Many of you have emailed me asking about resources for setting up your own Life Skills Classroom. I have some great news….I finally have a TPT product that supplies you with everything to start your own life skills classroom! This product includes: *4 Labels for different areas of the room (Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry, and Office). *14 Tasks (3-4 from each different area). All of the directions/visuals are included for each task. (NOTE: You will still need the "real life items" for tasks…i.e. silverware, containers, clothes, etc.). *Color-Coded Schedule System (enough task labels and schedule pieces for 20 tasks). *Editable Schedule to add in students' names. *Data sheet for tracking level of independence on the life skills tasks. *Real life photos of all tasks. Here are the labels for the different areas of the room. We taped these on the walls and then had certain tasks related to that theme in that general area of the room. For kitchen tasks, this product includes visuals and set-up instructions for: Setting the Table, Sorting Silverware, Sorting Food by food group, and Sorting Recycling For office tasks, this product includes visuals and set-up instructions for: Collating Paperclip Task, Filing by Color, Sorting Pens vs. Pencils, Packaging School Supplies For laundry tasks, this product includes visuals and set-up instructions for: Sorting Colored vs. White Laundry, Matching/Folding Socks, Hanging Clothes For Bathroom Tasks, this product includes visuals and set-up interactions for: Packaging Bathroom Supplies, Labeling Body Parts/Clothes, Packaging Toothbrushes Also included, are all the materials you need to make a Life Skills schedule. An editable template is available for you to add in your own student names. There are also 20, color-coded task labels that you can post by each task and corresponding schedule pieces. I also included the data sheet we use as well as a task list for you to track which tasks you have. This product also contains extremely detailed instructions on how to set up each task as well as ideas on setting up your life skills room in general. It is a great step-by-step resource!
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Executive functioning skills are in everything that we do. They include our ability to have self-control, develop a plan, manage our time, begin an assignment, remember important information, and persevere through a challenging task. Executive functioning skills are definitely academic skills, but t
Multi-sensory tasks are engaging and naturally gain students’ attention. Adding multi-sensory activities into your math centers can help students persevere and focus on learning. Multi-sensory activities are the perfect way to build in practice and review of introduced skills… a crucial part of guided math. This is the third and final post of Smashing Strategies ... Read More about How To Incorporate Multi-Sensory Math Tasks Into Your Classroom
Using environmental print to navigate the world and interact with others is a critical life skill. Here are some tips for writing goals for them.
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Today, I’ve got a super fun fine motor activity that not only will be a hit with the kids, it will work on a few very important skills. This fine motor fidget toy is fun for kids to make and works on visual scanning at the same time. Then, when they are done, you’ve got ... Read more
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? Here they are!! Putting together (or taking apart) flashlights. Bonus points if students can get the batteries in correctly and get the light to turn on! (Motivation!!) Ice cube tray and colored pebbles with tongs. I love the fine motor aspect added here. Marker packaging. I absolutely love this task and would be a great one to buy during back to school marker sales (especially on those really cheap markers you don't really want to use in your classroom!) Erasers on pencils. This has always been one of my favorite tasks! Silverware sorting. A must for every work task station, am I right? And a super easy and cheap one to put together. Silverware rolling / packaging. I love this task as it is perfect for vocational preparation. Putting together curlers. Ribbon threading around a wire basket. I never would have thought of this task! I love using the wire basket to thread the ribbon, and bet students would have fun with this task too. Sewing kit packaging. Packaging tasks like this are great! Tea candle sort. I love this age appropriate color sorting activity. Toiletry packaging. Wouldn't it be awesome to get donations of items like this and put together kits to give out to the homeless as a classroom service project? So, there you have it! Did you get some more good ideas? Happy task box prep! If you ever have anything you want to share, feel free to email me. I love being able to share your fantastic ideas with other special education teachers like yourself!
