Mary Witte

Educator, SLP 🗣👂🏼📚✏️❤️, & CC/T&F Coach 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ at Attea Middle School ✈️ in District 34! #WeAreD34 #AtteaFlyers #SLPeeps

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Thankful to my amazing District 34 SLP colleagues for treating me with a surprise bridal shower during our monthly speech-language meeting today! 💗 Thank you, speechies!

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

For newborns, it’s “out of sight, out of mind.”

Today is the 127th anniversary of the birth of groundbreaking Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget - making it a perfect day to spotlight one of his best known contributions to the field of child development: Object Permanence.

As its name implies, object permanence is an understanding that things continue to exist, even when we cannot see them.

While that may seem pretty straightforward to us as adults, Piaget noted that babies actually lack this awareness until roughly 8 months of age.

This terrific video illustrates the concept.

Watch what happens when this little guy’s toy giraffe is placed under a cloth. It’s as if it ceases to exist.

Baby isn’t upset. He doesn’t go searching for it. It’s just GONE.

At 7 months of age, object permanence is just around the corner for this little guy. It’s a big step forward intellectually… and makes peekaboo a lot more fun!

Do you have stories about your own child’s experiences with object permanence? I’d love to hear them.

This fantastic, illustrative 🎥 via adamism9 on YT.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Life lessons from children: 

1 have fun
2 laugh loudly
3 dance wildly
4 be courageous
5 try new things
6 spend time with friends
7 have a beginner’s mindset
8 ask questions
9 believe in miracles
10 color outside lines
11 forgive first
12 wander around

https://t.co/lTHzsKvFbh

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

@howie_hua 4 that make an L shape X 4 = 16

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

@glenview34 @GeraghtyMptg3 @DaneDelli Congratulations and thank you, Mary! @GeraghtyMptg3

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

✖️5 💫

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

New TikTok video: My favorite way of multiplying by 5

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

@howie_hua 85 down to 80 is 5, 57 up to 60 is 3. 5 + 3 is 8, then 80-60 is 20, 20 + 8 = 28.

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

I shared this as today's meme of the day in class and the students' reactions were great.

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

A group of District 34 Attea Middle School students engaged in a collaborative project to code and remotely control #Sphero #robots in order to paint an original work of art! 🧑🏼‍🎨🎨 #AtteaFlyers #WeAreD34

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

#AAC & friendship #SLPeeps

[Carole Zangari @PrAACticalAAC]

#AAC & friendship https://t.co/RUzOfD3kkU Ideas for supporting #augcomm users #SLPeeps

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Special Education teacher needed long term sub Glenview District 34!!!
#sped #edutwitter #LBS1 #specialeducation #middleschool #specialeducationteacher #spedteacher #teacher #inclusiveeducation #disability #lifeskillsprogram #educationmatters #educator https://t.co/sd8PKzaxpL

[ASHA @ASHAWeb]

ASHA SIG 3 Coordinator Claudio Milstein of the Cleveland Clinic discusses EILO, an underrecognized condition that’s often confused with asthma--and how treatment by SLPs can help. https://t.co/K5nYiOrJcI #slpeeps

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Final race of the season at the Conference Meet today for these Attea 8th grade cross country student-athletes! Congratulations and thank you for making it a memorable season! #AtteaFlyers #WeAreD34

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Our Attea Cross Country super seventh graders! Conference meet today—Thanks for a fun season, students! #AtteaFlyers #WeAreD34

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Attea Cross Country Sixth grade girls & boys at the starting line for Conference today! Congrats on a great season, runners! #AtteaFlyers #WeAreD34

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Making Your K-12 Classroom a Safe Place for Kids Who Stutter | Edutopia https://t.co/aToYE10lJQ

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Today is International Dot Day! Our instructional life skills classroom students celebrated by reading The Dot and making a mark! Thank you, @peterhreynolds! 🟠🔵🟢🟡🔴🟣 #WeAreD34 #AtteaFlyers

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

D34 cross town cross country meet today - Attea vs Springman! Nice job, Flyers, & Wildcats! Way to run! #AtteaFlyers #CrossCountry #WeAreD34 #KeepRunning

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

Cross Country is starting soon! Being a part of the CC running team is open to all Attea students! Fill out the CC paperwork & return to Coach Witte in the LRC. Practice begins Thursday, Sept 2nd, & the full CC season schedule is on the Attea website. Go Flyers!

[Mary Witte @MaryWitteSLP]

First day of the school year with students today, starting year # 15 at Attea Middle School ✈️
One of my student-athletes eagerly told me when she saw me, “Ms. Witte, I ran a lot over the summer!” 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃🏾‍♂️ #AtteaCrossCountry #KeepRunning #AtteaFlyers