May 27, 2019
by Carole Zangari -
Taking time today to remember and honor all those who have sacrificed so much in service of their countries. Wishing all of you a meaningful day of reflection and remembrance.
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Tagged With: Memorial Day, memory, remembrance
May 29, 2017
by Carole Zangari -
Taking time today to remember and honor all those who have sacrificed so much in service of their countries. Hope you have a good day of reflection and remembrance.
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Tagged With: Memorial Day
May 25, 2015
by Carole Zangari -
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: Memorial Day
May 16, 2013
by Robin Parker -
It’s PrAACtically Memorial Day! Memorial Day is prAACtically here. We remember, appreciate, and honor the people who have protected our freedoms. Getting ready so EVERYONE can participate is important. We wrote about memorial day last year and had found some good gluten-casein free Memorial Day recipes. There are even more resources today. Check out Gluten Free Memorial Day Weekend Menu and Recipe Ideas or Gluten Free Casein Free Applesauce Muffins. Cooking and baking provide meaningful language experiences as well as just plain fun. There are symbol based recipes on Pinterest at Picture Recipes and Visual Recipes for Children with Autism, and at Specialty Chef. There are also prAACtical AAC ways to teach about Memorial Day’s meaning as well as the typical memorial day vacations, activities, and events. Learning about Memorial Day Memorial Day Activity Board Memorial Day Vocabulary Cards Memorial Day Bingo Memorial Day Adapted Bingo Summer Pack Memorial Day After learning about Memorial... [Read More...]
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Tagged With: calendars, meaningful language experiences, Memorial Day, resources, schedules, social stories, talking photo albums
May 24, 2012
by Robin Parker -
Memorial Day Weekend is big for us. We remember, appreciate, and honor the people who have protected our freedoms. We both have annual relaxing weekends planned. As we started to get ready, though, we started looking for Memorial Day AAC materials. It was surprising to see that there was not much to be found. We found some gluten-casein free Memorial Day recipes, which are great, but what about symbols to go with the recipes or symbols to explain the holiday and what about AAC language activities for the typical long weekend or trip? Not much…. So as we began preparing for our own weekends, these are some of the things we have done or are doing for PrAACtical AAC at home and on our mini-vacations: – Before We Leave Create a personal participation story (modified social story) so ALL the children can SEE the language for the trip. Here’s something that... [Read More...]
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Tagged With: holiday, ideas, Memorial Day, pictello, tapekio