Use these 200+ executive functioning skills task cards to teach and practice all areas of executive function! This includes planning, time management, working memory, self-control, organization, task initiation, metacognition, attention and focus, flexible thinking, and perseverance. Just read the cards and discuss together to build these critical brain skills. A page explaining each skill is also included. All Students Can Build EF Skills The task cards are aimed to help students at middle and high school students who need help with their ability to plan, organize, pay attention, use self-control, and persevere through tough tasks. ALL students can benefit from building executive functioning skills! These are skills we are all building. Some students may need more intervention than others. Students who may benefit significantly from executive functioning intervention include students who struggle with organization, managing their time, paying attention in class, thinking before acting, and working through challenges. How to Use The task cards in this set can be used as part of a whole class curriculum or small group / individual instruction, based on your students’ needs. Several ideas are listed below: CLASS DISCUSSION - Use a card each morning as part of a guided class or small group discussion. CENTERS - Set up class centers for each executive functioning skill. Allow small groups to walk around and work at the center until time is up. Then, they can move on to the next executive functioning center. MORNING MEETING - This can also be part of a morning meeting. Use one or two cards to start the day. PARTNER/GROUP CHATS - Group students up to discuss the task cards. Each group can focus on one particular executive functioning skill. Have the group then share out what they learned about the skill. STUDENT CHOICE - Allow students to pick a card and random and discuss in a small group. Let the students run the group discussion. INDEPENDENT JOURNAL WRITING - Have students independently read a card and respond in their journal before talking with a partner or group about it. BETWEEN TASKS - Put the cards on a ring and read one or two whenever you have a spare minute (between tasks or before a class change). Why Teach Executive Functioning Skills? Executive functioning skills are the basis for planning, organizing, initiating, and following through will all tasks, assignments, and problems inside and outside of school. Many students who forget assignments, are disorganized, can’t complete long-term assignments, have trouble focusing, and experience difficulty with change often have weak executive functioning skills. These are the students who need to be taught explicit skills in order to become successful in school and in life after school. Simply put, executive functioning skills are necessary life skills. Digital and Print Versions Updated to include digital pages for students to respond to each task card! You can choose to use the entire set all at once, or the set broken into different skills. To access, just open the "digital directions" pdf and click on the links in the blue boxes. A popup will appear asking you to make a copy of the Google Slides pages. That's it! Note that TWO different digital versions are included! One has 4 task cards per slide and one includes 1 task card per slide. Choose the version that works for your learners! Three Versions I've included three separate versions to help you print exactly what you need: - Colored cards on a white background - Black/white cards - Colored cards on different colored backgrounds Buy the BUNDLE and Save 20% { Executive Functioning MEGA BUNDLE } Target executive functioning and study skills necessary for academic success at the middle and high school level. The bundle includes over 400 pages full of lessons, templates, crafts, and workbook pages to teach study strategies and ways to improve executive functioning skills. It includes a HUGE selection of my executive functioning and study skills materials in one place. Follow Me! { Click here to follow my store! } Tips for Customers: If you have questions, please contact me through Q & A and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Please consider leaving feedback on this resource to receive TpT credits! I always strive for 5 stars and love hearing your feedback. Follow my store for notifications about new resources and freebies. Terms of Use: © Pathway 2 Success. One license is for the classroom/personal use for one educator and their students. Materials may not be shared with other educators without the purchase of extra licenses. Materials may not be posted on the Internet where they can be publicly accessed. Personal and classroom use only. Please see full terms of use for more information. Disclaimer: These resources are for supplementary support/education purposes and are not a replacement for education or other necessary supports. Educators, parents, and others who utilize these materials are encouraged to seek out additional support, as needed.
This set of 21 activities is aligned to the VB-MAPP Level 3 Listener responding by Function, Feature, and Class Milestones and Supporting Skills. These materials will help build the skills identified in the VB-MAPP assessment. It includes two different reference sheets for organization. Each activity has individualized set up and implementation instructions and labels for organization. This resource is perfect for centers or small group instruction and speech-language therapy. The activities in this set target: selecting multiple items from the same class, function, or location selecting the next step in a sequence selecting to answer a time question selecting to answer wh- questions selecting based on shape/class, color/class, function/class, and feature/class selecting based on 2 and 3 verbal components selecting based on preposition, verb, or adverb for feature, function, or class selecting to identify what is missing selecting to answer questions based on one topic using visual scenes select community helpers by their function selecting to identify something different selecting to identify an item given a statement with negation You do not need the VB-MAPP manual or protocol to utilize these resources; however, they've been designed to supplement the protocol! The Autism Helper, Inc. has a licensing agreement with the developer of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), Mark L. Sundberg Ph.D., BCBA-D, to create and sell VB-MAPP-aligned products.
