Bluebee Pals In Stock for Holiday Presents

 

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It’s the season for holiday gifting! It can be especially difficult to select quality gifts for young children, and even more difficult to find gifts with excellent educational value that also have that “fun” factor! Look no further…Bluebee Pals are the perfect gift choice for children! They are uniquely suited to engage the interest of little learners, they easily support reading and educational activities, and they make charming friends! Bluebee Pals make stories come to life, encourage listening, speaking, language development, good social skills, and more! They work with any tablet or smartphone, to deliver not only hours, but also years of enjoyment. If the child on your list is also receiving a tablet for the holidays, or already has access to a tablet, a Bluebee Pal gift would be a perfect match!https://www.bluebeepals.com/store/

 

Bluebee Pals are softly huggable, lovable, plush interactive learning tools/toys that connect via Bluetooth to all iOS and Android devices. They wirelessly pair with all apps with a narrative, which provides endless educational opportunities and entertainment for children of all ability levels. Bluebee’s mouth and head realistically move while speaking, making reading, educational apps, games, and activities so much fun!

Which Bluebee Pal will you choose? Hudson the dog, Riley the zebra, Leo the Lion, Lily the lamb, Sammy the bear, or Parker the monkey?http://bluebeepals.com

 

With Bluebee, children become immediately more engaged and attentive, and eagerly look forward to focused learning opportunities

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Halloween Fun With Bluebee Pals

Oh  Boy! It’s October! My students and I are getting all geared up for plenty of good books and apps! Here are some of our favorites for this month! Grab your Bluebee Pal and try one out!  https://www.bluebeepals.com/inclusive-curriculum/

 

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Loud Crow Interactive Inc.: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown/id552498441?mt=8

Gather around with your Bluebee Friends and enjoy this classic Halloween tale, complete with the original narration! Create your own avatar and costume, and carve a pumpkin! All of your Peanuts friends are here to celebrate the big event! Will the Great Pumpkin make an appearance? This is a great book to read and discuss, retell, and practice sequencing!

 

Mystery Word Town – Sight Word Spelling by Artgig Studio https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mystery-word-town-sight-word-spelling/id983733111?mt=8 T

his is a fun app to practice spelling skills! Your goal is to find the gold and capture the outlaws in Word  Town! Explore the buildings to complete spelling challenges. Featuring 3 levels of difficulty, you can use the included word lists, or create your own.  You can even record your voice to use with your own words. This is an excellent way to easily practice spelling and vocabulary words. For use with single or multiple players. My kids have so much fun, they forget they are learning! You can play this game with your Bluebee Pal by your side!

 

Mystery Math Museum by Artgig Studio: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mystery-math-museum/id640754583?mt=8

This is an engaging app for practicing math skills while exploring 8 museums while helping a friendly ghost rescue dragonflies! Unlock rooms and passages as you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.  Select the skills you want to work on by customizing the activities to suit your needs! Great for problem solving and critical thinking skills!

 

Cute and Tiny Halloween Fun:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cute-tiny-halloween-fun/id1440010639

Happy Halloween 2018! Play the cutest Halloween party games for girls and boys with kitty Sue, puppy Bu and bunny Blu! Make DIY spooky decor and carve adorable pumpkins! Play fun hide-and-seek games with tiny ghosts and slime monsters! Go trick-or-treating with the baby animals! Have fun and enjoy the best Halloween mini games for girls and boys, kids and toddlers!

 

For a little simple Halloween game fun, try Halloween Hunt and catch the spooky creatures:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/halloween-hunt/id1290244223

Halloween Hunt! Jump, casts spells, and capture all of the spooky creatures as fast as you can! This simple and lively action game stars our costumed crusader chasing and capturing each creepy enemy with her magic wand so that the sidewalk is clear for trick-or-treaters! Guide our sorceress through three different levels to collect them all and win!

