Take a look at my 5 Christmas task boxes that I use in my self-contained classroom. These help keep my students engaged through the holidays!
Simple holiday crafts are a great way to allow your students more independence through adapted visual directions and hands on materials.
Resources that will help your students stay engaged in group instruction during the holidays. That includes interactive books and morning meeting materials.
Center activities are a great way to teach students about holidays. Add these 5 special ed centers for Christmas in your rotation this year!
Navigating the holidays with special needs requires care and planning. It is also exhausting. I am tired. Really tired. Not so much from a lack of sleep, although I am that kind of tired too. No, I am more weary, soul tired. My limbs feel heavy as I move through my days, and find I...
Last Friday I took my students to the mall to go shopping for their family members. Thankfully, parents sent in lists so that they, um, I... didn't have to guess what everyone in their family would want for Christmas. I don't know about your students, but my students love to shop for the things that they like...not necessarily what others would like. We need to practice this more in the classroom, so I created some worksheets and am sharing those with you!
Are you looking for simple winter craft ideas for your special education classroom? Look no more! Here are 4 easy winter craft ideas for you!
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
I’m always amazed that the holidays seem to appear out of nowhere. None the less, I L-O-V-E Christmas time!!! It’s the perfect time of the year to add fun into lessons, get kiddos up and moving and to teach about kindness. Today I am highlighting some of the activities that we have fun with in ... Read More about Christmas Time In The Special Ed. Classroom
Are you looking for simple winter craft ideas for your special education classroom? Look no more! Here are 4 easy winter craft ideas for you!
[Source: The Sensory Spectrum] In my parent Facebook Group, Voices of SPD, several parents were asking for recommendations for Christmas stocking stuffers. The problem is, there are hundreds of great sensory stocking stuffers out there! But I know how tough it can be to whittle down the list and choose. While sensory kids have different sensory needs, here is a broad range […]
NOW also available as interactive worksheets on Google Slides! Designed for non-to-beginning readers, symbol support helps students be more successful at reading! These life skill reading passages are all about winter holiday celebrations, specifically: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. There are 10 different stories along with reading comprehension activities for each included in this packet. Each story includes: a short 4-5 sentence story, a cut and paste cloze (fill in the blank) activity, and a quiz. Appropriate for all ages! Get the add-on version without symbols HERE. Check out more visual reading comprehension packs here. _____________ Widget symbols used with permission.
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
These Christmas, Winter, Holiday Elf preposition "Where is the Elf? Printable Emergent Reader books show elves in different "naughty" or unexpected locations including "in," "behind," "on," "under," and more...Includes- matching prepositions (icons) following directions to put the elf in the differe...
Christmas vocabulary with visual prompts for Special Education, autism, and speech therapy! Holiday words with "wh" sorting and matching Christmas vocabulary activity is a high interest reading activity to help students remain focused and on task! Oh "what" fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh! Enjoy 45 real-life picture/word vocabulary Christmas flashcards associated with the Christmas season. SORT, MATCH, DESCRIBE, WRITE ABOUT, or READ with holiday joy! Print two sets for matching. The cards included in this 45 picture set are: "WHO", "WHAT?", "WHEN?", "WHERE?" Sorting Visual Cards "WHO" : Santa Claus, elf, dog, cat, baby, family, Mrs. Claus, grandma, grandpa, caroler "WHEN": Christmas morning, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas night, Black Friday, Cyber Monday "WHAT": candle, angels, nativity scene, nutcracker, holly, candy cane, Christmas tree, gingerbread house, gingerbread man, snowball, snowman, wreath, reindeer, bell, lights, ornament, stocking, letter, sleigh, gift, mistletoe, star, chimney "WHERE": North Pole, home, school party, church, mall, Santa's workshop SUGGESTED IEP GOAL ALIGNMENT: Given a set of "wh" pictures (related to a holiday), STUDENT will ____________ (verbally state, describe, match, write about, read) the picture and description with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR. Debbie http://www.AutismEducators.com Terms Copyright © AutismEducators.com. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clip art credits.
Take a look at my 5 Christmas task boxes that I use in my self-contained classroom. These help keep my students engaged through the holidays!
5 Book Activities for Tough Cookie by Edward Hemingway. Each book activity is adapted for your special education classroom.
December Holidays are here! Here are 4 books to celebrate December and Christmas in your special education classroom and how to use them.
5 Activities for Santa's Lost Reindeer a popular and funny book about Christmas. All book activities are adapted for special ed.
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
These adapted books about Christmas are perfect for the holiday season. Students can follow directions to decorate a gingerbread house, build a snowman, decorate a Christmas tree, and set up a Nativity. Plus, each interactive book has two levels built in so you only have two prep once to use with students of varying abilities. I love that you only have to prep one book and it is appropriate for a range of different levels in your class. See how below: Ways to Use this Interactive Book with Multiple Levels: Interactive Pieces Level 1: Students match the picture from each page to the bottom choice page while they read. Level 2: Students take off the picture from the choice page and match to the page to follow the direction. Students might start off needing to be read the directions to build the snowman or decorate the gingerbread house, etc. but then as they get used to it, they can sequence on their own from memory! Bonus: Three play doh mats included! Prep these books using lamination and velcro! ☆☆Check out more Christmas resources HERE!☆☆ ____________________ Get connected! ✎ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for lots of great ideas and sales! ☞Love adapted books? Check out these sentence starter adapted books here.