These task cards are aligned to the ABLLS-R tasks H7, H8, H9, H14, H15, H16, H17, H18, H27, and H36. All cards are labeled with the corresponding task number and score for easy organization and use. Perfect for direct instruction, independent work, guided practice, or small group instruction/centers! Task cards are ideal for targeting those specific skills or using as extension activities, even if you do not use the ABLLS-R! Use these task cards to work on a variety of questions and fill in sentences all centered around identifying the feature, function, and class or an item or group. These cards are used as a teacher prompt to read the phrase or question and the student will respond verbally. Included in this resource: 30 fill in association cards (H7) 30 fill in function for item cards (H8) 30 fill in item for function cards (H9) 30 fill in item for class cards (H14) 30 fill in multiple items for class cards (H15) 30 fill in features given item cards (H16) 30 fill in item given features cards (H17) 30 fill in class given item cards (H18) 30 fill in class given multiple items cards (H27) 30 fill in item when given feature/function (H36) Storage Labels Instructions for use Data Sheet Editable data sheet Check out our other ABLLS-R Aligned Task Cards and our ABLLS-R Assessment Kit. Use resource in combination with the Assessment of Basic Language & Learning Skills. For more resources, tips, and materials to help you help children with autism please visit The Autism Helper.
Use these 200+ executive functioning skills task cards to teach and practice all areas of executive function! This includes planning, time management, working memory, self-control, organization, task initiation, metacognition, attention and focus, flexible thinking, and perseverance. Just read the cards and discuss together to build these critical brain skills. A page explaining each skill is also included. All Students Can Build EF Skills The task cards are aimed to help students at middle and high school students who need help with their ability to plan, organize, pay attention, use self-control, and persevere through tough tasks. ALL students can benefit from building executive functioning skills! These are skills we are all building. Some students may need more intervention than others. Students who may benefit significantly from executive functioning intervention include students who struggle with organization, managing their time, paying attention in class, thinking before acting, and working through challenges. How to Use The task cards in this set can be used as part of a whole class curriculum or small group / individual instruction, based on your students’ needs. Several ideas are listed below: CLASS DISCUSSION - Use a card each morning as part of a guided class or small group discussion. CENTERS - Set up class centers for each executive functioning skill. Allow small groups to walk around and work at the center until time is up. Then, they can move on to the next executive functioning center. MORNING MEETING - This can also be part of a morning meeting. Use one or two cards to start the day. PARTNER/GROUP CHATS - Group students up to discuss the task cards. Each group can focus on one particular executive functioning skill. Have the group then share out what they learned about the skill. STUDENT CHOICE - Allow students to pick a card and random and discuss in a small group. Let the students run the group discussion. INDEPENDENT JOURNAL WRITING - Have students independently read a card and respond in their journal before talking with a partner or group about it. BETWEEN TASKS - Put the cards on a ring and read one or two whenever you have a spare minute (between tasks or before a class change). Why Teach Executive Functioning Skills? Executive functioning skills are the basis for planning, organizing, initiating, and following through will all tasks, assignments, and problems inside and outside of school. Many students who forget assignments, are disorganized, can’t complete long-term assignments, have trouble focusing, and experience difficulty with change often have weak executive functioning skills. These are the students who need to be taught explicit skills in order to become successful in school and in life after school. Simply put, executive functioning skills are necessary life skills. Digital and Print Versions Updated to include digital pages for students to respond to each task card! You can choose to use the entire set all at once, or the set broken into different skills. To access, just open the "digital directions" pdf and click on the links in the blue boxes. A popup will appear asking you to make a copy of the Google Slides pages. That's it! Note that TWO different digital versions are included! One has 4 task cards per slide and one includes 1 task card per slide. Choose the version that works for your learners! Three Versions I've included three separate versions to help you print exactly what you need: - Colored cards on a white background - Black/white cards - Colored cards on different colored backgrounds Buy the BUNDLE and Save 20% { Executive Functioning MEGA BUNDLE } Target executive functioning and study skills necessary for academic success at the middle and high school level. The bundle includes over 400 pages full of lessons, templates, crafts, and workbook pages to teach study strategies and ways to improve executive functioning skills. It includes a HUGE selection of my executive functioning and study skills materials in one place. Follow Me! { Click here to follow my store! } Tips for Customers: If you have questions, please contact me through Q & A and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Please consider leaving feedback on this resource to receive TpT credits! I always strive for 5 stars and love hearing your feedback. 