I know I have said this over and over, but I adore PK therapy. It’s my favorite, I love those little wiggly bodies so much. I really wish I could spend my entire day in those classrooms…but of course I have 60 other kids that need me too. Coming up with solutions to time barriers when planning with PK teachers can be tough, we are all so busy! Luckily there are some great tools to help facilitate this, and The Hanen Centre has graciously shared one of those tools with me!
If you work with early intervention and you aren’t familiar with The Hanen Centre, you MUST check them out. They provide intervention approaches that are research based for educators AND parents. They facilitate trainings all over the world to implement their systems to improve language in children.
This calendar is a gem. It cover 16 months and each month gives a tip, supported by a research article. How’s that for your evidence? There are also 4 tips for parents and 4 tips for educators on how to implement the monthly tip in daily activities, pretend play, book reading, and in the community. 
The cover page also includes information about critical thinking, and why it is so important to develop those skills in children. Here is an article from Hanen’s website about building critical thinking skills, which aligns with the calendar we are looking at today!
I have taken this calendar to my PK office and shared it with my teachers, who thought it was awesome! It is one of those tools that we can offer the teams we work with, that will help give ideas about expanding and improving language, without actually having to be there. That is a time saver for me! These would be awesome for sending home to parents, or at least sending the information about where to grab it. It is available in their online store HERE for $9.95 each, with savings if you buy more than one.
I’m lucky enough to be able to give TWO calendars away to my readers! Woot! Just enter via the Rafflecopter below! Good luck 🙂
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This would be awesome to have as a resource
For our parents!!!! I would love to win a copy of the calendar to share with my coworkers.
Great info!
~ Giselle D
How awesome!! I’m doing my grad school externship in the schools and this would be such a great resource! Thanks for sharing &I hope I win one!! 😊
This is great! I am a brand new CF in the schools and my caseload includes preschool-5th grade and this would be such an invaluable tool for me!
I have printed some stuff from http://www.hanen.org/ in the past. They have wonderful resources for parents, educators, and SLPs. I would love to win a calendar! Thank you for the opportunity.
Love this!! I work with preschoolers all day long and totally could use this resource to help my parents with carry over!
Nice!
I love Hanen. My mentor in grad school introduced me to this approach. I would love to be certified one day!
Looks like a great resource to keep parents, teachers, and therapists on the same page!
Looks like a great tool to have!!
I would absolutely love to win this calendar! It would be so helpful as the pre-school class I work in currently does not have a classroom teacher. I am in there 2 days a week – 2 hours in the morning class & 2 hours in the afternoon class. We have substitute teachers and they have not been able to fill the position with an exceptional education teacher. I could share this calendar with the substitutes & the para professionals.
Pbly give to our newly graduated preschool teacher.
Looks like a great resource for showing parents the importance of their role in therapy
Thanks Jenn! This looks very useful & a great resource for parents too.
WOO HOO!! I hope I win!
First I would celebrate by dancing around with it, then I”d read it cover to cover, then I Would share with families and colleagues…I have a dream job in a PREK classroom full time! 🙂
I would love to wn this. Early intervention is not my strong suit. I have heard so much about Hanen and this calendar would be very helpful for me to improve my skills with the little ones.
I would love to have this calendar to not only share with the pre-k teachers I work with but also with the student’s parents. I know they are always looking for ways to help their child improve as well!!
Just stumbled across your IG account, and that led me to your blog! Love your posts!!! I’m a second year grad student and am loving my early intervention internship right now. This calendar would be awesome!!!
I would love a chance to look over the calendar.
I could easily use this resource with my current caseload as well as my own young children at home.
Thanks for all the great ideas!
This looks like a great resource! Especially since this will be my first year working with preschoolers! Thank you and I hope I win! 🙂
That looks like a great resource, thanks for sharing it. 🙂
I sent this link to all the preschool teachers at my school before I even entered because this looks so useful! I’d love to have this calendar so I could use the info, but also share the info with PreK teachers and parents!
I would use this with my students with intellectual disabilities for carry over at home!
What a great resource! Would be very helpful working in homes!!
Always looking for more great resources! I would love this to gain further knowledge for myself and to help the parents of my students for better carryover! Thank you for sharing and the giveaway opportunity!
Ahh..this seems like a must-have!! This would be an excellent resource!
Woah! I’ve never heard of these before!! They look AWESOME. I work with a ton of birth to 5 kiddos and could really use these! I’d love to share some of the ideas with parents in my sessions!
Woo-Hoo!! What a great way to get 2016 started! This valuable resource could be utilized daily for helpful tips and pointers justified by research! Thanks for your uplifting posts!
What a great resource! I would hang it in my room to share with my colleagues and make copies of each month to share as home programs for my families.
Great resource for parents
This is such a great calendar jam packed with resources for all who work with a child, including teachers, therapists, and parents! Great find, Jenn! Thanks for sharing!!
Becki
I need this for my PreK center school!
I just started as an ECSC SLP and was introduced to Hanen last month. I could find so many uses for this tto implement with my families I work wth
This would be great information to share with parents on Parent Night!
This would be great information to share with parents on Parent Night!
Hanen always is my “go to” for information that works well for language delayed littles and for explaining concepts of language development and expansion to parents.