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March 23, 2015
Published by Andrea Gaitan at March 23, 2015
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My most challenging groups to plan for are young adults, but I LOVE, LOVE working with them. You have to walk a fine line of having […]
November 11, 2014
Published by Andrea Gaitan at November 11, 2014
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This is a special post written by one of our wonderful U of MN practicum students, Cori Nesmith. Sixteen Tons, a popular folk song from the […]
October 27, 2014
Published by Andrea Gaitan at October 27, 2014
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It’s the week of Halloween and we’ve been having a lot of fun working on counting with 1:1 correspondence, turn taking, sequencing, and imitating gross motor […]
October 6, 2014
Published by Lyndie Walker , MT-BC at October 6, 2014
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The Ants Go Marching is another one of my childhood favorites, and lately, a great way to incorporate some fun rhyming, sequencing, gross motor, and counting […]
August 11, 2014
Published by Andrea Gaitan at August 11, 2014
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If you’ve been reading our blog for a little while, you already know about our deep love for the music of The Laurie Berkner Band (see […]