One of our favorite books to read in October is “Room on the Broom”. We complete language learning activities centered around the book.   Read about it here! It is usually available at your local book store or library.


 https://www.amazon.com/Room-Broom-Julia-Donaldson/dp/0142501123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507780874&sr=8-1&keywords=room+on+the+broom

About the book, from Amazon:  “The witch and the cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch’s hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and they all return to ride on the broom. But is there room for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?”

 

 

Alternatively, go to: You Tube Kids  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-kids/id936971630  to have the book read to you and watch the movie with your favorite Bluebee Pal.  Just do a simple search and you will find this and even more narrated books! (FREE).

After reading the book, I let my students play the companion games which are available in the iTunes App Store. There are 2 apps and we love to play both!

 

Room on the Broom: Games by Magic Light Pictures Ltd.: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/room-on-the-broom-games/id705107094?mt=8

There are 8 magical games to play to foster creativity and critical thinking skills, all while having fun!  Collect medals while playing the games, which feature all of the wonderful characters from the book! You can fly from star to star making pictures in the sky, help the dragon eat his favorite food, help find things the friendly witch has dropped, and much, much more!

 

 

Room on the Broom: Flying by Magic Light Pictures Ltd.: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/room-on-the-broom-flying/id949494519?mt=8

Take control of the friendly witch’s broom and fly across the sky! Collect stars along the way to see how high you can score! Pick up all of your friends, but watch out for the fire-breathing dragon! Catch letters to spell words! What fun!

 

 

 

Bluebee Pals Teaching Social Skills Remotely

Virtual Learning with Bluebee Pals: Teaching Social Skills

With the recent educational focus on remote or distance learning, it can be challenging for teachers and parents to teach social skills in a virtual environment.  It’s easier to learn and practice social skills with a partner or group whether it is face to face or via teletherapy. Bluebee Pals are excellent tools to help teach social skills, whether face-to-face or online.

 

What Are Bluebee Pals? 

Bluebee Pals are softly huggable, lovable, plush interactive learning tools/toys that connect via Bluetooth to all iOS and Android devices. They wirelessly pair with all apps and activities with a narrative, which provides endless educational opportunities and entertainment for children of all ability levels. Bluebee’s mouth and head realistically move while speaking, making reading, educational apps, games, and activities so much fun!  Which Bluebee Pal will you choose? Hudson the dog, Riley the zebra, Leo the lion, Lily the lamb, Sammy the bear, or Parker the monkey? https://www.bluebeepals.com/bluebee-pals-app/       

 

The Bluebee Pal Website provides a host of free resources for homeschooling and academic institutions. Inside the world of Bluebee Pals, discover our Bluebee Pals Educational App, Curriculum, Techie Rangers Book, and Bluebee Activity Guide. In addition, we created an integrated Tutorial Page from leading experts in early childhood education, speech, and occupational therapy. Our teaching videos include free PDFs on goals and objectives for parents, therapists, and educators. Lastly, don’t forget to visit our App Resource Page, where we recommend over hundred Apps compatible with our Pals. Bluebee Pals compatibility with app activities enhance children’s attention and recall, creating memorable play and learning experiences.

http://bluebeepals.com

 

 

     

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                            Five core competencies of social and emotional learning:

Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making.  Using books, apps, and Bluebee Pals, you can make learning and practicing social skills loads of fun!

The following are some favorites that can be used to teach social skills virtually via your teaching platform with your favorite Bluebee Pal, to address individual student needs.


Bluebee Pals and Social Skills Apps:

*Social Story Creator and Library:  Easily create, share, and print social stories using pictures, recordings, and text. Also contains 20+ready to go social stories.   https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-story-creator-library/id588180598

*Let’s Be Social-Social Skills Development:  Includes 20 social skills lessons with the ability to also create and personalize your own lessons . The topics include personal interactions, navigating the community, school behavior, handling change, and social relationships.  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-be-social-social-skills-development/id1140153485

 

 

 

*Conversation Builder:  Targets conversational skills, turn-taking, initiating conversation, and staying on topic.  There are 160 conversations to choose from and the student can either initiate or respond to conversations.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/conversationbuilder/id413939366

