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Teaching kids with autism may mean working with nonverbal students. Here are 9 strategies for effectively working with students with severe nonverbal autism.

I found this activity on Lakeshore Learning and got it as part of a donorschoose grant. It is an awesome, hands-on way to work on prepositions (which so many of my students struggle with). I also like the visual cards that come with it to help my students understand the directions. It comes with 4 different sets of props to use. Each set has 6 cards covering different prepositions. On the back is a picture of the correct answer. I like to use these to assess preposition skills as well as to…

Anya, the founder of Montessori From The Heart, is an educational coach, a blogger, an author, a digital creator, and an influencer.

Since I began my teaching career, I have always worked with students of all different learning styles, and learning speeds. I have worked with students who have a wide range of diagnoses, Autism, LD, Emotional Behavioral, Learning Support, and Multiple Disabilities. I must say that working with my special needs students are among the best experiences of my teaching career. Some of my students are very limited in what they can do, yet, in my classroom its as if the possibilities are endless…

These 5 awesome ways to teach special needs learners letters include playdough, sand, cars and sprinkles as learning tools.

A sensory story is a narrative, book or poem that serves to activate each of the senses to encourage engagement in a range of learning situations. Sensory stories are designed to build skills ranging from engagement to knowledge recall, memory, communication, vocabulary development, social skills, literacy, movement and so on. Each has a different purpose. This may be to calm, to share experiences, purely to encourage joint attention or interaction. There are many ways to link a sensory…

Have you tried making your kids sensory bags? They are so much fun! Kids love playing with them and they are easy to make. Plus, there are endless possibilities. If you’re looking for inspiration or a new idea to try, here is a huge list of sensory bags to make. 20 Sensory Bags To Make...Read More » #activitiesforbabies

If you are looking for more ways to support sensory seekers in your school or special education classroom, I’m here to help! There are a lot of ideas for sensory seekers in the classroom. Always consult with your occupational therapist to get their expert advice as well. I love to include alternate seating in the classroom, sensory choice boards, calming ideas for kids, tactile sensory tools, sensory rooms in schools, sensory paths for schools, and much more!

How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.