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Updated for Distance Learning: Along with the traditional printable task cards, a digital set has also been added into Google Slides which is perfect for distance learning and paperless classrooms. This set of 80 Cell Task Cards comes as both a printable paper version that you can use to make physical task cards (with a game board if you wish) as well as an interactive digital version used with Google Slides. With both versions, you have the versatility to use this with students in class as well as use it for paperless classrooms/distance learning. Both versions come with student worksheets where students can record their answers (the digital version in Google Slides contains text boxes to directly type in their answers). I have also provided an EDITABLE Template for the paper version so that you can custom make your own task cards. CLICK HERE to see a Video of the Digital Version in use. CLICK HERE to see a Video of the Paper Version in use. These task cards will support individual review (especially for early finishers) as well as promote student centered collaborative learning that will keep students engaged while reinforcing concepts at the same time. 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This set of 21 activities is aligned to the VB-MAPP Level 3 Listener responding by Function, Feature, and Class Milestones and Supporting Skills. These materials will help build the skills identified in the VB-MAPP assessment. It includes two different reference sheets for organization. Each activity has individualized set up and implementation instructions and labels for organization. This resource is perfect for centers or small group instruction and speech-language therapy. The activities in this set target: selecting multiple items from the same class, function, or location selecting the next step in a sequence selecting to answer a time question selecting to answer wh- questions selecting based on shape/class, color/class, function/class, and feature/class selecting based on 2 and 3 verbal components selecting based on preposition, verb, or adverb for feature, function, or class selecting to identify what is missing selecting to answer questions based on one topic using visual scenes select community helpers by their function selecting to identify something different selecting to identify an item given a statement with negation You do not need the VB-MAPP manual or protocol to utilize these resources; however, they've been designed to supplement the protocol! The Autism Helper, Inc. has a licensing agreement with the developer of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), Mark L. Sundberg Ph.D., BCBA-D, to create and sell VB-MAPP-aligned products.
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What are executive functioning skills? Executive functioning skills are the important processes in our brain that help us finish tasks and meet our goals. If it sounds like we use them for everything we do, that'd be right - we do! It's important to mention, though, that executive functioning skills
You know that saying: "There's a lesson to be learned in everything.", well, it's true! If you're a teacher, there are many tedious little tasks you do on a daily basis that students can help with while learning job skills!
((FREE)) Your students will enjoy finding out the "real" reasons why they should learn to infer. Nonfiction and fiction passages are included. A printable storage box for the task cards, a student recording form, and an answer key are also included. Follow the links to access the first ever task cards that are organized by guided reading and/or Lexile levels. Main idea, inferences, details, cause and effect, plus more topics are available. Access Them Here A free, printable storage box is also included.
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This FREE set is just what you need to teach your students what A.M. and P.M. means. It includes task cards and a picture sort to help students practice and master this concept. Included: *A.M. and P.M. posters *16 task cards *Picture sort: A.M., P.M. or Both You may also be interested in: Time and Measurement Unit (Special Ed Math Unit) Time & Money Interactive Books Time and Measurement Life Skills Unit Thank you for visiting my store! Follow me on my blog to for further ideas and to see products in use: Mrs. P’s Specialties ************************************************************************************* Want to get free credits for your next purchase? Every time you purchase something from TPT you are eligible to get free credit on future purchases. To go to your purchases page, hover over the “My TPT” button and click on “My Purchases.” You will see a list of all of the items you have purchased on TPT. Under each listing there is a button that says “provide feedback.” You get one TPT credit for every dollar you spend on TPT. You only get the credits if you leave a fair rating and comment on items that you have purchased. I greatly value and appreciate your feedback! ************************************************************************************* Don’t miss out on discounts, freebies and new products! Simply click the green star under my store name to follow my store.
