New Product :: Incentive Punch Cards - Bubble Design

If you've been around for a little while, you may have seen my Designer Behavior Incentive Punch Cards. Well, This past weekend I got around to making a bunch of other cool sets too!

Visual reinforcement is always best and these punch cards are a fun, easy way to encourage your students to do their best. Some ideas for use include homework completion, attendance, appropriate behavior during the day, reading logs – the possibilities are endless!

I also have the following designs available too, so you can match basically anything in your classroom!:
- Rounded Box Design
- Striped Design
- Chevron Design

Enjoy!

New Product :: Social Skills Rubrics

These rubrics were designed to help counselors, teachers, social workers, or SLPs keep track of a student’s progress on school success, problem-solving, friendship, feelings, communication, and self-esteem goals. Each individual set includes 7 rubrics in both a teacher and student version (for a total of 14 rubrics + 2 blank ones to customize).

Rubrics are presented in PDF and editable Microsoft Powerpoint Format, so the wording can be customized to fit your students’ ability levels and needs. Also, you can use Powerpoint’s printing settings to print multiple rubrics per page. Great for when you have multiple students working on the same goal!

If you'd like to save a little money, you can download the Complete Social Skills Rubric Pack for a discount! It includes 42 rubrics in both a teacher and student version (for a total of 84 rubrics + 2 blank ones to customize). The following skills are included:

Enjoy :)



School Success Skills
- Following Directions
- Work Completion
- Remaining On-Task
- Asking Questions
- Being Prepared
- Attendance
- Following School Rules

Problem-Solving Skills
- Debugging
- Tattling and Reporting
- Compromise
- Point of View
- Fact and Opinion
- Dealing with Disagreements
- Dealing with Gossip



Friendship Skills
- Choosing Friends
- Feeling Left Out
- Being a Good Sport
- Apologizing
- Taking Turns
- Giving a Compliment
- Accepting a Compliment



Feelings Skills
- Feelings Identification
- Reading Body Language
- Responding to Negative Emotions
- Feelings Demonstration
- Expressing Feelings
- Dealing with Anger or Frustration
- Dealing with Anxiety



Communication Skills
- Introducing
- Having a Conversation
- Talking on Topic
- Interrupting
- Conversation Body Language
- Personal Space
- Mental Filtering



Self-Esteem Skills - some skills offered as a freebie
- Positive Self-Talk
- Goal Setting
- Understanding Strengths
- Dealing with Peer Pressure
- Dealing with Mistakes
- Self-Reflection (Complete Pack only - not in freebie)
- Working in a Group (Complete Pack only - not in freebie)

Enjoy!!

New Product :: Positive Thinking Cards

I admit I've been a little slow rolling out new products recently. My husband and I are expecting our first child in a couple weeks, so time has been diverted to assembling furniture, washing miniature socks, finding miniature socks ones they get lost in the washer, etc!

However, I've been thinking about this product for awhile and have had a few people requesting it, so I really wanted to make sure to get it out before the baby gets here. So, here it is!

This deck was designed to help students learn how to change negative thoughts into positive ones. It’s helpful for students who struggle with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, or other mental health issues. Many times, the root of these issues is in a student's difficulty looking at a situation objectively or in a positive light - everything is bad or reflects poorly on them in some way. Most times, students don't even know they're doing it, so if we can focus their attention on their own thoughts, we can help them move past the negative feelings they experience.

The download includes 2 separate decks – a version for older students and a version for younger students – as well as an ink-friendly version of each deck! Blank cards are also included so you can customize your own. I've made something similar that I use with my students and what I like to do is to laminate the blank cards and have students come up with their own negative and positive thoughts. They're really good at it!



Enjoy!

New Product :: Summer 1 Backgrounds & Alphabets

If you've been looking for a way to spice up some of your TeachersPayTeachers or homemade classroom activities, check out my new Summer Digital Background Pack!  It includes 30 different 12" x 12" backgrounds in PNG format, so they can be scaled to fit any sized project. And because you're all awesome, loyal blog readers, you can get 2 of them for free!





 

Another thing I've been playing around with is designing clipart letters. I wanted some letters to match all the backgrounds for new products, but also that could be used for bulletin boards. So, here they are!



