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      <image:title>HOME - I’m Assiatou, the founder. Here at Spoonful of Tools we improve challenging behaviors, so kids can learn and thrive. Using evidence based strategies we give Parents and Teachers tools to: Cope with challenging behaviors; Set boundaries calmly (without punishing); Communicate calmly and effectively; Boost children’s ability to thrive at school; Support is available in 1:1 sessions, workshops and virtually.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Staff Development - Tain your staff with a leader in the field, who specializes in evidence based strategies. Topics include: Understand and improve disruptive student behavior. Tools and tips to increase focus and learning.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Training is available as workshops and ongoing consultation, all online, accessible when and where you need it the most. For a quote, please fill out your contact information or book your free consultation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>ABOUT - Assiatou (AH-SEEYA-TOO), founder of Spoonful of Tools, is a New York State Certified early childhood specialist, ABA provider and behavioral coach. Educated in Switzerland, Assiatou did her undergraduate work at Georgetown University, then received two Masters from Columbia University. For over 15 years, Assiatou has worked with preschoolers, their families and teachers in the NYC private school system and through the New York State Department of Education. Assiatou has extensive experience and success in supporting neurodivergent children (A.D.H.D, Autism, Anxiety, Sensory Processing; Socio-Emotional and Speech and Language delays) using evidence based strategies. Assiatou’s positive approach gives simple and effective tips empowering you with actionable solutions to your challenges. Bilingual in French and proficient in Spanish, Italian and German, Assiatou provides services in multiple languages, to meet a variety of linguistic and cultural needs.</image:title>
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      <image:title>ABOUT - “Assiatou is warm, patient and intuitive. Children immediately trust her and are comfortable in her presence. She can read children and adults emotionally and use that sensitivity to move them to a better place.” — Preschool Teacher, Upper East Side Private School.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Not sure if my child needs individualized preschool classes - I’m not sure if my child will benefit from SEIT classes</image:title>
      <image:caption>Parents are the specialist of their own child. Intuitilvely, parents can sometimes “sense” that something is Again and again we have been told by parents and caregivers of children with developmental challenges that they “knew something was not right.” Do not disregard your instincts or concerns. They could enable you to get your child the help he or she might need at the earliest possible time, when it will be most effective. If you suspect your child is not developing – talking, moving, thinking, playing or relating – at the same rate as most other children his or her age, or if he or she is displaying other worrisome behaviors, you may wish to consult the guidelines for typical development presented in the following links:</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Behavior Support Plans - Behavior Support Plans</image:title>
      <image:caption>You have tried everything under the sun but some classroom behaviors are disruptive. The behaviors are affecting other students learning/safety and enjoyment of school. It is time to set up a formal plan , that addresses unwanted behavior without punishing the child. Spoonful of tools offers positive behavior support plans to support both you and your student.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Behavior Support Plans - “Assiatou's wealth of knowledge around student behavior, student-motivation, and self-regulation make her an asset to any team.”</image:title>
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      <image:caption>You're repeating yourself a hundred times a day. You've tried timeouts, grounding, punishing, bribes and threats to get your child to behave, but nothing works. You’re overwhelmed, feel like you’re in a negative cycle and fear it will only get worse. You want clarity and quality information from a trusted source. Spoonful of Tools (SOT) offers coaching that is judgment-free and confidential. SOT gives you practical evidence based tools to address and improve difficult behaviors, making your life easier and better. Focus is on positive strategies to address the behaviors while maintaining a positive relationship with them. You get a support system and tools to live your best life as parent - even when things seem to be at their worst. You will get tools to: Cope with tantrums (screaming, kicking, biting, throwing things). Discipline and set boundaries calmly (without screaming, timeouts, threats or grounding). Have your morning, daytime and evening routines followed (getting ready for school; cleaning up toys; going to bed on time). Tools to support your child’s development, emotional needs and future success. With parent coaching, learn life changing, evidence based strategies to see the positive changes you desire. Get out of the negative cycle and start enjoying your child again, all from the comfort of your own home. Every coaching relationship starts with our 15-minute complimentary phone call. Here, we listen to your concerns and learn about your child.