Kindergarten special ed activities

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

Do you struggle with transitions in your special ed classroom? Have you ever been running the classroom and the activity is going really well? And then you go to transition to the next activity and it falls apart? This post has got you covered! Check out this post for 4 solutions for common transition problems that get you off track. #specialeducation #classroommanagement

Kindergarten helps set the foundation for sped students. This post helps discuss 5 essential IEP goals for sped kindergarten students.

Interactive calendar mats are going to change the way you think about differentiated materials and morning meeting. Here’s why: When I first started teaching, I struggled to make sure that my students had the differentiated resources and materials that they needed. There wasn’t a lot out there – especially for our Morning Meetings – so […]

Laying out the classroom design in special education can be tough. I've rounded up posts and goals of setting up the physical space.

Read this early intervention preschool classroom tour blog post to get ideas for setting up your preschool classroom!

Boost your kindergarten student's phonics skills with these FREE CVC word lists focusing on short vowels! Perfect for CVC word sentences, these lists are ideal for Aba classroom activities and help with sentence making, writing sentences, and phonics activities. Engage your students with fun sentence activities and CVC activities. These CVC words kindergarten resources make learning CVC word activities easy and effective. Download now and watch their reading skills soar! #CVCwords…

Learning to read is such a fun and special time: it's a valuable skill, and sparking an early love of reading can make it become a lifelong passion. In order

The H Brothers activity is a fun way to introduce your students to digraphs. Remember, digraphs are two sounds coming together to make an entirely new single sound. Because this is sometimes a confusing concept for kids, multisensory props and gestures are crucial. Below are a few ideas to get you started: CH: wear a plastic finger and tap on your chin. SH: gesture /SH/ (like you are shushing someone). WH: disable a party whistle and blow. PH: make a hand gesture like you are talking on the…

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10+ Special Education Life Skills Activities - Teaching Autism

Independent sitting is an important milestone! In this blog post, I’m sharing five effective ways to promote independent sitting in early childhood special education. I talk about adaptive seating and positioning, sensory integration activities, as well as functional play and games. I also talk about fine motor activities and how these promote independent sitting. Learn more now!

Need help structuring life skills lessons across grade levels? Our resource on special education life skills curriculum, high school special education classroom setup life skills, elementary special education life skills, and visual schedules makes planning easier. Pin this guide for lesson ideas that grow with your students!

Social skills activities for preschoolers help improve social skills. With 20 different activities, you have plenty of ways to practice.

One of my absolutely favorite things about being a special education teacher was that I had the freedom to design fun and exciting lessons for my students specific to their interests. I never had a curriculum to follow. No one ever told me what books to read to them or what activities I had to

Technology can be such an AMAZING resource in the special education classroom. iPads, tablets and AAC devices can help students communicate, access curriculum, create and use visual schedules, and learn basic math and reading skills. But, as a special education teacher, it can be hard to know what apps you should be using in your special education classroom. So, here are 10 of my favorite apps to use with special education students.

Make practicing social skills fun with these social skills games. In the special education classroom, helping your students develop social skills is crucial. It improves students’ social interactions, communication skills, and emotional understanding. But practicing social skills doesn’t have to be boring. These low prep social skills games and activities will help your special education students practice social skills in fun and engaging ways. Find my favorite social skills activities here.

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Using play centers in your early childhood special education classroom is definitely a must! Today, I’m sharing how to set up play centers in your special ed class. Using IEP goals and functional skills in special education, I set up play centers around those. This helps my special ed students to get the most out of their independent station time. Don’t forget to think about visuals for students, center organization, and data tracking too!