Welcome to December! I hope everyone is doing well.  Below is the latest classroom update: We continue to do more fun fall-related activities within our weekly Motor Language Group sessions with Ms. Burd (SLP) and Ms. Danielle (OT).  Students made a turkey using colored feathers.  We also made rain clouds for two weeks.  Students worked on solidifying weather vocabulary and fine motor pinching skills as they dropped food coloring onto shaving cream in a jar of water. In literacy, we are officially on...

Hello Room 211 Families, I hope everyone has settled into their new fall routine.  The weather is changing and the holidays are fast approaching! Here is an update on what your child has been up to while at school! Our new theme is Fall Fun!  In Motor Language Group (MLG), we’ve been making Turkey soup and working on the preposition ‘in.’  In our soup, we put in pizza, pretzels, tomatoes, celery, eggs, and more.  Yum! In literacy, we’ve been learning to play a word...

ARC of King County Services Please join the Issaquah Special Services Department in partnership with The Arc of King County’s Rachel Nemhauser, Director of Information and Family Support, and Jae Kim, MSW, Information and Resource Program Manager, for an exploration of services available in King County and Washington State for people covering the array of community resources for students with Developmental Disabilities and their families. This informative and informal conversation is a great opportunity to find out what help is available, and to get your...

The Special Services Department is hosting a presentation for parents of students with disabilities on the topic of Financial Strategies and Estate Planning.  Our presenter are Sheldon Sweeny, from Snider Financial Group and Suzanne Burke, from Assure Law Group.  There are three Phases of Family Life, based on age, for a child with special needs: Pre-Guardianship, Post-Guardianship, and Independent Living. Each phase has its own unique financial challenges. However, with proper planning, parents/guardians can hopefully find peace, knowing that their...

Hello Room 211 Families! Below is a brief recap of what we’ve been up to recently: As we approach Halloween, we are saying goodbye to Hey, Diddle Diddle and are introducing The Itsy Bitsy Spider.  We will be sequencing, rhyming, and singing about a creepy crawly spider.  Check out this YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/6wBdjLMM7Ns?si=caGkJForXqbeGxm3 In Literacy, we are continuing with Heggerty.  To strengthen your child’s phonological awareness skills, try these familiar rhyming words: box/fox, key/bee, bug/mug, or pan/man.  Next, work to build your child’s...