Looking for a lesson on responsibility for your elementary students, but can’t seem to find one that meets all your student’s needs? You might see other teachers doing fun character lessons and want to do those too, but the activities don’t quite fit with your student’s abilities. Maybe you need just a little bit of

Newcomer students receive some support from an ELD (English Language Development) teacher in most elementary schools. The majority of their time is spent in their grade level classroom. Here are some strategies for supporting a newcomer student both in their grade level classroom and areas to focus on during targeted language development lessons. Create a

Children of the World multicultural activities provide an engaging way for Montessori preschool students to learn about different cultures. With a variety of activities and printables, children can explore and […]

Children exposed to intentional storybook read alouds benefit from learning about written syntax and vocabulary, develop concepts of print and phonological

Elementary music teachers and movement teachers can use scarves for many activities. In this blog post you'll find 12 ways to use scarves in music class.

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Who likes waiting? Not this girl! And I can guarantee our students don’t like waiting either. If you teach students with special needs you know that asking a student to wait can cause a full on melt down in the middle of a seemingly normal Tuesday. And guess what, our classrooms get interrupted for questions, ... Read More about Teaching Wait: The Wait Basket

Are your kids struggling with fractions? Do they have hard time understanding the concept? Are you nervous because the state test is approaching? Worry no more. These simple images that I put together will help your children understand what fractions are. You will also be able to teach your kids how to add and subtract fractions. Why? Because all kids love Lego. Because everyone (I'm sure) have Lego at home. Because it's simple and fun!

Stop taking away recess and using other punishments to control your students. Find success with 10 powerful classroom management strategies!

Whether your students are lethargic or super-charged, adding movement to your lesson plans will help to solve both issues. Not only is it healthy to move throughout the day, but it can also help students focus and become more engaged with the content they are trying to master. Due to the nature of English classes, ELA ... Read More about 10 Ways to Add Movement in the ELA Classroom

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For every teacher you ask about how to run circle time, you will get a slightly different answer. Today I want to share with you a little bit about our circletime process along with ten tips for making circletime more than just a routine experience but instead an engaging and interesting experience in the preschool classroom...

The connecting schema is all about how things connect and separate. If you have children in your classroom tying things together, fascinated with tape or building and knocking over towers of blocks, you have children developing their connection schema. This blog post will explain exactly what this p

Teach kids empathy and compassion through mindful, fun lessons, discussions, and activities that build social awareness and community.

If a student is unable to play with toys during structured leisure time independently, play supports are a great strategy.

Emergency drills (fire drills especially) can be terrifying for preschoolers and many children. It’s loud, sometimes crazy if it’s unannounced, interrupts their routine, and there can be students everywhere. They are...

Do you have students interested in wrapping, covering, or hiding objects or themselves? If you do - then you have students with the enveloping play schema. In this blog post, we'll explore the enveloping play schema in-depth and you’ll discover heaps of activities to support it in your classroom.

HYGGE, meaning a feeling of coziness and contentment and well-being. Isn’t that what we ultimately want? Children to feel content...

Also known as ‘brain breaks’ & ‘movement breaks’, these sensory break activities develop gross motor skills, improve self-regulation & help with behavior management in the classroom while also helping kids focus & learn!

The most important lessons you will ever teach is about diversity and the importance of Celebrating Different Cultures.

Warning: photo overload ! It is complete! My classroom is all set up and ready for the children (well, the physical setting is all ready: ...

By Kathryn Weber In our fast-paced living environment, it’s easy for kids to have a hard time winding down enough to be able to learn. For the mind to be able

It's that time of year where you're getting your classroom ready for a new school year! You fill the walls with posters, label everything in sight, and organize your supplies. Something you might consider is adding posters like these real-life shape posters to your decor! Why Use Real Life Images? Sure, we can slap a

I talked about the activity matrix I use in my classroom a while ago. An activity matrix really is a fabulous tool for working in a collaborative classroom where you may or may not have time to touch base with paraprofessionals and service providers regularly (I know I have like zero time to do any ... Read More about Making the Most of Your Activity Matrix

Strategies for defiant behavior that support positive behavior, develop teacher-student relationships, and minimize escalating situations.

