Creating a Calming Center in Your Classroom: A Guide for Special Education Teachers
5 Ways to Help Teachers Remember to Take Attendance
Mornings are so busy, the last thing most teachers are thinking about is submitting attendance when there are students to say hello to, notes to read, lesson details to finalize, kids to help, etc! So, how can a teacher actually remember to take attendance?
Here are some tried and true ideas from seasoned teachers who shared their strategies on the BSE Facebook page. Check them out and let us know which one ends up working best for you!
A More Inclusive Halloween: Supports for Special Needs while Trick or Treating
Halloween is always so much fun for kids, because, well, candy...and special needs kids are no exception!
Here's a few ways to help individuals with special needs have an enjoyable trick-or-treating experience this year: including multiple AAC supports, a free social story, links to wheelchair cover costumes, teal pumpkin treats, and more!
How to Say Trick or Treat for Non-Verbal Kids
Hopefully, most people are kind enough to pass out candy to every trick-or-treater who comes to their door with their bag open regardless of whether or not they say trick or treat, but it's also fun to be able to participate in saying "trick or treat".
Here are a few unique ways that non-verbal kids can say trick-or-treat!
Teaching Money Skills in Special Education
When teaching life skill math, make sure that what you are teaching is able to be transferred to life outside of the classroom. Seriously, you don't want to waste your time (and your students' time) on skills that won't be used in the real world!
One of the easiest ways to do this when teaching money is to make sure the materials in your classroom are realistic.
Realistic Cash Register
I don't know why, but every "play" cash register I have found has spots for 3 bills. Why? I wish I knew! Pretty sure all normal cash registers have 4 (and maybe some bank specific ones have more). So when working with money in your classroom, buy a cash register drawer (amazon affiliate link) to use instead of a play cash register. It is just about the same price as the play version from Lakeshore learning!
Use Pretend Money...but Realistic Money
5 NO PREP Resources for St. Patrick's Day and March Special Education
Thankful Turkey Journal and Craft Activity for Special Education
The act of gratitude is important for everyone, and that includes our students with disabilities. It might be hard for our non-verbal students to express what they are thankful for, so I created these differentiated thankful turkeys to help!
Symbol Support
With this thankful turkey resource, students will be able to use the symbols to help them think about and choose the things they are thankful for. Then they can paste them on a turkey or on a journal to show what they are thankful for.