*Social Detective: This app covers expected and unexpected behavior, understanding others’ comfortable and uncomfortable thoughts, social toolbox items, and making smart guesses.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-detective/id975189305

*Autism and PDD Picture Stories and Language Activities:  There are 5 different themed apps: Friends, School, Community, Home, Family. They contain functional stories depicting children behaving in various situations. At the end of the story select WH questions, yes/no questions, or text match language activities.  Answers are automatically scored and the student receives immediate feedback!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apdd-ps-lass-community/id835090882

*Between the Lines:  There are 3 apps for different ability levels. The main focuses are listening skills, body language, and expressions. The app uses real videos, pictures, and voices for a variety of social situations.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/between-the-lines-level-1-hd/id574405272

Bluebee Pals and Social Skills Books:

*Epic: A high quality, extensive digital library, free for teachers.

https://www.getepic.com/collection/310452/social-skills

*YouTube: Search social skills videos for children for many social skills videos!  www.YouTube.com

*Story Creator: Use any of your favorite books to create your own Bluebee Pal read aloud!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/story-creator-easy-story-book-maker-for-kids/id545369477

Resources:

https://allisonfors.com/teletherapy-social-skills/

https://www.kickboardforschools.com/?s=blogs

 

 

Bluebee Pals Tech Companion for the Holidays!

It’s December! If you have been thinking about getting a Bluebee Pal for your classroom or child, now is the perfect time!  Children’s eyes light up with joy when they receive a Bluebee Pal.  As a Speech-Language Pathologist, my students adore them!  Bluebee Pals make treasured friends, even as they help teach important educational lessons. Engaging children in literacy and communication are challenging during these unconventional times in education; Bluebee Pals offer a comforting, huggable companion enabling children to learn beyond a screen.

 

We are offering a discount PROMO CODE bluebee20 at the Bluebee Pals Shopping Cart during this Holiday Season. Bring a smile to a child’s face and purchase one of our talking plush animals as part of your classroom essential tools or buy as a unique gift for your child. Bluebee Pals are a versatile educational tool for all early childhood and special needs children. ENCOURAGING social-emotional skills, reading, singing, and all educational activities at home or in school . Check out all the free resources available on our website.  https://www.bluebeepals.com/store/  

 

 

Bluebee Pals make awesome gifts!

 

What Are Bluebee Pals? 

Bluebee Pals are softly huggable, lovable, plush interactive learning tools/toys that connect via Bluetooth to all iOS and Android devices. They wirelessly pair with all apps and activities with a narrative, which provides endless educational opportunities and entertainment for children of all ability levels. Bluebee’s mouth and head realistically move while speaking, making reading, educational apps, games, and activities so much fun!  Which Bluebee Pal will you choose? Hudson the dog, Riley the zebra, Leo the lion, Lily the lamb, Sammy the bear, or Parker the monkey? https://www.bluebeepals.com/apps-bluebee-pals/

 

 

 

 

 

Just-for-fun favorites apps that we love to use with our Bluebee Pals:

*The Night Before Christmas https://apps.apple.com/us/app/night-before-christmas-narrated-classic-fairy-tales/id960192865

*The Snow Man https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snow-man-narrated-classic-fairy-tales-stories-for-children/id948236983

*A Charlie Brown Christmas https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-charlie-brown-christmas/id476508724

*Sleigh Bear https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sleighbear/id1445593675

*How the Grinch Stole Christmas https://apps.apple.com/us/app/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/id1016686482

*Sleigh Bear https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sleighbear/id1445593675

 

 

 

Social Emotional Learning and Bluebee Pal

The Every School Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) is a federal law that calls for a well-rounded (whole child) education and a shifting away from the narrow focus on academics. Under ESSA, teachers go beyond academics to cultivate positive student attitudes, values, and habits.  Inter- and intra-personal (or, “social and emotional”) competencies include attitudes and behaviors that affect how students reflect on and apply their learning capacities and skills relative to managing relationships with others. These skills are sometimes referred to as 21st century skills, deeper learning, non-academic, non-cognitive, or soft skills.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.“– The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

 

What are Social and Emotional Skills?


