Problem Solving Activities Workbook

Objectives include: increasing the student's awareness of various solutions to problem situations, and the consequences (short-term and long-term) of choosing a particular solution

What Makes Sense? Cards

Among skills targeted: vocabulary-building, association

What's Different? Cards

Among skills targeted: visual discrimination skills

Emotions Magnets

Non-Identical Matching

Among skills targeted: Grouping/sorting items that are similar but not identical

Big and Small Identical Objects

Among concepts targeted: big, small

Asking "Who are They?" Cards

Among skills targeted: The ability to ask "Who are they?"

Asking "Who is She?" Cards

Among skills targeted: The ability to ask "Who is she?"

Asking "Who is He?" Cards

Among skills targeted: The ability to ask "Who is he?"

Animals and their Homes

Actions Cards

Among skills targeted: Answering "What is he/she doing?"

Puzzles: 4- to 5-piece, Irregular Shape

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Opposites Puzzle

Among concepts targeted: opposites

Animals and their Young

Among concepts targeted: animals and their young

Calendar

Among calendar skills targeted: days of the week, months of the year, concepts of 'today', tomorrow', 'yesterday'