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>SCHOOLS - Staff Development Equip your staff with evidence based, trusted professional learning experiences that are tailored to best fit your needs.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Are you overwhelmed by your child’s challenging behaviors? Do you worry he/she is falling behind? Did a teacher recommend additional support? A private SEIT can help! Our private SEITs are New York State Certified providers that offer services at home or in a  preschool classroom. Our private SEITS helps families and teachers set up environments that promote development and learning. A SEIT works on: Improving challenging behaviors (tantrums, hitting etc.) Improve pre academic skills Verbalizing feelings Increasing attention Improving social skills and interactions Not sure what your preschooler should be able to do? https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-3yr.html</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Learning Pod Consultant - LEARNING POD CONSULTANT. You decided to take your child’s education into your own hands. You found the location, the teacher and the group, now what? Get tools and solutions from a curriculum expert to: Design your curriculum. Manage your classroom. Structure your school day to maximize learning. Structure your environment to maximize learning. Ensure your materials are developmentally appropriate. Ensure your lesson plans are developmentally appropriate and responsive to a variety of learning profiles. Support is available through 1:1 sessions and group workshops, online and in person.</image:title>
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      <image:title>BOOKS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INCLUSION</image:title>
      <image:caption>AGES 0-3. Babies love this sweet rhyming book, that happens to be about a brown skinned baby.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 3+. A Children's Book of Alphabet Words to Inspire children to treat others and themselves, with compassion, kindness and positivity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 3+. Sweet and colorful book with diverse characters showing how precious mother daughter time is.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 3+. We meet young Peter, a curious and brave little boy, as he spends time in the snowy city. He happens to be black.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 3.5+. This bilingual book offers a simple scientifically accurate explanation about how our skin color is determined by our ancestors, the sun, and melanin.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 3.5+. A simple, positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 4+. A lovely story of self-confidence that shows the love between fathers and daughters. It features diverse characters, and teaches children about self love.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 4+. This book is deliciously, uplifting, spirit-filling empowerment! It has a wonderful message of pure self love, for all children and grown up children too! It features multi-cultural and differently abled children.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 4+. This book promotes children's feelings of empowerment and self worth. This story shows kids of different races and abilities, believing in themselves, even when things don't go their way! Great message for us all!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>AGES 5+. This book explains what racism is in simple language.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TINYLAND BLACK STRIPES TEEPEE (3.5 yrs+). Stylish child size teepee. Creating personal play spaces is a childhood tradition. These play teepees offer a ready-made hideout, a quiet lounge space or calming reading nook.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE ORIGINAL PLASMA CAR (3yrs+). Your child will experience pure fun while engaging in a gross motor strengthening activity! This unit comes completely assembled. No tools or time needed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MAGNA-TILES (3yrs+). Childhood classic and so entertaining! Playing with Magna-Tiles will help improve your child’s fine motor, spatial reasoning and planning skills. They also allow children to develop the socio-emotional skills of coping with frustration when a structure collapses.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>ZINGO (3.5 yrs+). Fun fast paced bingo like board game. This games supports both pre-readers and early readers, as it builds language and matching skills in preschoolers.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>KIDKRAFT 62043.0 STORAGE EASEL (3.5yrs). This easel comes with an attached roll of art paper and built-in storage bins underneath that can be used to hold paints, brushes, paint cups and other supplies. This easel supports children in develop their artistic skills and creativity with activities like painting and drawing. The chalk board sid</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>ELEPHANT &amp; PIGGIE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (3.5yrs+). Follow Elephant and Piggie through their journeys in this heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny series. This is a complete collection of Mo Willems' #1 New York Times best-selling series.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MELISSA &amp; DOUG SEE &amp; SPELL WOODEN EDUCATIONAL TOY (3yrs+). Wonderful for practicing pre- reading skills. This set of wooden letters with corresponding pictures , guides children on the road to reading as it allows them to match letters and build words.