Book Bytes: Social Fortune or Social Fate?

I love to read! I’ll share my thoughts (book bytes instead of sound bites) on old favorites and new books for children and adults here.

I’ve used many of the books in the Social Thinking curriculum from Michelle Garcia-Winner.  The latest addition is a graphic novel for kids and teens.

“The core of the book consists of 10 social scenarios, each [one] scenario is played out through the lens of Social Fortune or Social Fate by demonstrating visually how a situation can change quickly based on how someone reacts within it.”

Click here for further information.

Thoughts for Thursday #21: Small Change, Heroic?

Quotes That Strike My Fancy!

I read this in Now Eat This! by Rocco Dispirito:

“I know it’s not easy to make changes, but even the smallest change is heroic…”

What do you think? Can small changesbe heroic?  And how small is small?  And how would you define “heroic” in the context of nutrition and fitness?

S.O.A.P. Stuff #11: Wikki Sticks and Pattern Tracers

Social, Organization, Attention, and Processing Stuff

Does your student or child have difficulty staying within boundaries when writing? Stopping on the baseline (bottom line)? Here are a couple of tips that some have found useful:

Use Wikki Stix to form a box that the child has to write within.  You can make the box progressively smaller to encourage age-appropriate letter size and spacing.

Wikki Stix can also be used on the baseline on handwriting paper.

Raised line paper too expensive?  Take a tool from the sewing box that is used for tracing patterns.  Run it across the back of the handwriting paper to create your own raised line paper!

When your child is old enough, they can use the Wikki Stix and pattern tracer on their own, as needed.

Thank you to Kim on the Handwriting Without Tears Level I listserv!