Classroom needs have always paced the creation of Animated
Step-by-Steps®. In fact an estimated 95% of the titles offered have been created in response
to ‘real world’ classroom needs.
I recently observed a teacher conducting a simple food assembly activity with her
preschool class. Her activity centered around an unlikely topic … a traffic
light! What was impressive about this simple activity was the fact that it held
so much potential for working on a wide range of language and academic concepts. In addition to providing a motivating forum
for imparting information on traffic
safety (red means stop, yellow means wait, green means go), it could be used to comment on shapes (circle,
rectangle), numbers (1-2-3), colors (red, yellow, green), spatial concepts (top, middle, bottom)
and core words (stop, go)!
After providing some basic information on traffic lights and
traffic safety, students are encouraged to make a traffic light snack. First
they spread pudding on their graham cracker … then put a strawberry at the top
for the red light … a yellow banana slice in the middle for the yellow light … and
finally a green kiwi at the bottom for the green light. The fruit can be
pre-sliced (to expedite the activity) or slicing can be added to the activity to add a motor component.
As depicted in the page on the right, the selection of the correct fruit, causes the
fruit to move to the correct position on the ‘edible traffic light’. If the
incorrect fruit is selected, the program produces a mild negative comment, ‘huhugh’.
Traffic Light Snacks
is available in three formats (Regular, PCS symbols, SymbolStix) through Teachers Pay Teachers. http://teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Bloom
This resource can be
displayed on the 'big screen' (interactive whiteboard, large screen TV using
Apple TV) or the 'small screen'
(computer monitor, iPad/Android tablet using the free Microsoft
PowerPoint app).
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Augmentative
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