Here are some of the practice worksheets that are in our morning folders this month. I put the 10 of these into one packet! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Work-April
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I know we have been talking about expressive vocabulary, but I have to take a brief time out to reiterate my passion for age-appropriate tasks / vocabulary. If you work with students with developmental disabilities, you know the challenge of making materials that are appropriate for both developmental skills and chronological age. This can be tough for some students, but it is my passion. If students like things that are younger than their age, that's absolutely fine. I mean, after all, I've seen Frozen--have you? However, I believe we have a responsibility to introduce them to age-appropriate activities. Older students have the right to dignity and to not have their classrooms look like a preschool class. Conversely, thought that doesn't mean their environments and materials have to drab and boring. Even basic skills can be age-appropriate but interesting. While materials for younger children may not be appropriate for older students, many materials designed for older students would be appropriate for younger students. So, what do we need to think about in creating materials that are age-appropriate across the board and still at a basic developmental level? First, the vocabulary has to be appropriate. We only have so much time to teach--let's focus on what the students most need to learn. This is one of the focuses of a shift to a life skills or functional curriculum approach. It's also why we teach the Dolch list (or other sight word list) to young children. Young children are most likely to encounter the words from those lists when reading. For students who are not strong readers, we often make a shift to what we call environmental print. Environmental print are the words we see around us. Same goes for spoken vocabulary. If we are teaching receptive (for discrimination on a speech generating device or picture exchange system) vocabulary, we need to focus on what the person would want to ask for or what they need to understand. What are the things around them they would ask for or talk about? Second, the materials have to be appropriate. That means we need simple tasks, like matching skills, that use real-life vocabulary that doesn't look too, too cutesy. I firmly believe that older students deserve interesting and colorful materials, just like younger students. However, we would want the characters in books to be 15, 20 or 30 years old, instead of 3. Somehow the field seems to think that to make things simple and "older" the materials have to be less colorful and interesting. I don't see why that is true--I like colorful thing and I'm "older." We shouldn't have to fight for the right to have interesting materials for older students! So that brings me to my quest for interesting, colorful, and meaningful materials across the age span and my newest product of matching skills. And I've made a video (which was supposed to keep me from writing a whole blog post, but you know me!) about it, what's in it and what it's good for. Here's a brief description and then check out the video to see what is included. New Product This is a set of file folders that focuses on matching picture to picture for a variety of real-life, functional items. The pictures are a combination of photographs and clip art. The set includes matching picture to picture for community signs, fruits, vegetables, fast food items, meat, sweets/desserts, furniture and clothes. It also includes word-to-picture matching for signs, fruits and vegetables. The items can be divided up as one folder for each set of vocabulary (10 matching pages/file folders). They can also be set up to begin teaching students how to sort by having different items on each side (e.g., fruits and vegetables; clothes and furniture; fruit and vegetables picture match to words). There are labels for 14 file folders combinations. You can check them out in my store HERE. Until next time,
This Grocery Store Work Station is all about classifying items by type, by code using a visual reference sheet, order fulfillment by PLU, and labeling fruit
Algebra Quadratic Questions Mini Task CardsWant to get your students to be knowledgeable on everything quadratic? Try these mini task cards to preview or review questions about quadratic functions. Questions about the vertex, minimum, maximum, axis of symmetry, roots, zeros, transformations, convert...
