If you’ve been following Ms. Gina’s comics on Educatedly, here’s some news: those classroom moments are getting room to breathe into something longer. We’re turning the Teacher Life stories into a book — same Ms. Gina, same honest classroom chaos, just with more space to tell each story properly. Think of it as the comics’ […]
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Half are signed. Half are ‘I’ll bring it tomorrow.’ It is tomorrow.
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A practical first-steps guide for parents and teachers introducing AAC to a young child. Why It Works If your 3-year-old isn’t talking much yet, it’s natural to want to wait and see. But research shows starting AAC (augmentative and alternative communication — think picture boards, symbol cards, or simple speech-generating apps) early doesn’t hold speech
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When a toddler with autism isn’t talking yet, the instinct is often to redirect them — point to what you want them to look at, hold up a flashcard, ask them to repeat a word. It makes sense. But it usually backfires. The strategy with the strongest research behind it works the opposite way: get
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One of the most common fears parents and teachers share about a nonverbal toddler with autism is this: “If I give her pictures or sign language, will she ever talk?” The research says the opposite is true. Why It Works Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) — things like picture cards, sign language, or a simple
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One of the easiest tools for avoiding power struggles in the classroom is also one of the most overlooked: giving students a choice. Why It Works Most kids don’t fight because they refuse to do the work — they fight because they feel like they have no say in the matter. When a student is
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The Wrong Google Slide: A Ms. Gina Teacher Life Story Read Post »
Vocabulary practice shouldn’t eat up your prep time. Vocabulary Worksheet Generator builds a full vocabulary worksheet — words, definitions, and an answer key — in seconds, based on a subject, grade band, and topic you pick from a list. Here’s how it works: choose a subject (any of 16, from Language Arts and Science to
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