Free visual closure worksheets with a bug theme for helping with visual closure and visual perceptions skills.
the Visual Agile Coachs poster of the Scrum Framework sixe 5876 × 8584 px
FREE printable All About Me Pack for preschool and kindergarten featuring the child's name, handprint, favorite things, eye and hair color, self-portrait and family portrait.
Another center that is really popular in my class is Read, Visualize, Draw . It's a great way to practice visualizing while reading, which...
Final product wise, this might just have been my FAVORITE project this past school year. I am so unbelievably proud of the work these 5th graders did on these! I found this project here via Pinterest. Thanks a faithful attempt! I Can Statements: I Can talk about stylized art I Can use the Library resource A-Z Animals Encyclopedia to research a food chain that includes 3 or more animals I Can show a food chain mouth-in-mouth using stylized images of plants and animals Day 1: Students came in with this image on the screen... I asked them to figure out what they all had in common, eventually they ended up describing stylized without even knowing it (I love when that happens!) and I revealed the vocabulary of stylized. To better explain I showed them this awesome graphic I put together in lucidpress.... After a bit more discussion we had a "quiz" where I put up an image and they had to guess stylized or realistic. They did perfect. Then I showed them our inspiration image... They just wrapped up a science unit about ecosystems and food chains so it was the perfect project to connect to the classroom. After explaining the I Cans and the how to do the research and navigate the site they were using for research, they grabbed laptops and got to work filling out the packet below. There was quite a bit of sketching involved but it really seemed to help them understand how to break down their animals and plants. Day 2: After I approved their sketches they got to work! They had an option to draw and color with colored pencil or to collage with paper. We took about 4 class periods total on this, 1 for intro and research, and the rest were workdays. Next time I will probably have them writing something to go along with them when they are displayed. I just can't contain how happy these make me!
Robin Pieterse silhouette - October Cottage - for Toverlux lamp Discover the ever-growing collection of Magic Silhouettes by Toverlux - each one a unique embodiment of life's phases, special moments, and changing seasons. Ideal for gifting or building a cherished collection of your own. Growing with your family and deepening connections and traditions. These versatile Magic Silhouettes seamlessly complement both the Magic Lamp and the Magic Window Frame, offering endless possibilities to create a unique atmosphere in your home. Crafted from the beautiful artwork of our talented artists, these silhouettes are meticulously printed on translucent material, enhancing the vividness of their colors. Sized at 19x19 cm, our silhouettes are not only visually stunning but also crafted from food-grade safe materials, ensuring both beauty and safety.
My professional life before blogs & Pinterest seems like a long, long ago, dark, desperate time. I've been thinking a lot recently about ho...
Geometry and shape activities: learn, play, and build with shapes, blocks, and math manipulatives in hands-on ways. A FREE printable pattern block symmetry activity is included!
As part of our All About Me theme, we spent a little bit of time working on learning the parts of the body. More specifically, the head shoulders knees and
Are you ready for the month of March? We are all geared up for some fun learning this month! Our March NO PREP packets are done and we are ready to go!
Although he was born in Ireland, and attended art school in Dublin, Roderic O’Conor’s work only became more widely known in Dublin in the late 1950s. Much of O’Conor’s career was spent in Belgium and France: after attending the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and the Royal Hibernian Academy Schools, he travelled first to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Antwerp, and later attended the atelier of Charles Carolus-Duran🎨 in Paris.
Don’t spend all of your therapy time quizzing kids on concepts. Make sure you take the time to teach them the skills that they need first in order to understand these concepts. Do your students
Vocabulary folders are a convenient way to organize vocabulary pages. I used illustrated vocabulary sheets to help my English Language Learners speak and write about new vocabulary. They are also helpful for younger students with spelling. Some primary classroom teachers I supported had a set of these folders on student tables or in a writing
This was one of my favorite lessons from last year. (I feel like I always say that....?) But seriously, this was great. It would work for a variety of grades- elementary or high school as well. I did it with 7th grade and will again this year. Using the move-able figures- students had to create a zoomed/close-up composition using the figure, taking the negative space into consideration. I actually had them do a "photo shoot" with their ipads: take photos of the figures in different positions and then cropped the photos. For some students it was easier for them to work from the photo. The students sketched out shaded pencil drawings first. Then they drew them BIG on 12 x 18 slate grey Tru-ray construction paper (one of my favorites, along with their turquoise). They chose a color palette to work in and had to have 3 different shades of oil pastels so that they could convey the shadows. They all came out awesome! And it gave students a chance to strengthen a variety of skills. Some needed to master blending, some needed to strengthen their ability to communicate dimension, etc.
These small, square books “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. Each student constructed their own book with decorative papers, cardboard, ribbon, and construct…
These occupational therapy midline crossing activities are quick and easy to use. They're great for all young brains, bodies and eyes!
Faux brick walls are favorite trompe l'oeil (to trick the eye) wall treatments. Executed properly, painted brick walls add visual interest to nearly any room. Bricks come in a wide variety of colors.
