Executive Functioning Family Night

Thanks to Heather Lyons, Pre-K Coordinator at the Lamar County Early Learning Collaborative for sharing their Executive Functioning Family Night flyer. Check out the 4 skills they highlighted and the activities they incorporated for families to complete during their fun night of learning!

My Teacher Isn’t at School Today

Many children are facing multiple substitute teachers, being split up from their classmates, and being put in different classrooms in an attempt to patchwork together coverage during this difficult time of COVID-19. This can be scary and unsettling for young children. Our thanks to Rachel Moshman, an infant mental health consultant with Tykes and Teens, … Read more

Recognition of Exemplary Implementation of Pyramid Model Practices

HRA Early Child Care Program in New Britain, CT is recognizing staff for exemplary Pyramid Model implementation. This recognition initiative is a way for staff, families and administration to recognize each other, as they support program-wide implementation. It is to incentivize staff by applauding their efforts.

Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS) Tips of the Week

Check out Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) and Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS) Tips of the Week! These are two products that have identified tips for teachers, coaches and teams to help support using TPOT and TPITOS practices in the classroom Each tip has a brief youtube video to demonstrate that skill. Our thanks … Read more

Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) Tip of the week

Check out Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) and Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS) Tips of the Week! These are two products that have identified tips for teachers, coaches and teams to help support using TPOT and TPITOS practices in the classroom Each tip has a brief YouTube video to demonstrate that skill. Our thanks … Read more

Blackline template of face mask

A blackline template of a face mask. The face mask cut outs are adhered to the visual schedule. This provides children with the expectation of when mask are to be worn.

Visual Schedule with face mask

Reminding children about masks: Using the visual schedule. Check out this creative idea from Michigan. The face mask cutouts are adhered to the visual schedule to help children with the expectation of when masks are to be worn. To be used with the Facemask cutout template

Behavior Support Plan Flow Chart

A new decision tree resource from Clifford Beers and Yale-New Haven Hospital Daycare Center that offers staff more guidance on how to proceed with addressing challenging behaviors including where BIRs and PTR-YC strategies are incorporated in the process, as well as other community options that may be appropriate for helping teachers and staff understand the … Read more

Book Nook: A Little Spot of Anxiety

Here is a new Book Nook idea to add to your collection. This Book Nook provides activity ideas to accompany the book A Little SPOT of Anxiety: A Story About Calming your Worries, by Diane Alber.

Pyramid Model Seesaw Activities

Here are some ways Ms. Meuleners has shared Pyramid Model resources in Seesaw with her preschool children and families. These lessons and activities were created using Pyramid Model resources and designs, and were re-created to be taught in a digital format. They can be taught to all students as a whole class, in small groups … Read more