Task boxes can be highly beneficial for special education students for several reasons: They provide structured learning by way of presenting learning materials in an organized way, they provide visual supports, repetition & practice, and skill generalization. Task boxes can also be customized to meet each individual student’s needs and IEP goals, promote independence, and […]
Do you want to work on life skills in your classroom? Are you looking for hands-on special education life skills activities that your students will love? If so, you've come to the right place. Because today, I'm sharing my top 10 life skills activities that you can do in your classroom. 1. Washing Hands One
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!
Make lesson planning easier by repeating activities. Keep reading to find out how each life skills activity is different each day.
Teach lindependent living skills through reading comprehension to high school students. Age appropriate content for students in special education.
Ah Monday mornings... You just had fun all weekend and suddenly are back to reality. And oh my goodness, you forgot that you were going to put together a lesson plan and now you are scrambling...NEVER AGAIN! I planned all of my Monday morning lesson plans for the YEAR with this one language arts / social skills activity.
Free Life Skills Worksheets For Highschool Students And Free Life Skills Worksheets For Special Needs Students Pdf
Community outings can help teach students in a natural environment. Grab your free printables for high school students today and start practicing...
Money, money, money, money, monnnnnney... So most of my students probably won't have to pay bills, but who knows maybe some of them will. Even if they never pay a bill in their life I figure it's good to know what's going on - because someone in their life is paying for all the things they have. So with this activity, I expect that my students will know what a bill is, the things we have to pay for (electricity, phones, internet, etc), and that money is need to pay for things - all good concepts for better understanding life. And if they can actually learn how to pay a bill on their own, even better! So technically, I use this activity and worksheet in our math class, but we use a lot of reading skills as well, so it can totally be for language arts too. I give my students a bill - I don't simplify them at all but will highlight some of the key info for some students (you can find a variety of bills to use with a simple google search) - and the fun begins!! We go over this many times as a class and we look for basic information such as due date, amount due, account number, company name, and address. This worksheet has all these items listed so students can record them as they find them, as well as address an envelope (I know you don't actually have to address the envelope when paying a bill, but it's a good skill to have!) and write out a check. I also project this worksheet right onto my whiteboard so I can fill in the worksheet along with them. When writing a check I obviously have students sign their name...and one time I wrote "your name" on the signature line up on my whiteboard as an example. Can you see where this is going? :) Definitely had two students write "your name" on their paper...lol I love my students! And now for part 2 of this post: I saw this linky party at A Turn to Learn and HAD to join! The theme is funny things your students said this week. Well, since I didn't see any students these week (Christmas break, yay!!!), I'll share one of my favorites that happened last year: Student: Mrs. Holtrop, are you pregnant? Me: (shocked) Um, no. Why do you ask? Student: Well, uh, don't those things take about nine months and you've been married for... (student starts counting on his fingers) Me: Uhhh, that's not quite how it works. Student: Wait, but I thought that once you... Me: (Quickly interrupting) Nope and, um, what are you working on, oh yes let's work on math. :) Wish you could have been there. Head over to A Turn to Learn and link up - I love this idea for a linky party and will love to read what your students have said!
Life skills may need to be specifically trained in kids with disabilities, often though chaining methods. 100+ Indepent Living Skills Checklist included in this post.
Community outings can help teach students in a natural environment. Grab your free printables for high school students today and start practicing...
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Uh oh, these shapes have been split in two! Find each shape's other half to create a symmetrical shape.
Made For Me Literacy provides special education teachers with engaging, comprehensive reading units meticulously crafted with special learners in mind covering various subject areas, including basic reading, writing, math, science, and fine motor skills.
Resources, tips, and materials to help you, help children with autism
Freedom Homeschooling lists free homeschool life skills electives for all grades. Home economics, personal finance, auto repair, and more!
What vocational targets for students with Autism do you need to hit in your class to make them job ready? Read on… and FREE Materials to help!| NoodleNook
Worksheets are an easy way to save time prepping lessons but also to make sure you have data without a lot of counting. Find out how in this post.
This is an amazing list with blog links for 100+ Montessori Practical Life Skills. I have also included a free printable check list for homeschoolers.
The Setting Life Goals worksheet serves as an effective motivation builder, which can also help to provide direction for therapy. Give your clients an...
This is a bundle of all of my 27 social skills worksheets. This bundle includes the following worksheets that are offered separately: Interrupting, Conflict Resolution, Peer Pressure, Apologizing, Personal Space, Self Control, Interrupting Others, and my friend worksheets: What is a Friend, How to be a Friend, and who is your friend. It also includes 18 new worksheets: Common Courtesy Apologizing (2) Listening (2) Waiting Your Turn Dealing With Losing Asking Appropriate Questions Telling The Truth Friendship Boundaries Public vs Private Cause and Effect Waiting Your Turn When Names Hurt My Manners (2) Getting to Know Someone Minding My Own Business
Make lesson planning easier by repeating activities. Keep reading to find out how each life skills activity is different each day.
It's one thing to do worksheets that have word problems involving money, but being able to transfer money skills in the community is another skill to master. Here are some ideas to prepare your students for the community and beyond!
I think one of the best parts of being a special education teacher is being able to cook in your classroom! Seriously though, cooking is an important life skill for all of our students to have. Being able to independently make a snack or a meal is HUGE for our kiddos. Plus, there's so many other academic skills that can be worked on while cooking, such as reading, math, and language! Not to mention that cooking (and food) can be super motivating as well.
Teach functional life skills in special education. Prepare your students to transition into independent living with social skills resources.
Learn how to teach life skills in special education using chaining methods (ABA). Examples for backward, forward and total-task chaining.
Free Life Skills File Folder Activities for the independent work station in special education classrooms. Practice life skills for community integration!
Ah Monday mornings... You just had fun all weekend and suddenly are back to reality. And oh my goodness, you forgot that you were going to put together a lesson plan and now you are scrambling...NEVER AGAIN! I planned all of my Monday morning lesson plans for the YEAR with this one language arts / social skills activity.
Learn how to teach life skills in special education using chaining methods (ABA). Examples for backward, forward and total-task chaining.
A bank of life skills or independent living goals to get motivation from as well as guidelines on how to writing IEP goals the correct way.
Ideas and resources for special education students to pracitce job skills during remote learning or when when you return to campus.
In my very first self-contained classroom, I was lucky enough to have an instructional kitchen attached to my classroom. Instead of only utilizing that spac ...
Here are a few games for kids with Autism suggestions to use in your classroom. There are also many ways you can play these games...
A bank of life skills or independent living goals to get motivation from as well as guidelines on how to writing IEP goals the correct way.
As Special Educators we know how important it is for our students to learn certain skills in the environment they will be making use of them.
Free Life Skills Worksheets For Highschool Students And Free Life Skills Worksheets For Special Needs Students Pdf
In my very first self-contained classroom, I was lucky enough to have an instructional kitchen attached to my classroom. Instead of only utilizing that spac ...
A day in the life of an adult transition program catering to students with moderate to severe learning disabilities. Our main focus is life skills, social skills, job skills, and community awareness.
It’s important for our students to understand basic facts about themselves and where they live and go to school. The All About Me Adapted Work Binder helps them master that information so that they can interact safely with the world around them. All About Me: Learning Life Skills When your students are out and about […]