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I just wanted to follow up on the activities I am doing with my quarters to review skills for the STAAR Reading exam next week. As I've not...

Summer has ended. The first few weeks are gone, and students are adjusting to the new normal. And if you've been in the classroom long, you know what that means. The voice level goes from almost non-existent to overload in a quick few days! You know that the beginning of school is all about setting

Sometimes as teachers/parents we need specific skills to look for as they fall onto a continuum. This rubric helps you to do just that. This...

Developing a First Then Visual Schedule for Early Childhood Special Needs Students

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We are always working on improving our behavior, because, well toddlers live in this house lol I made these punching cards and they are working so well that I wanted to share them with you as a free printable. I am very cautious with incentives. Food is never used as a reward to encourage behavior because I don't want to enable an unhealthy relationship with food. Also I don't want to initiate a token economy where my kids are only doing behaviors (or not doing) for a reward/punishment. Anyone can be trained to say something, but does that change their heart? Usually not. According to the Bible, our behavior is an outpouring of our heart, so we have A LOT of conversations in our home to ensure our kids learn right from wrong and develop internal motivation. In the past we have used colored Popsicle sticks and a ticket jar to help us with character & behavior training. Both have worked well, but I wanted to try out something new. No matter how we are training our children, we know that they are very visual, so they need to be able to see their progress. I printed these behavior cards in color on cardstock paper so that they would hold-up with the punching. Every time one of my kids uses their manners, is kind, shares, listens well, cleans up without being asked, is respectful and obedient, and has a generous spirit and demonstrates a servants heart, they get to punch their card. They usually like to pick the color that they want, and then punch the hole. Dutch can punch his card by himself, but Ellis needs help or she tells Dutch what color she wants and he helps her. I get the kids to punch their own cards, because I want them to know that this is all about THEIR behavior and they need to take responsibility for their own actions. When their card is completed, they earn special activities (i.e. a field trip, go feed the ducks, they get to pick the book before bed, etc.) This is all about positive reinforcement. If they are disrespectful or do not use their manners, nothing happens to the card, they just don't get to punch it. Since they are working towards completing their card, poor behavior sets them back from their goal. Withholding a hole punch is a really big deal to them. This has been working really well in our home lately so I thought I would share it with you (free printable).

I was observing a little guy in preschool who had just entered school the other day. He was still working on basic skills like following directions and had limited things that he could do to engage himself independently. The teacher was working on having him do a simple put-in task of putting cards in a coffee can, but because his skills were so limited, he was completing this task repeatedly throughout his day. This wasn't the only thing he was doing and there was time in the day when he was working on discrete trials for learning readiness skills, learning to wait his turn, and working on communication through a number of activities in his day. However, one way that he was working on communicating was to use the coffee can task, that he seemed to enjoy, to have him request the cards to put in from other students. That got me thinking about one of my pet subjects over the years--creating put-in tasks that are age-appropriate and have some variety for learners who are just starting to gain other skills. These are typically the types of tasks that we start work systems with because they are easy for students to do independently. You can see from the picture a variety of types of tasks and materials you can use. I particularly like the seasonal tasks like the jack-o-lanterns that the students is putting in for 1-1 correspondence (a little more advance than just putting in).

I have had several requests to upload more binder work to TPT....so I did! Only one additional product so far, but I will be slowly adding more over the next couple weeks. I use these worksheets in my morning group binders (see this post) as well as in my students' homework binders (see this post). Click here to check out my TPT store to get your copy! This product has 4 interactive, re-usable worksheets. Here are pics of the actual products as used in my classroom. First off, we have a page for identifying the current season. The student removes the correct picture from the top of the page and places it in the empty box at the bottom of the page. This page is a weather sorting page. Students sort pictures related to sunny and rainy weather. This page is for identifying the current weather and temperature. The student removes the correct picture from the four choices and places it in the bold box beneath. This page is for identifying colors of clothes. This is a great one to work on color identification. It also can help lead to longer sentences (with PECS or vocally). Instead of saying, "I wear shirt," sentences can be lengthened to "I wear read shirt." This also helps students when trying to identify wants (i.e. "I want the blue sucker" instead of just "I want sucker." The student removes the correct colors from the bottom of the page and places it next to the correct clothing item at the top of the page.