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>CRAZY FORTS( 4.5 yrs+). Your kiddos will develop their problem solving skills as they have fun assembling tubes and balls to make tunnels, cubes and other structures. Start adding sheets, a favorite stuffed animal and the fun reaches it’s summit.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MAD MATTR SUPER SOFT MODELLING DOUGH COMPOUND THAT NERVER DRIES OUT BY RELEVANT PLAY. This dough is moldable, compresses into hard shapes, and stretches out into a soft sand like texture. It’s not sticky, it doesn’t stain or get everywhere, and it doesn’t dry out. Playing with this dough supports fine motor skills, sensory input and creativity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TEGU BLOCKS (3yrs+). Tegu Blocks are built to foster curiosity by adding the mystery of magnets to construction play. Tegu offer children to develop their problem solving and creative skills as they are challenged to explore new ways to engineer and create configurations.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>LEARNING RESOURCES GEARS! GEARS! GEARS! (3yrs+). Your child will learn while having fun! STEM building set boosts kids critical-thinking and early engineering skills with open-ended play.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FAT BRAIN TOYS SQUIGZ DELUXE 50 PIECE SET (3.yrs+). These flexible assorted shapes stick together by way of suction cups. Often a popular bath time toy ( they stick to the tup), as well as after meal times and when you need to fidget! Playing with these engages children's fine motor skills and is very satisfying.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>SAGO BROTHERS MAGIC CLAY (3yrs+). This set of 24 different shades of clay is non toxic, unscented, and soft. Great for supporting children’s creativity and fine motor skills. It comes with cutting tools, little accessories and an idea book.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MARBLE GENIUS MARBLE RUN SUPER SET (3.5yrs+). Children will be entertained for hours! Build and rebuild different combinations with the classic staple. Children will build their fine motor and problem solving skills while having fun!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE SNEAKY, SNACKY SQUIRREL GAME(3yrs+). Cute and easy board game. Flick the spinner on the colored wheel and pick up the matching acorns&gt; through this game your child will get to practice fine motor skills, colors, turn-taking, and the socio emotional skill of coping with the frustration of losing...a very important skill.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MELISSA &amp; DOUG PATTERN BLOCKS (3yrs+). This 20 wooden blocks come in various shapes and colors. They inspires kids to assemble colorful patterns. By engaging with this classical math manipulative, your child will develop spatial awareness, color recognition, hand eye coordination, and problem solving skills.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TRICOLOR DECORATIVE PAPER EDGE SCISSOR SET (3yrs+). Scissors are a useful tools in preschooler’s lives. They are the gateway to autonomy in a variety of creative activities. These are fun, strengthen fine motor skills and hand strength.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>JUST ROCKS IN A BOX (3yrs+). This lovely set contains Sixty-four ergonomic shaped non-toxic soy wax crayons in 8 colors: red, green, blue, egg yolk yellow, black, brown, orange, purple). They are specifically designed to strengthen the tripod grip muscles in young children and improve fine motor coordination.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>PAW PATROL MASTER MEMORY MATCH CARDS(3 years +). Simple and satisfying memory matching game for children who love the Paw Patrol characters.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>HAPE EGGSPRESSIONS WOODEN LEARNING TOY WITH BOOK (3yrs+). This set of six emoji-like non toxic wooden eggs support kids socio emotional development: they help children express their emotions when words fail them. The eggs are stackable and come with a storybook.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE I’M NOT SCARED BOOK by Todd Parr. In his playful yet sensitive book, your young child will explore common everyday situations and things that can be scary, and realize that all of us are afraid sometimes and its okay because the feeling passes. FIND IT HERE</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>THE WAY I FEEL by Janan Cain. This book uses color, illustrations, text and type font -- to describe a variety of feelings. Your young one will enjoy seeing how the colors mirror the emotion. FIND IT HERE</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>WHEN SOPHIE GETS ANGRY-REALLY REALLY ANGRY by Molly Bang. Sophie learns that it is okay to be angry and that everyone gets angry. FIND IT HERE</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BEST GIFTS FOR KIDS - BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOLERS - BEAUTIFUL OOPS A visually striking story about making mistakes. When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful! A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It’s OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! Find Here</image:title>
      <image:caption>BEAUTIFUL OOPS by Barney Saltsberg A visually striking story about making mistakes. When you think you have made a mistake, It is an opportunity to make something beautiful! A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It’s OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! FIND IT HERE</image:caption>
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