According to CASEL, Social and emotional skills are the tools both children and adults use in social interactions and to manage every day emotional responses. Things like social awareness, setting goals, and taking responsibility for oneself are imperative to maintaining healthy relationships and practicing self-care.

 

CASEL’s widely used framework identifies five core competencies that can educate hearts, inspire minds, and help students navigate the world more effectively:

 

  1. Self-awareness: Know your strengths and limitations, with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism, and a “growth mindset.”
  2. Self-management: Effectively manage stress, control impulses, and motivate yourself to set and achieve goals.
  3. Social awareness: Understand the perspectives of others and empathize with them, including those from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  4. Relationship skills: Communicate clearly, listen well, cooperate with others, resist inappropriate social pressure, negotiate conflict constructively, and seek and offer help when needed.
  5. Responsible decision-making: Make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standards, safety, and social norms.

SEL programs improve students’ social-emotional skills, attitudes about self and others, connection to school, positive social behavior, and academic performance; they also reduce students’ conduct problems and emotional distress.

 

Bluebee Pals are excellent educational tools that can easily be incorporated in the classroom or at home to help model and build early social skills. Use one-on-one or invite a Bluebee Pal into social learning or peer groups to practice skills such as understanding and using appropriate emotions, sharing, turn-taking, asking and answering questions, making appropriate conversations, showing empathy, and more. Paired with educational apps, Bluebee Pals are perfectly suited to offer children a special learning friend who makes social skills practice fun…and therefore, more meaningful. By “speaking” the audio in connected apps, a Bluebee Pal adds just the right touch of warmth and humanity to motivate children. Just connect your Bluebee Pal and get started! https://www.bluebeepals.com/tutorials/

 


Social /Emotional Recommended Apps :

Choiceworks by Bee Visual, LLC

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/choiceworks/id486210964

Helps children complete daily routines, understand and control feelings, and improve waiting skills. Designed to help foster a child’s independence, positive behavior, and emotional regulation.

 

Following Directions by TSApps by Teach Speech Apps, LLC

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/following-directions-by-tsapps/id1033662639

Helps to develop the skills needed to boost memory, motor, and auditory processing skills with simple one step directions, two step complex commands, inclusion/exclusion, conditional and motor-skill based directions. Great for working on language, auditory processing, vocabulary, memory, receptive language, attention, and focus.

Autism Emotion by Model Me Kids, LLC

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/autism-emotion/id550027186

Uses music and photo slideshows to teach individuals about different emotions. Choose an emotion and swipe through photos of people expressing it.

Model Me Going Places 2 by Model Me Kids, LLC

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/model-me-going-places-2/id375669988

A great visual teaching tool for helping your child learn to navigate challenging locations in the community.

Do It… Or Not? Social Skills for ASD Kids (SE) by Janine Toole 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/do-it-or-not-social-skills-for-asd-kids-se/id1201545648

Helps children with autism understand and practice what to do and what not to do in real life social situations

Say It.. Or Not? Social Filter Skills: School Ed. by Janine Toole

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/say-it-or-not-social-filter-skills-school-ed/id1177251535

Builds social filter skills for what is okay to say and what is not.

Let’s be Social PRO: Social Skills Development by Everyday Speech LLC.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lets-be-social-pro-social-skills-development/id772244049

Teaches communication skills and models personal interactions, navigating the community, appropriate school behavior, handling change, and social relationships. Includes ready to use lessons and videos and enables users to create their own social lessons.

10 Ways – a Social Skills Game by Everyday Speech LLC 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/10-ways-a-social-skills-game/id1116372204

Helps dig down deep into social communication skills including: conversation skills, perspective taking, asking and answering questions, friendship skills, and more.


Conversation Skills – Lite by Janine Toole 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/conversation-skills-lite/id1290975905

Helps practice key steps in conversation.