A colourful print illustrating flowers and plants in all colours of the rainbow. The perfect motif to bright up any room! The poster is a part of the Hanna KL collection, a collaboration between the artist Hanna Kastl-Lungberg and Postery. Hanna KL is a versatile graphic designer and visual artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. Hanna's artwork combines colors and shapes in a unique way and is strongly influenced by her favorite places in the city of Los Angeles, where she spends a lot of time.
Jo Boaler has started a math revolution that has likely already made its way into your classroom. The Stanford Professor of Mathematics and author of Mathematical Mindsets is the co-founder of YouCubed.org , an organization dedicated to inspiring, educating, and empowering math teachers with
Are you looking for ways to adapt your classroom materials for students with CVI? Check out this blog post about my favorite textured materials for CVI....
Have you ever dreamed of transforming your backyard into a tranquil oasis, complete with a charming gazebo as the centerpiece? 29 Backyard Gazebo Ideas
Howdy y'all! Lindsay here . . . Well, since Kacie from Doodle Bugs is taking a well-deserved break from her fabulous Five For Friday link...
Dylan Brady and Laura Les offer up a blueprint of what pop music might sound like in the year 2050.
Hi friends, I've updated my accessible group games/ice breakers/team building activities list with some of these new favorite games. A lot of people ask what my secret is to these games. It's really simple actually. I just watch a lot of YouTube group games/ice breakers/team games (or group games websites) and look for games that can easily be modified for our kids. I'm posting some of my favorite ones so you don't have to watch hours of YouTube videos. I always like to think about how the ECC supports these games. For example, during the holidays I will look for popular holiday minute to win it games and teach those games to my students. The way they can participate more in holiday parties. Social themes, nonverbal body language, communication, etc. are all big things I look for to incorporate. These are all areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum. I also love games like Human Ladder where you can put yourself out there and really accomplish something (really builds that self-determination!). So many of my students have been so proud of themselves after they have gotten across the ladder. They have to incorporate so much communication, body awareness, etc. with these types of games. I have posted on Human Ladder before (look for my outdoor ed posts). I stay away from messy games or games that really require you to be overly silly. I stay away from really messy games because they can get easily complicated. The same for games that require really silly body positions (like the empty tissue box on your bum and you have to shake out the tennis balls). Those type of games, although fun, can easily go another way and become a little bit more humiliating rather than exciting. Now I am sure some people play them just fine but it is my experience that they "toe the line" with making people feel really awkward. Many of my students already feel awkward and the point of these games are inclusion so it is my personal choice to steer clear of them. Here are some of my favorite games that require little equipment and get a lot of ECC bang for my buck while playing them: Five minute handshake game Objective: teach different handshakes; personal space; how to give a good handshake (teach the difference between silly, business and friend types of handshakes) Watch the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV9C3CUd8jQ Ritz cracker down your face Objective: use your face to get a cracker from your forehead (down your face) to your mouth Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgNWpnxRBGI&list=RDWgNWpnxRBGI&index=1 (speed up to :41 to see this game) Chocolate unicorn: Objective: balance as many chocolate donuts on your forehead (player tilts head back to while partner places donuts on forehead) Bowl on head game: Objective: scoop marshamellows from a bowl (on table) to a bowl on your head. Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgNWpnxRBGI&list=RDWgNWpnxRBGI&index=1 (speed up to 2:37 to see this game) Pass the wooden spoon with your feet group game Objective: Pass the wooden spoon using your feet only around a circle. Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgNWpnxRBGI&list=RDWgNWpnxRBGI&index=1 (speed up to 4:48 to see this game) Zip Zap Zop Objective: helps with attention and voice intonation. Modification: I always have students say name + zip, zap or zop. For example, Zip-Monica, Zap-Chandler, Zop-Ross…. Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7jmkiSKUk Hot Seat Objective: Get to know someone by asking questions. One student sits in front of the group in the “hot seat” and everyone asks questions. You cannot repeat questions. This game is great because it teaches students to listen to each other and learn to ask meaningful questions to get meaningful information. Wrap the present using potholders with a partner! (Doesn't have to be for just the holiday season!) Objective: This is a twist that I made on the popular Christmas present game. Instead of trying to open the present with potholders on both hands, we paired up students with each wearing a pot holder (on one hand) to try to wrap a present together. Winners were determined by who had the best looking present. Human ladder: Objective: students all hold ladder rungs while one person walks across. Great team building game! Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZZlhZFdqj0 I also love to play popular PE games like Four Corners and Step Tag because they have the fun of chase games without the complication of chasing and running. I've also done a lot of relay games using scooter boards (check my other posts for those types of games). I love to peruse these sites for ideas too: http://www.greatgroupgames.com/icebreaker-games-for-teens.htm and http://www.ultimatecampresource.com. Please share with me other great games with me!
Our Landforms Interactive Notebook is a great tool to study and learn about the world around us and learning about landforms and bodies of water.
