Snack Time: Communication Board

Snack Time in the Early Childhood Classroom

This preschool communication board is one of my favorite language opportunities in my early childhood classroom. We work on requesting items, labeling, and social/pragmatic skills with adults and peers. During this time, we use these snack mats to assist with communication skills and they are a great visual prompt reminder for our students to use socially appropriate language. 

The snack mats are easy to assemble. Print, laminate and add velcro.

Young children catch on very fast to how this snack menu works! I model how to use it, we practice, and move to independence. 

Keeping your snack pictures organized: 

We have a snack cabinet in our classroom where all the snack is stored. We also keep the visual pictures of our snack choices in this cabinet. Simply adhere velcro to the cabinet doors and your visuals are all in one spot. Easy for putting together each day and staying organized. 

If your preschool students bring their own snack, you may send the snack mat home each night and have your students' parents set up their snack menus for the next day.

The Structured Snack Menu is available here. 

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Structured Play Kits: Hot Dog Cart

Dramatic Play is definitely one of my favorite areas of the preschool classroom. I love all of the natural language opportunities that can happen in this space. This hot dog cart structured play kit has been making me dream of baseball season and longing for sweet summer time. Luckily, we'll be able to take this play kit outside as well and play for hours during the warmer weather!

Play Schedule and Organization: 

Vertical and horizontal schedules for play task organization. Students will be able to use the play schedules to complete each task in the labeled bins. These help keep the students on task and focused on the completion of each scheduled play activity. 

The Hot Dog Cart includes a Match the Menu Task: 

Whether you play this activity at home or in the classroom, you can set this up on a poster board, the wall, a pocket chart or art butcher block paper. You could even play this as a game by setting it up on the floor and having the children match! 

Variety of Leveled Play Tasks: 

The tasks are visually appealing with a clear beginning and end of the activity in each bin which is extremely important for children with special needs. The same sequence of activities in each structured play task kit decreases anxiety, increases independence and generalization of skills. Children will be meeting IEP goals and individual growth and development goals. 

Opportunities for Social Communication:

If you'd like your own Structured Play Kit: Hot Dog Cart, it's in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. 

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