Lesson Overview

Create an art print to reinforce food vocabulary and encourage tactile exploration.

Skills Practiced

• Key Food Vocabulary
• Tactile Sensory Processing
• Fine Motor Skills

Materials

• Language Builder 3D - 2D Animal Matching Kit

• Target Food (select from apple, banana, broccoli, carrots, corn, orange, bread or cookie)

• Paper Bag (or Cloth Sack)

• Washable Paint

• 18” x 24” Construction Paper 

• Smock

• Paper Plate (or Reusable Container)

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Appropriate for one-on-one instruction or a small group of learners

Lesson Overview

Students will use Language Builder 3D – 2D Matching Kits to practice matching things that are the same.

Skills Practiced

• Matching
• Social skills

Materials

• Language Builder 3D - 2D Animal Matching Kit OR Language Builder 3D to 2D Food Matching Kit 

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This activity can be done with just one child or in a larger group, in a classroom or therapy setting. 



Lesson Overview

Teach storytelling skills, animal names, and recall skills with this story-based lesson plan.

Skills Practiced

• Storytelling
• Recall
• Improvisation

Materials

• Language Builder 3D - 2D Animal Matching Kit

• Blank Flashcards (Optional)

• Drawing supplies (Optional)

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This activity can be done with just one child or in a larger group, in a classroom or therapy setting. Children should be familiar with basic elements of a story and with animal names.

Lesson Overview

In this lesson, the child will learn how to match 3D objects to 2D picture cards of the same object.

Skills Practiced

• 3D - 2D Matching
• Receptive Language

Materials

• Language Builder 3D - 2D Animal Matching Kit

People

This lesson is best suited for one-on-one sessions with a teacher or therapist. The child should have mastered 3D object to 2D picture matching.

Lesson Overview

Practice reading and spelling food names with these movement-based activities.

Skills Practiced

• 

Reading
• Spelling
• Recognizing food names

Materials

• Stages Learning Food Carpet Squares

• Index cards

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This game can be played with children in a small group or in a larger classroom group setting.

Lesson Overview

Learn about different action verbs and express why they dislike or like common activities

Skills Practiced

• Asking and answering “why” questions
• Identifying and associating verbs and common emotions

Materials

• Stages Learning Verb Cards
• Stages Learning Emotion Cards (or Post-It Notes labelled with familiar emotions)

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This lesson is ideal for any number of students, ideally for kindergarten - 2nd grade, a beginning ELL student, or for a one-on-one session with a therapist. Students should be familiar with the emotions chosen for review in this lesson.

Lesson Overview

Learn about different action verbs and review prepositions through the Stages Learning Verb Cards

Skills Practiced

• Vocabulary
• Grammar (present and prepositions)

Materials

• Stages Learning Verb Cards
• Table large enough to spread out verb cards

People

This lesson is ideal for any number of students, ideally for kindergarten - 2nd grade, or a beginning ELL student

Lesson Overview

Learn about different action verbs and review present and past tense through the Stages Learning Verb Cards

Skills Practiced

• Acting
• Vocabulary
• Grammar (present and past tense verbs)

Materials

• Stages Learning Verb Cards
• Space to move around

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This lesson is ideal for 2+ students, ideally for kindergarten - 2nd grade, or a beginning ELL student

Lesson Overview

Students will use the Link4Fun Cards to practice identifying, categorizing, and communicating with vocabulary words. Students will interact with the teacher or therapist using vocabulary cards with interactive technology. Each part of the lesson plan can be extended or shortened depending on the needs of the child.

Lesson Overview

Students will use the Link4Fun book and app to develop their literacy, social skills, and vocabulary. Students will interact with the teacher or therapist using a print-based picture book with a digital device for an interactive reading experience. Each part of the lesson plan can be extended or shortened depending on the needs of the child.

Lesson Overview

Learn about different action verbs through the animals in the Link4fun Pets book

Skills Practiced

• Acting
• Vocabulary
• Grammar

Materials

• Link4fun Pets book and app

• Markers or other drawing supplies

• 8.5x11” paper

• Index cards

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This lesson can be for an individual child or adapted for a larger group, ideally for preschool or kindergarten, or a beginning ELL student

Lesson Overview

Learn about different textures through the animals in the Link4fun Wild Animals book.

Lesson Overview

Using the Language Builder Blocks and customized dice, children practice math and engineering skills in this creative challenge.

Lesson Overview

Play this twist on hide and seek to teach collaboration and teamwork.

Lesson Overview

Use the Language Builder Blocks as a quick way to practice number skills.

Lesson Overview

This lesson will build storytelling skills in a hilarious, creative way.

Skills Practiced

• Storytelling
• Gross motor development
• Geometry, numerical skills
• Communication skills

Materials

• Language Builder Blocks

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Play with just one child or in small groups of preschool/kindergarten children

Setup

Find a space with room to spread out the blocks.

Lesson Overview

Students will use the U-Play Mat to practice identifying, categorizing, and communicating with vocabulary words. Each part of the lesson plan can be extended or shortened depending on the needs of the child.

Lesson Overview

Students will use sequencing cards to review vocabulary words and practice ordering events.

Skills Practiced

• Picture identification and vocabulary
• Fine and gross motor development
• Conceptualization skills
• Communication skills
• Sequencing skills 

Materials

• Stages Learning Sequencing Cards

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This lesson is designed for 1:1 instruction with a teacher or therapist. It can also be adapted for use with a small group of 2-4 students.

Lesson Overview

Students will review vocabulary words and play bingo using Stages Learning Bingo Generator Cards. Students can also review vocabulary in foreign languages since the Bingo Generator Cards are available in Spanish and French.

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Students will review the Emotion Flash Cards and create their own chart depicting various emotions. Students will then think of emotions they show outside and inside to make a feelings box.

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Students will make an animal that they would most like to be or admire in some way. Students will then choose a song that their animal likes and move their animal to the rhythm of the music. Students will then listen to various types of music and choose other animals to move, following the rhythm of the song. Students will then see how different animals might interact with each other. This is an early childhood activity that can be adapted to special needs students by breaking down the activities and reinforcing the steps separately. Students can build skills that they can use to interact with their peers.

Lesson Overview

Students will verbalize an inference about the events leading up to a visual scene by explaining “what just happened” in response to visual cues.

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Students will infer how professionals feel at work by verbally elaborating on visuals from occupation cards.

Lesson Overview

Students will match December holiday vocabulary words with emotion cards by creating a holiday sentence. 

Lesson Overview

In this activity, children will work on recognizing beginning letters of words and will find corresponding plastic letter to build basic letter knowledge. 

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This lesson plan reinforces the idea that sometimes, you just need a little help! Students use their problem-solving skills to identify when they need help, then advocate appropriately to get the assistance they need to complete a puzzle that is missing a piece.

Lesson Overview

Student will gain familiarity with the Stages Cube puzzles through hands on exploration. 

Objectives/Goals

• Spatial awareness and hand eye coordination
• Peer collaboration - working with others to solve a problem. 
• Demonstrate an increasing attention span by remaining on a task until completion. 

Lesson Overview

Objectives/Goals 

• Recognizing and naming familiar foods
• Building descriptive vocabulary. Recognizing foods by description and providing basic descriptions for foods.  

Lesson Overview

Students will use Stages Learning Memory game to practice matching things that are the same.

Objectives/Goals

• Identify things that are the same. 
• Engage in turn taking when working with others.