This curriculum unit CD has been re-designed and is ready for use in a variety of early childhood settings, from Head Start to ECSE! Built around the common Springtime theme, Growing Things, this unit features 12 instructionally rich activities that can be embedded throughout your daily instruction, along with accommodations to help include children with special needs. Activities are designed to address Virginia's Foundation Blocks for Early Learning and helpful tips and forms are included to assist you in embedding student IEP goals throughout your instruction.

This curriculum unit has been designed for use in a variety of early childhood settings, including inclusive settings, from Head Start to ECSE! A perfect theme for use during the holidays, Friends and Family is a unit that features 12 instructionally rich activities that can be embedded throughout your daily instruction, along with accommodations for children with special needs. Activities are designed to address Virginia's Foundation Blocks for Early Learning, and helpful tips and forms are included to assist you in embedding student IEP goals throughout your instruction.

This curriculum unit is designed for use in the preschool special education classroom. In this interactive story, children will imitate animals with a variety of body movements. Children enjoy the repetitive text throughout the story while learning body parts and silly animal motions. Included in this TACtic packet are suggestions for small group activities, finger plays, songs, related literature, gross motor activities, and learning center props. A list is included of curriculum resources that are available from the T-TAC ODU library and on the Web.

An exemplary teacher brings the audience into her classroom where she demonstrates recommended practices in early childhood. Highlighted in the video are learning centers and room arrangement, schedules and visual strategies, integrated thematic, literature based curricula and activity based instruction.

This TACtic provides guidance in choosing the right assessment tools for screening for challenging behaviors.

This new CD includes information on creating and teaching thematic units. Examples of thematic units for elementary and secondary lessons are included. ASOL objectives from all four core content areas and functional domains are addressed. A printable template is included to assist with creating your own thematic units.

Thematic units are fun for students. This unit provides lesson/activity ideas, printables, and computer activities that revolve around "America's pastime". Reading, math, science, history, community skills, social skills, and many other areas of instruction are addressed within the context of baseball/softball.

This CD will walk you through the process of creating PowerPoint activities for the classroom. Intended for the novice PowerPoint user, this tutorial will teach you how to use text boxes, clip art, sound, photographs, and much more.

This TACtic gives direct instruction in specific social skills that produce the best outcomes.

Granny is snoring as a child climbs on her lap and falls asleep. Various other animals join them. Lastly the flea joins them and sets off a chain of events. This unit provides ideas for adding props to learning centers and small group activities. Boardmakerâ„¢ pictures are included that support children to retell the story.