You are a teacher working with a group of preschoolers aged three to five years.

You are a teacher working with a group of preschoolers aged three to five years. Nathan, a three-and-a-half-year-old boy, recently enrolled in your class. He uses a few one-word utterances and is learning to use a Picture Exchange Communication System. You want to develop a plan to offer opportunities for him to not only use the system during the day but also to be motivated to use it. Since Nathan loves circle time, you decide to focus on that part of the day first. Each day at circle time, the children take turns choosing the songs the class will sing. Several days a week, the children also get to choose what rhythm instrument they will use. You want Nathan to be able to make and communicate these same choices. Identify a minimum of three things you will do during circle time that provide opportunities for Nathan to use PECS to participate. Include a description of any additions to his system that will be needed. In your preschool class, you have been focusing on the theme of fruits and vegetables to teach colors and size. You decide to pack a small picnic basket with a blanket and assorted fruits and vegetables. You begin circle time by showing the children some of the pictures in “Eating the Alphabet” by Lois Ehlert. As you look at the pages together, you call on various children to either label, count, or describe a fruit or vegetable. You are careful to end this activity after only a few minutes so children do not grow restless. Next, you pull out the carefully packed picnic basket to continue your teaching. You will use these materials to help the children learn to discriminate between the items in the basket. Describe how the picnic basket can be used to teach discrimination. List the types of fruits and vegetables you would pack in the basket to teach this skill. Make a list of five questions or prompts you would ask to elicit a response. You are a teacher in a preschool classroom. Most of the children have participated in group care since they were infants except for Shelly, who joined the class three weeks ago. This is her first experience being around other children her age. Since she started, she has bitten at least four other children each week. The incidents happen consistently during playtime. You decide to look at the environment and teacher interactions to see what changes can be made that might decrease Shelly’s biting. Make a list of at least three things in the environment and two types of teacher responses that might be contributing to Shelly’s biting. Also, come up with three theories examining what Shelly might be communicating with her biting.