{"id":57,"date":"2020-10-31T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T11:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=57"},"modified":"2024-04-02T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:41:01","slug":"tasks-galore-set","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/product\/tasks-galore-set","title":{"rendered":"Tasks Galore &#8211; Set of all Six Resource Books (+ 1 Reader)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Tasks Galore Publishing<\/em><\/strong> was created to provide parents and professionals with practical tools that will aid their children and students to become more independent in school and in society. These tools emphasize structured teaching methods and parent\/professional collaboration. The authors have extensive experience working with exceptional children and adults in their school, community, home, and\/or employment. They have also extensively trained healthcare and education professionals and parents around the world in <em><strong>Structured Teaching<\/strong><\/em>. There are six books in this series as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Book 1 (Yellow) &#8211; <em>Early Education<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative Ideas for Teachers, Therapists, and Parents working with exceptional children<\/li>\n<li>Full-color pictorial series of multi-modal tasks used in programs for children with autism<\/li>\n<li>Applicable to any early education or learning environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This book is the first book in the delightful Tasks Galore series. it takes a look at developing tasks that address skills across curriculum areas &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine Motor Skills: Pre-writing, writing, and computer skills<\/li>\n<li>Readiness: Matching and sorting skills<\/li>\n<li>Language Arts: Book, print, and phonemic awareness, decoding and word recognition, comprehension, and vocabulary<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics: Number sense, numeration, and numerical operations, spatial sense, measurement, patterns, relationships, and functions<\/li>\n<li>Reasoning: Concepts relating to the student\u2019s environment: exploring materials, making predictions, generating attributes, and using common objects<\/li>\n<li>Play: Art, music, manipulatives, games, and independent play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Book 2 (Red) &#8211; <em>For the Real World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a valuable tool for preparing your older students, adolescents, and adults for independence in the home, school, community, and\/or workplace. The Introduction section describes a process for developing and teaching functional goals. Forty-three colorful photo pages present task ideas in these categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domestic Skills<\/li>\n<li>Vocational Skills<\/li>\n<li>Independent Living Skills<\/li>\n<li>Job Sites &amp; School Transition Ideas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Book 3 (Blue) &#8211; <em>Making Groups Meaningful<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This book aids teachers, parents, and therapists in applying structured teaching techniques within classroom groups, school specials, and even parties!<\/p>\n<p>Designing meaningful home and school group activities involves integrating IEP goals, individualizing structure and communication, and teaching rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tasks-Galore-3-Making-Groups-Meaningful-Page-19-Correction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page 19 (download)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Book 4 (Green) &#8211; Let&#8217;s Play &#8211;\u00a0<em>Structured Steps to Social Engagement and Symbolic Play<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tasks Galore Let&#8217;s Play, the fourth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, utilizes play as the program for learning. There is more and more evidence that direct teaching of play skills can increase young children\u2019s symbolic understanding and, thus, have an impact on their imitation, language, and social skills.<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful color photographs of children at play depict tasks that the authors have implemented successfully to enhance their students\u2019 toy play, flexibility, and social interactions. Printable visual supports that will generalize to multiple learning situations also are included.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters demonstrate how routines, organizational strategies, and visual cues make play more understandable, so students can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share enjoyment<\/li>\n<li>Use toys appropriately<\/li>\n<li>Manage play-times<\/li>\n<li>Make and end choices<\/li>\n<li>Pretend<\/li>\n<li>Play with peers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Book 5 (Grey) &#8211; <em>Literature-Based Thematic Units<\/em><\/strong> (includes accompanying Boardbook: I&#8217;m Hungry, I&#8217;m Hungry, what shall I do?)<\/p>\n<p>The fifth book in the popular resource series for parents, teachers, and therapists, integrates instruction across core curriculum areas by utilizing multi-sensory learning.<\/p>\n<p>Using the accompanying storybook as a guide for creating literature-based thematic units, the authors have designed hands-on activities for use with young learners and students with special needs. The strategies employed encourage responsiveness to literature while enhancing vocabulary and language. Tasks illustrate how to make learning more meaningful by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using organizational strategies and visual cues<\/li>\n<li>Connecting themes to everyday experiences<\/li>\n<li>Adapting skills for 21st-century learning<\/li>\n<li>Individualising for differing learning styles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tasks Galore &#8211; Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Educator Karen Loden Talmage has created an exceptional book that offers young children with autism spectrum disorders and other related disabilities an imaginative, yet structured way, to explore art. The author feels that through art we can provide an opportunity for our students to express feelings that typically are unheard. In Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism, Karen shares the visual format that allows young children to practice visual motor skills through typical childhood art. Occupational Therapist Vickie Dobrofsky explains how therapeutic goals can be addressed through these fun and purposeful art activities.<\/p>\n<p>Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Art activities tied to common early learning themes<\/li>\n<li>Colorful photos that depict logical sequence of steps<\/li>\n<li>Checklists to assist students in collecting needed materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"plain\"><span class=\"plainlarge\"><b><u>Set Includes:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"plain\">Tasks Galore: Early Education (Book 1: Yellow)<\/li>\n<li class=\"plain\">Tasks Galore: For The Real World (Book 2: Red)<\/li>\n<li class=\"plain\">Tasks Galore: Making Groups Meaningful (Book 3: Blue)<\/li>\n<li class=\"plain\">Tasks Galore: Let&#8217;s Play (Book 4: Green)<\/li>\n<li class=\"plain\">Tasks Galore: Literature-Based Thematic Units &#8211; includes I&#8217;m Hungry, I&#8217;m Hungry reader (Book 6: Gray)<\/li>\n<li>Tasks Galore: Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tasksgalore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}