Social skills include behavior skills!!! Students need to work on both. Teachers want behavior support for students. Here are worksheets about self-control, transitions, work behaviors, requesting a break, taking turns with technology and interacting with others. Over 650 positive reviews! See the preview. Behavior Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs help teach social and behavior skills. Thank you in advance for your feedback. These behavior skills printables will work well for any students whose special needs include developmental delays or it may work for younger students in primary grades who need behavior support to learn to be more aware of their behavior. The printables can supplement any curriculum or they can be used daily as a discussion starter for developing appropriate behavior skills. This packet includes behavior skills related worksheets that require variations in response styles for many answers. (Ex. matching, cutting, circling, and pasting.) This is part of a bundle: Skills Printables MEGA Bundle (Social, Personal, Language, Executive & more) or the Social Skills Bundle (Behavior Skills, Play Skills, Social Skills). The skills are broken up into 4 sections: Self-Monitoring, Transitions, Work Behaviors and Being Around Others. SELF-MONITORING Self Control Self-Control Cards In Control or Out of Control? Self-Control 2 Self Monitoring Self-Monitoring Checklist 1 Self-Monitoring Checklist 2 Emotional Control Staying Seated in Class Is This Good Behavior? Behavior Choices (Field of 2) Breathe In, Breathe Out Count to Ten These are Things That Help Me… These are Things That Calm Me… How I Feel What Should She do? Classroom Rules Organize This Desk TRANSITIONS What Order is This? A Change in the Schedule Making A Schedule Cards to Help with Change Making a Reading Schedule Make Your Own Reading Schedule Ways to Ask for the Bathroom Bathroom Routine Groups What’s the Deal with Transition? During Math Tina Does This Mini Schedule Template Transition Phrases Group Directions Group Directions vs. Individual Directions Waiting Area Standing in Line Who is Lining Up Correctly? Hallway Behaviors Transition Objects Can you Carry That? WORK BEHAVIORS Finish the Pattern (Work First, Then Play) I am Working For It ! Make Your Own Incentive Chart Expected Behaviors for Work Time Alternatives to Hitting Behaviors for Work Time Interfering Behaviors Using Headphones to Cancel Noise Request a Break Off Task (Visual Cue) Activity Schedule First, Next Schedule 3 Steps to Following Directions These are Things That I Would Work For… Task Analysis Avoid Task Avoidance BEING AROUND OTHERS Stamp Out Un-Expected Behaviors (Bring in Expected Behaviors) Non-Edible Objects Good Behavior I Don’t Want to Do This Hands Off Aggressive Behaviors You Want to get an Item: What Can you Do? Nodding Yes or No What is a Tantrum? Why is He Doing This? Giving Up a Turn on Technology Drinking Your Own Drink What Can I do With My Hands? It’s Too Loud in Here Not all of the Time Exercise What Helps Me Calm Down? Behavior Words Keeping Property Safe Keeping Property Safe 2 Connect with Autism Classroom: Newsletter - Instagram *Click the green star next to the store name to follow this store and get updates! **This product is for one teacher in one classroom. Standard copyright laws apply.** If you are looking for Social Skills lessons as well, click here: Skills Printables MEGA Bundle (Social, Personal, Language, Executive & more) Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism. Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism: School License (1-5 Users). Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism: School License (6-10 Users). Related Products Autism, Special Education, Kindergarten- Fine Motor Task Cards. Writing Skills for Students with Autism & Special Needs (Expressive Writing). Morning Work for Students with Autism (September & October). Play Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs. Support for social skills and behavior skills, support to help students with calm down techniques. ©Autism Classroom 2016. This license is for the purchaser of this product and may not be distributed electronically except for use in the purchaser's classroom. Additional licenses can be purchased through TPT. Standard copyright laws apply.

Also known as ‘brain breaks’ & ‘movement breaks’, these sensory break activities develop gross motor skills, improve self-regulation & help with behavior management in the classroom while also helping kids focus & learn!

Reinforce the concept of symmetry with these easy to print and prep math centers. These activities for symmetry are hands-on, and engaging.

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Tying knots is very challenging for preschool age children and so today we "loosely" explored the process of tying a knot together... Even though not all of my students were quite able to master this process, we did have some amazing teamwork and support for one