Hands on activities for special education

Don’t you love the beginning of the school year? I always enjoyed seeing smiling faces, reconnecting with students, and just soaking in the excitement a new beginning brings! But, if mid-year me could send a letter to beginning-of-the-year me, it would probably read something like this: “Stop stressing! Get to work, and please, ask for

Task boxes can be highly beneficial for special education students for several reasons: They provide structured learning by way of presenting learning materials in an organized way, they provide visual supports, repetition & practice, and skill generalization. Task boxes can also be customized to meet each individual student’s needs and IEP goals, promote independence, and […]

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

Do you struggle with engagement with your preschool students? As I use more hands-on and interactive activities for kids throughout my classroom, the level of engagement and learning has drastically improved.I have designed multiple products to be used with all of these interactive activities for preschool and kindergarten. Easier to plan and engage! Check out the blog for my top 5 interactive activities and how I use them. Make sure to grab your interactive FREEBIE!

Are you looking for a hands-on learning activity that you can use with your special needs students in the classroom? You don’t want to miss this classroom freebie that includes 4 file folder games which works perfectly to use for errorless learning. These free file folder games are great to use for independent work stations, one on one instruction, or even be sent home for extra practice. With this errorless learning activity, your students can gain confidence and increase student…

The best part about Summer Visual Crafts is the real picture step by step directions! This makes this resource SO easy to prep!

For our learners who need to work on foundational learning skills, such as simple matching, I have always love creating hands on task boxes put-in tasks and color sorting tasks. My classroom closet always looked like it could be featured on an episode of hoarders. I kept every shoe box, coffee container, baby jar, and

Teach your students about the five senses, touch. What exactly can they feel? wood - hard, cotton wool - soft / fluffy, and so on.

Setting up an IEP work bin system can feel overwhelming! Here are some easy ways to do it so that your students can quickly work on goals!

Special Education Teacher | Focus word of the week…she My students love hands-on activities and especially LOVE using dot markers. Here are some activities that we… | Instagram