Curriculum & Content Creation: I create Social Stories to teach young and diverse learners about social skills. Also, I create engaging art materials with fun characters to help teach young artists how to correctly use their art supplies. I sell these materials at my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Icon with a pencil drawing a lightbulb
This image is an advertisement for "A Social Story" called "I Use a Communication Device at School." It shows a boy holding a communication device and also a one-page version of the social story. The logo is "Hungry Crab Art Projects" complete with a hermit crab eating pizza.
This image shows 2 pages of the social story about the communication device. It shows the boy thinking about how funny his dog is and then using the device to type, "I love my dog. My dog is funny." It also shows a boy using the device to tell the teacher he wants to drink water and the teacher responding that he can go.
This is an image of an advertisement for "School Box Friends", which is a scissors, gluestick, and paintbrush with facial features and clothes. It says, "New" and "because art should be fun" below.  These characters help students learn how to use their art supplies.
This is an image of a job aid titled, "School Box Friends, Helpful Hints for Best Results" It has 5 Tips, complete with icons, bolded key points, and details to support the use of the resources.
This is an advertisement for Sam Scissors, a School Box Friend. It shows Sam Scissors with big eyes and a toothy grin. There is a 4 page interactive book, Activity page with a cutting exercise, wordsearch and drawing steps, and a poster pictured.
Title says: Live, Hybrid & Virtual Learning. As an experienced educator, I have instructed groups in live, hybrid, and virtual settings. Below are a few samples of visuals used in various instructional settings, including a video used for virtual instruction.

Over 100 learners completed their drawings of Jack B Ninja along with my video.

This image says, "James Rizzi Cityscapes!" and has a lively and colorful painting of a city where the buildings are all different colors and have faces at the tops. Below are 3 visual steps on how to create your own cityscape.
This image shows 2 laptops connected by a loopy dashed line. Below is a screenshot of a Google Meets grid of 25 learners holding up their artwork that was completed with Alyssa Medina using the steps listed above, along with her guidance and instruction.
This is a printmaking homework sheet created for high school students. It is interactive and accessible for diverse learners. Word banks are included for all activities. Activities include labeling, coloring in positive and negative space, matching vocabulary to definitions, and fill in the blank.
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