It contains 10 different patterned alphabets, for a total of 260 letters. Each letter is a 6" x 6" png. Here's one of the alphabets for free! Just click the "A" below to download the entire alphabet as a .zip file! After you're taken to Google Drive, just click "file" --> "download" and you're good to go! For the rest of the alphabets, click the image above!



 

Enjoy!

 

New Product :: Following Directions Game & No-Print Version

I'm really really excited about this new product! One of the things I love about TpT is having an excuse to pull out my lovely Scotch laminator and have an excuse to spend a few minutes laminating, cutting, and assembling the new things I just bought!

That being said, there are many times when I'm in a bind and just need something quick to pull and put together 2 seconds before a counseling group comes in my room (Monday mornings, anyone??).

So, I combined 2 products in 1 for this next one.

Lots of students have difficulty following directions, but not all directions are the same. Some struggle with motor-skill-based directions, while others struggle with cognitive directions, such as those involving basic concepts or basic math/reading tasks. That’s where this game can help! It can help students with ADHD, Autism, Cognitive Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, or other difficulties improve their memory and concentration.

Not only does this download include printable cards (PowerPoint) and scorecards (PDF), but it also contains everything as a no-print version in PowerPoint format for use on laptops or Smart Boards! No printing, cutting or laminating required! I read each card only 1 time and award a point if the student does the tasks correctly. There are also a few “gain a point” and “lose a point” cards thrown in too.

Cards are color and symbol coded, so you can easily find the deck you need. The following cards are included:

(10) 1-Step Directions - Movement-Based
(10) 1-Step Directions - Basic Concepts Skills
(10) 1-Step Directions - Academic (Basic Math & Reading Tasks)

(10) 2-Step Directions - Movement-Based
(10) 2-Step Directions - Basic Concepts Skills
(10) 2-Step Directions - Academic (Basic Math & Reading Tasks)
(15) 2-Step Directions - Combination of all areas

(10) 3-Step Directions - Movement-Based
(10) 3-Step Directions - Basic Concepts Skills
(10) 3-Step Directions - Academic (Basic Math & Reading Tasks)
(15) 3-Step Directions - Combination of all areas

120 cards in all! And since they're in PowerPoint, you can edit the directions for your students' needs!

Enjoy!

New Product :: Spring Backgrounds

If you've been looking for a way to spice up some of your TeachersPayTeachers or homemade classroom activities, check out my new Spring Digital Background Pack!  It includes 30 different 12" x 12" backgrounds in PNG format, so they can be scaled to fit any sized project. And because you're all awesome, loyal blog readers, you can get 2 of them for free!

Enjoy :)

New Product :: Colored Backgrounds

I've been taking a break recently from making counseling products, and instead and have working on lots and lots of colorful backgrounds! (Don't worry, there'll be more counseling, social work, and special ed. stuff up in the near future.) So if you've been looking to brighten up some of your digital scrapbooks, TeachersPayTeachers products, or classroom activities, check out all the new things I have for you!  They're available in my TpT or Etsy stores, so you can shop wherever's easiest for you. Each color-coded pack includes 32 different 12" x 12" backgrounds in PNG format, so they can be scaled to fit any sized project.

Personal and commercial use ok! Click the images below to see the products and full terms of use.

Enjoy :)

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New Product :: Holiday Backgrounds

If you've been looking for a way to spice up some of your TeachersPayTeachers or homemade classroom activities, check out my new Holiday Digital Background Pack!  It includes 30 different 12" x 12" backgrounds in PNG format, so they can be scaled to fit any sized project. And because you're all awesome, loyal blog readers, you can get 2 of them for free!

Enjoy :)

New(ish) Product :: Gradebook Pages

If you were around this July and August, you might have seen my summer project: an organization binder for the special ed. teachers, social workers, SLP's, etc. I'd seen so many cute teacher binders on Pinterest and TpT, but felt that none of them really addressed all the IEP craziness the rest of us tend to do! As part of that full binder, I made some grade book pages. However, I quickly realized that lots of regular classroom teachers may enjoy these, but might not use the full binder.

Thus came the individual grade book pages! They're presented in landscape and portrait orientations and match the cute color scheme of the rest of the binder. And since they're in Microsoft Work format, you can add and remove as many rows as you need! So, if you're looking for a way to spruce up your same old red grade book, head on over and take a look here!







Enjoy!