Social Skills With Billy by Virtual Speech Center Inc

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-skills-with-billy/id1027830019

Practice social and pragmatic skills in real-life situations and identify emotions.

Peppy Pals Social Skills by Peppy Pals AB 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peppy-pals-social-skills/id1457065641

Teaches important social emotional skills such as self-esteem and kindness.

Social Quest by Smarty Ears 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/social-quest/id556089006

A social skills problem solving quest for older elementary, middle, and high school students.

Thanksgiving Learning with Bluebee Pals!

What Are Bluebee Pals? 

 

Bluebee Pals are softly huggable, lovable, plush interactive learning tools/toys that connect via Bluetooth to all iOS and Android devices. They wirelessly pair with all apps and activities with a narrative, which provides endless educational opportunities and entertainment for children of all ability levels. Bluebee’s mouth and head realistically move while speaking, making reading, educational apps, games, and activities so much fun!  Which Bluebee Pal will you choose? Hudson the dog, Riley the zebra, Leo the lion, Lily the lamb, Sammy the bear, or Parker the monkey

 

 

November is a perfect time for children to learn about Thanksgiving, what it means, sharing with others, the importance of family and being grateful for what we have in our lives. Bluebee Pals have a unique charm that makes them excellent learning partners!

YouTube Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3MrKGGv5Hk

Fun activities you can pair with Bluebee Pals to learn about Thanksgiving.

We recommended the below videos and apps to connect your Bluebee Pals. Our soft, huggable tech companions provide your child with a learning companion that encourages communication and learning, all in the comfort of your home. Bluebee Pals connect to any app with a narrative, including the Bluebee Pal Educational App, allowing our users an infinite number of educational tools through Apple and Android Apps and Youtube Videos…Please visit our website to review all our Bluebee Pal Programs and resources for mainstream and special needs children. ..https://bluebeepals.com

 

Thanksgiving Books/ Videos:

Bear Says Thanks   https://youtu.be/4G2WXWZu3jw

Turkey Trouble     https://youtu.be/TzUS7UHXsd8

How to Catch a Turkey   https://youtu.be/PUTrOUe3We0

A Turkey For Thanksgiving   https://youtu.be/_JYNsWtVIww

Little Critter Being Thankful    https://youtu.be/fOVeX4VcW9E

What Does It Mean To Be Thankful?    https://youtu.be/PcVQGoalfnk

The Turkey Who Forgot How To Gobble   https://youtu.be/PcVQGoalfnk

Thankful Song      https://youtu.be/YeSdQmO51Ps

The Story of Thanksgiving    https://youtu.be/VvzMp5WUjls

The Night Before Thanksgiving    https://youtu.be/i7q-NHs2G-0

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-charlie-brown-thanksgiving/id703585226

The Berenstein Bears Give Thanks    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-berenstain-bears-give-thanks/id404118797

 

 

 

Boom Card Interactive Learning Activities

Dress a Turkey:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/dress-a-turkey-lite-LqEArm79uusRaWBu8

Label the Turkey:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/free-label-the-turkey–thanksgiving-activity-Ejip3xFF9CHeQrBmD

I am grateful for…:   https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/gratitude-i-am-thankful-for-hXpLFv2L6AsPuDB6F

Make a pumpkin pie:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/make-a-pumpkin-pie-HttSKKREm4Nt5n8eE

Thanksgiving Directions:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/untitled-deck-3bnMsaQqvLrBuYMRP

Five Little Turkeys:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/5-little-turkeys-xoRqDoCpz8kfo25s4

Where is the Turkey- Prepositions:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/free-where-is-the-turkey–prepositions–grades-1-2–freebie-NoCqLkxnhitiHer82

Create a Turkey:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/deck/thanksgiving-create-a-turkey-FZQmALHzCMJTdTMDG

Turkey Vocabulary:  https://wow.boomlearning.com/store/bundle/GjsWyrqHMB3S37aDS

 

 

 

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