K5 Speech/SEL

Hello Families! This week in Social Thinking, we are practicing executive function skills which include planning and organizing ourselves, our things, and our time. To work on these skills we are having a gift exchange (Secret Snowman) the week of December 16th. Leading up to this, students are writing down three interests or favorite toys for a wish list. We set a buying limit of $15-20 per gift and we will be exchanging in our SEL groups: Lions, Tigers, or Bears. We talked about where you can buy things – online or going to an actual brick and mortar store. If you have time, we encourage families to take your child to a store and pay in cash. This develops skills of decision making, money management/understanding, planning, and organization since you have to find where items are in the store. We will have a mini party and gift exchange the week before winter break. Happy Shopping, Bulldogs!
– Tricia Keener, Speech & Language Pathologist