What Is Environmental Print? Environmental print is any print that we see every day, such as signs, logos and labels. The combination of colours, letters, numbers and shapes allows students to begin to attach meaning between the print and the item, object or place it represents. This is an important step in the pre-reading process … Continue reading Environmental Print In The Spec Ed Classroom
What are put-in tasks? They are exactly as they sound - tasks where students must put something into some sort of container. These are some of the first activities that little learners are able to do and they are perfect for developing fine motor skills and building independence. When starting students on an independent work … Continue reading Put-In Tasks
Assembly task boxes are some of my favourite activities to give my kiddos, and they love doing them too. When the students do their independent work activities, I usually try to give them one math based, one literacy based and one that is more fun and hands-on - what I call assembly tasks. These are … Continue reading Task Boxes: Assembly Tasks
One of my favourite types of tasks to make are fine motor activities that I like to call "assembly tasks". These activities require students to use different fine motor skills to build, create or put something together. There are several reasons I love using these activities in my classroom: they teach valuable fine motor skills … Continue reading Fine Motor Tasks Boxes & Your Local Hardware Store
One of the most important pieces to starting your program is classroom set up. This is how I have set up my junior ASD room, and it has worked really well for us. I have found that it is essential to have clearly defined spaces for specific activities within the classroom. One of the … Continue reading Classroom Tour
One of my key organization strategies is colour coding. I love things bright and colourful, and the fact that I have 6 students makes it super easy. Each of my students is assigned a colour and all of their bins, books, etc. for the year will be that colour. It makes it really easy to … Continue reading Colour-Coding in a Spec Ed Classroom
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