Looking for a way for students to demonstrate understanding of science topics and units? Use these 10 sorting activities to help your students demonstrate their science skills regardless of their ability to communicate. WHO IS IT FOR? Students who need hands-on practice Classrooms with students on different levels Can be used with students of any age Students who need a high level of repetition and practice in order to learn and retain skills FEATURES 10 different sorting tasks A list of extension ideas to further and deepen understnanding This set is included in the money-saving bundle ►► Science Sorting Tasks BUNDLE WHAT’S INCLUDED: • 10 Sorts Included: 1. Five senses 2. Scientific tool vs not ascientific tool 3. Animal sort by habitats: ocean, farm, jungle 4. Living vs non-living 5. Plant vs animal 6. Hot vs cold 7. Does a plant need it? 8. Is it magnetic? 9. Can it have volume? 10. Weather sort by type: sunny, raining, snowing • 10 ideas for extension activities Other items you may be interested in: Science Units BUNDLE Special Ed Thematic Unit BUNDLE Interactive Books BUNDLE Connect with me: Newsletter • Instagram • Facebook • Blog Don’t miss out on discounts, freebies, and new products! Simply click the green star under my store name to follow my store. Don’t miss out on discounts, freebies, and new products! Simply click the green star under my store name to follow my store. This product by Pamela Petralia is copyrighted for single classroom or caseload use only. This product may not be resold and can be copied for personal use within a classroom only. If you have questions, please email [email protected] ©Pamela Petralia
Enhancing linguistic skills is crucial for academic development and functional capabilities. Comprehending negation related to fundamental concepts and vocabulary is vital for building organizational and discriminatory abilities. Task cards targeting a broad range of vocabulary concepts within a negation context can address numerous IEP goals and improve linguistic comprehension. With 72 task cards and storage labels, this resource encourages diverse practice opportunities and vocabulary expansion in an enjoyable and straightforward manner. Ideal for therapy sessions, guided practice, stations, or partner work, these cards offer a versatile tool for daily classroom use. Check out our other Vocabulary Activities: Wh- Question Mega Pack Wh- Question Bingo Wh- Question Mini Seasonal Units For more resources, tips, and materials to help you help children with autism please visit The Autism Helper
Here is a set of worksheets to practice reading comprehension of recipes. Practice life skills in your special education classroom while working on reading comprehension. Included in this product are 10 recipes plus 2 worksheets for each recipe. Both recipes and worksheets include 2 levels: written and with pictures. The texts are the same for each level, but one level includes pictures in order to aide with comprehension. It's a great way to use environmental print to practice reading comprehension. This set includes the following recipes: Cupcake Icing Brownies Chili Fudge Garlic Bread Guacamole Garlic Bread Hard-Boiled Eggs Pizza Bagels Salad Dressing Tomato Sauce Includes: 10 recipes in two levels: written recipe cards and visual recipe 20 worksheets in two levels (write-in and multiple choice with pictures) Are you looking for digital resources? Click here to view the Boom Task Cards version of this resource. Already own this set of Recipe Reading Comprehension? Check out the second set of this resource. Check out Thanksgiving Recipe Reading Comprehension and Winter Holiday Recipe Reading Comprehension Blog Pinterest Earn TPT credits for leaving feedback! Leave feedback on this product to earn credits which you can use on future purchases.
What busy weeks I have had! With school and product making for my store as well as keeping up at home, I have not connected here on my blog very often. I must say that I am really enjoying the students in our class this year. I am proud of each one of them and what they are learning and accomplishing every day. One of the favorites in our room is our task time. I have had fun creating new tasks to meet the needs in our room and hope that you will enjoy them as well. This is a fun task that helps students with tool recognition, assembly, and matching: Vocational Task Fill the Toolbox The toolbox task compliments my Construction Tasks and Worksheets/Lifeskills Another fun new task that is a hit is my Fast Food Employee Vocational Task I posted this one earlier but wanted to provide a visual of how it works in the classroom to teach customer service skills. I am sure you all have had a busy Fall as well. Thank you for taking time out to read my post. I wish you all a wonderful day and upcoming week ahead!
How to teach planning and prioritization to kids. These executive functioning skills impact learning, play, and function.
I wanted to highlight some other special education blog posts as the year comes to a close.These bloggers chose their favorite blog posts for me to share.
High interest and functional money math activities that are leveled to meet the needs of a mixed-ability classroom. Just what you need for math centers or stations that stay fresh each time you use them… because what kid doesn’t love fast food restaurants?!?
I have been DREAMING about this felt food set for a WHILE now! I love to incorporate life skills into my classroom, even thought my students are still young at grades 1-4. The life skills track is the track they are set on, and incorporating age appropriate life skills into their day, at their level, […]
