapes used to make the
  house upon completion)

• Advanced Learner
• (same as beginner only no outline)

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Color Id

• Beginner Learner
• (same concept as shape Id only this time Rec SD
  Pick up Red Triangle Child picks up and glues
  on paper to start making the house. Exp Few
  shapes are missing so child asks for the color
  shape they need in order to match to the design
  on paper.

• Advanced Learner
• Complete a coloring activity with directions
  (i.e. color the ducks yellow, water blue, etc)
• Candy land

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People Id

• Beginner Learner
• Make photo album with single pictures of family
  members

• Advanced Learner
• Look through a photo album and ask child to talk
  to you about the pictures
• Look at a home movie of a family gathering and
  ask child to tell you about the video (holidays
  with many family members present are usually more
  interesting)

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Animal Id

• Beginner Learner
• Make ABC book of all animals and read it together
• Memory

• Advanced Learner
• Diego 123 game (can make this game with mastered
  animals)
• Go on yahoo images (block adult stuff) and look
  up the animals and have the child label them when
  they pop up.

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Gender

• Beginner Learner
• Sort family member pictures

• Advanced Learner
• Sort TV character pictures
• Interactive Social story-make a book about gender
  and give the child a bunch a male and female
  pictures. As you read have the child insert the
  pictures. (Wording of the story can be easy or
  hard depending on learner. For example The boy
  went shopping. Vs He went shopping.

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Letter Id

• Beginner Learner
• Letter Jump Put larger letters on floor. Ask
  child to jump on the letter __ or Hold up
  letter and ask What letter after child
  responds, ask them Jump on it

• Advanced Learner
• Letter Search Ask the child to search the house
  for the letter of the week/day. (i.e. find the
  letter A on a bottle of apple juice)

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Body Part Id

• Beginner Learner
• Make a large person cutout and give the child
  things to put on the person i.e. put the hat on
  his head (once child can do it the correct way,
  try and do it a silly way. For example Put the
  sunglasses on his foot)

• Advanced Learner
• Glue/Velcro a face together
• Glue/Velcro a body together

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Receptive/Expressive Id (Ideas)

• Beginner Learner
• Computer PowerPoint with 3-5 pictures on page.
  
• SD Touch ____/What is it?
• Response Child touches Appropriate
  picture/States name of picture
• Instructor clicks mouse and Power Point goes to
  next page where there is a reinforcing picture
  or website to a video for the child

• Advanced Learner
• Scavenger Hunt

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Id objective when described

• Beginner Learner
• Im thinking game (with a board as a prompt)

• Advanced Learner
• Im thinking game
• Touch and Feel box (describe what feel and guess
  what it is)

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Unfamiliar Object Id

• Beginner Learner
• Go on scavenger hunt around the house and look
  for unfamiliar things. Child asks What is it?
• Scavenger hunt-Teacher asks What is it? and
  child labels or says I dont know

• Advanced Learner
• Same- more elaborate hunt (go into community)

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Delivering Messages

• Beginner Learner
• Play mailman
• Deliver letter to mailbox
• Deliver letter to family member.

• Advanced Learner
• Telephone game (activity where pass a message in
  circle to see if the correct message makes it to
  the last person)

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Senses

• Beginner Learner
• Memory
• Make coloring ditto with one of the senses and
  things you can and cant do with that sense.
  Child colors in the sense and only the things you
  can do with that sense (i.e. color in eyes, watch
  TV, read, and watch a baseball game, dont color
  in listen to music and smell flowers)

• Advanced Learner
• TV bingo
• Sound CDs
• Blind fold taste test
• Feel box

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Thematic Units

• Done for larger units or topics with abundance of
  information
• Include Math, science, social studies, ELA,
  music, play, arts and crafts, generalization and
  maintenance skills, writing, pretend, life
  skills, community outings, etc.

