Amanda Caruso

This lesson plan provides a template for creating a parent email. The email is designed to be clear and concise, ensuring that parents receive important information quickly and effectively. This template will help streamline communication between the school and parents, fostering a positive relationship and keeping parents informed.

This lesson helps preschool students recognize and express basic emotions through interactive activities. By using emotion cards and simple discussions, students will learn to identify feelings like happiness, sadness, and anger, and practice expressing them in healthy ways. This foundational lesson supports emotional development and communication skills.

This lesson introduces students to anxiety management tools through the Circle of Control activity. Students will learn to identify what they can and cannot control, helping them focus on manageable aspects of their lives. This lesson is crucial for building resilience and emotional regulation, especially for students with autism, by providing them with practical strategies to manage anxiety.

In this lesson, students will decorate paper pumpkins with faces expressing different emotions. This activity will help students identify and articulate emotions better by discussing the meanings behind each expression. Understanding emotions is crucial for developing empathy and effective communication skills.