Happy Summer Everyone! Today was the first day of Sign Language Class for Stonington Rec!  What a fun time…. We learned the sign language alphabet and numbers!  We learned how to spell our names and introduce ourselves. We also learned people signs as well as some important signs like bathroom, yes, no and stop! The [...]

Well another exciting end to another year!  Cannot believe the school year is over! Tons of fun was had at the moving up ceremonies for 4th graders and 8th graders…which is always bittersweet.  SHS graduation was lovely…and very exciting to see some of my former students graduate some I have known since they were three [...]

What a week! We had a week full of fun celebrating the end of the year with all of our groups! Lots of treats and goodies along with lots of memories. Looks like everyone is ready to move on to the next grade level! We’ve had dance parties, talking parties, eating parties, and game parties. [...]

Fourth Grade Girls: No groups today due to preschool PPTs at West Vine Street School! Social Thinking Group: We continued playing “Choose!”  A game that helps children learn to make good choices, improve coping skills and enhance decision making skills. However, there were lots of “Unthinkables” around and we needed to stop the game to [...]

7th Grade Girls: Our large group today…..lots of chattering and then off to the gym to play! 6th Grade Boys: No group today due to the field trip in 6th grade! 5th Grade Girls: Small group today – more than half the group was on a field trip! 8th Grade Boys: Not really sure this [...]

A very exciting day for me! 7th Grade Typical Peer Lunch Group: A fun day today!  We played with the question balls that ask a variety of questions targeting self-esteem, feelings and peer relationships! 5th Grade Boys Group: It was dodgeball day!  What a hoot! 8th Grade Girls Group: Our mixed group went to the [...]

A Terrific Tuesday! Third Grade Girls Group 1 and 2: Today we made invitations for our friends to attend our last group next week…we will be having a Dance Party in the gym! Then we played Cosmic Catch!  It’s a game of catch with an electronic ball that knows the kids’ throws and the kids [...]

Well thank goodness Miss Sammie was in today to cover groups while mom attended a ton of meetings! Apparently everyone had a blast!

Miss Lubs Class: As a culmination to our book chats, today we read “Lemon the Duck” – a true story about a duck who has a neurological disorder and who was adopted by a kindergarten class. The kids really enjoyed the book and being able to see Lemon’s website that had movies of Lemon doing [...]

A day full of meetings! There were no lunch groups today, due to the many PPTs scheduled….I missed all the kids! 5th Grade Social Thinking Group: Today we went to the gym and played Cosmic Catch!  It’s a game of catch with an electronic ball that knows the kids’ throws and the kids have to [...]