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Whats Missing

• Beginner Learner
• Make up pictures where something is missing.
  Laminate. Child should be provided with a few
  pieces so that he/she can choose what piece
  fits into the picture ( fun reinforcing pictures
  should be utilized to increase motivation)

• Advanced Learner
• (same as beginner learner activity, except have
  child draw in what's missing)

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General Knowledge

• Thematic Units

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Which doesnt belong

• Beginner Learner
• Make videos, dittos, power points, etc of
  pictures/items with different attributes/from
  different categories, etc and have the child
  respond by identifying the one that doesnt
  belong with the others in the group

• Advanced Learner
• (same as beginner learner just more difficult)

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Sequencing

• Beginner Learner
• Read a book and ask what they think will happen
  next as read story

• Advanced Learner
• Make skits of funny things happening in slow
  motion. Half way through the skit pause the
  video and ask the child what they think will
  happen next (i.e. You walk into kitchen. Almost
  step on banana. STOP TAPE. Ask child What will
  happen next. Child responds. START TAPE. You
  fall. (Child probably laughs) )

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Opposites

• Beginner Learner
• Use a big box and make a game out of teaching in
  and out (try and use other silly materials to
  make a game out of other opposites)

• Advanced Learner
• Opposites scavenger hunt- have the child search
  the house for 2 opposites (i.e. open bottle,
  closed bottle, big car, small car, etc)

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What do when

• Beginner Learner
• Bingo game Instructor asks a question-child
  places a bingo marker on top of the picture that
  cooresponds to the answer (i.e. What do when it
  rains.- child marks umbrella)

• Advanced Learner
• Same as Beginner learner only use silly questions
  (i.e. What do when a mailbox is chasing you? ) -
  do as a board game (move spaces when answer
  questions)

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Attributes

• Beginner Learner
• Feel Box Child describes how the item feels and
  then guess what it is

• Advanced Learner
• Feel Box- Place few things in box and describe
  what item want child to find. Child needs to
  feel each item to find the correct one the
  instructor is describing

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11 correspondence

• Beginner Learner
• Trouble

• Advanced Learner
• Tic Tac Toe
• Connect the dots

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Play Sounds

• Beginner Learner
• Simple Play

• Advanced Learner
• Advanced Play

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Prepositions

• Beginner Learner
• Pretend play activity with box and/or tent and/or
  crawl tube, etc. (i.e. Start off the pretend
  play activity with phrases like Hurry a storm is
  coming. Crawl through the tube. Now get in the
  house. The wind is going blow over the tent.
  Hurry hide under the box.)

• Advanced Learner
• ?Same
• Give child pictures and tell them where the
  pictures should be placed on the paper to make
  the scene (i.e. put Santa in the sleigh, put
  Dancer between Rudolph and the sleigh)

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Receptive Conversation

• Beginner Learner
• Play dolls and have them talk

• Advanced Learner
• Puppets
• Wear mask and talk in different voice

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Social Questions

• Beginner Learner
• Make book about themselves (fill in)
  pictures/word strips provided in choice of 3-5 to
  help child make the book and fill in sentences.

• Advanced Learner
• Make book about themselves. Pictures made by
  child with assistance

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Functional Body Parts

• Beginner Learner
• Make person from cut outs. As child asks for
  piece of body, instructor asks why need that body
  part. Child should respond by stating a rationale
  that coorelates to that body parts function
• Simon Says

• Advanced Learner
• Use doll-ask child Show me what the doll does
  with her legs. Child makes doll walk, run, jump,
  etc. Try and help the child think of everything
  the doll can do with that body part and act it
  out themselves.

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Function Rooms/Places

• Beginner Learner
• Match memory- match picture of room/place to
  action perform in room

• Advanced Learner
• Make game and when land on room/place tell what
  function is

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Environmental Sounds

• Beginner Learner
• Play CD and Name sounds

• Advanced Learner
• Sounds Bingo (play sound, press stop, mark on
  bingo board sound heard, continue with game)

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Function Objects

• Beginner Learner
• Memory (match object with function)

• Advanced Learner
• Interactive Social Story- read story and have
  child fill in function of objects throughout
  story (i.e. I left my house and saw a car. I use
  my car to ____). Child can fill in blank in book
  by placing a teacher made laminate picture/word
  with Velcro.

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Learning Can Be Fun!
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• Created by
• Ellen Viola Thalhamer III