December is here! I have pulled out all my winter holiday stories and we are ready to have as much holly jolly thematic fun as possible. Although most of my students have come back to see me in the clinic, I am still doing a few teletherapy sessions a week. A few weeks ago one of my teletherapy students told me a joke at the beginning of our session. I loved how it just lightened the mood and started our session out on a happy note. So now, I start all my sessions out with a joke! Since it's no secret I love a good theme, of course my jokes need to be themed as well. I have been searching the internet for the best, kid approved seasonal jokes. I wanted to compile a list of Christmas themed jokes here to share. So here are 15 Christmas jokes approved to tell in speech, enjoy!! (If you have any, please share. The cornier the better!) What does an elf study in school? The elfabet! What do snowmen eat for breakfast? Frosted Flakes! Why do mummies like Christmas so much? Because of all the wrapping! What do you call Santa when he stops moving? Santa Pause! What happens if you eat the Christmas decorations? You get tinselitus! What is a cow's favorite holiday? MOO-year's Day! What did the gingerbread man put under his blanket? A cookie sheet! What do you call a greedy elf? Elfish! Why did's Rudolph get a good report card? He went down in history! What is another name for Santa's little helpers? Subordinate Clause What did one snowman say to the other? You're cool! How much did Santa's sleigh cost? Nothing! It was on the house! What kind of music do elves like? Wrap music! What does Santa use to keep his house clean? Comet! What's the difference in a Christmas alphabet and the regular alphabet? The Christmas alphabet has NOEL!
I’ve rounded up my winter holiday activities that are perfect for independent work and instruction of basic academics, next dollar and money skills, and language skills. #christmas #hanukkah #specialeducation
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
These Christmas Prepositions Hands-on manipulatives, mat, flashcards, and slideshow are a fun way to expose students to prepositions including on top, in, under, and more... Students can follow along with their own tree and star manipulatives while watching the slideshow on an interactive whiteboard. or Use as an independent work task with hands-on manipulatives and flashcards! Includes -tree and star manipulatives -prepositions mat -PDF slideshow -PowerPoint slideshow (must have powerpoint- if you don't the PDF can be viewed in presentation mode.) -8 flashcards
5 Adapted activities for the classic book, the Biggest Christmas Tree ever. These activities are adapted for your special education class.
Last Friday I took my students to the mall to go shopping for their family members. Thankfully, parents sent in lists so that they, um, I... didn't have to guess what everyone in their family would want for Christmas. I don't know about your students, but my students love to shop for the things that they like...not necessarily what others would like. We need to practice this more in the classroom, so I created some worksheets and am sharing those with you!
Find out how I plan my Letters to Santa activity for my special education students and download a free Santa Letter template.
A Special Education Teacher, OT, and others share their recommendations for sensory toys for autistic and disabled children; plus how to use them effectively.
We love this one! Here are some fun Would You Rather Questions to use during the Holiday Season. Great for stimulating conversation! [Source: Minds in Bloom] Download this Fun Freebie from Minds In Bloom dup 121418
Every year, I try to think of a creative gift that my special eduction students can make their parents that isn't too childish and one that parents will really appreciate.
Special Education Ornament, Special Ed Ornament, Gift for Special Ed Teacher, Present for Special Ed Teacher, Gift for Special Ed Student - 3" round/heart/oval/star shaped ceramic ornaments. - 1-sided design. - Glossy finish for vibrant image reproduction. - Gold-tone string for hanging. - Printed and shipped from the USA.
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
Can you believe it’s almost time for the holidays!? I am SO EXCITED. Especially to spend the holiday’s with our puppy, Brody! He is pretty excited too (and just got neutered poor guy)! This season is all about THEME work. The fun themes tricks our kiddos into working hard on their goals and skills & […]
A blog about autism resources and support from a special ed teacher with first-hand experience.
Editor’s Note: This week’s pin of the week is from a currently inactive blog. I believe Speech Lady Liz is not currently working in pediatrics. Regardless, this blog still has some fantastic ideas for school based speech and language clinicians. [Source: Speech Lady Liz] We made Christmas trees out of articulation words that are winter themed. […]
5 Adapted activities for the classic book, the Biggest Christmas Tree ever. These activities are adapted for your special education class.
Christmas can be a difficult time for autistic children. The smells, sounds and lights could be too much for them and if not managed well c...
These adapted books about Christmas are perfect for the holiday season. Real pictures make it appropriate for every age level! Plus, each interactive book has two levels built in so you only have two prep once to use with students of varying abilities. Digital download - print and prep these yourself! Christmas: Works on the sentence starter " I see ___" and various Christmas vocabulary. Christmas Gifts: Includes the repetitive sentence, "This is for you!" and works on various people's names (ex. mom, grandpa, neighbor, sister, teacher, etc) and includes symbol support for those names as well. *This book also focuses on GIVING rather than receiving presents. Each page has an optional top text to read (for more advanced readers) and a simple bottom sentence for everyone to read. I love that you only have to print one book and it is appropriate for a range of different levels in your class. See how below: Ways to Use this Interactive Book with Multiple Levels: Reading You Read - I Read Option: Adult/tutor reads top section, student reads predictable text at the bottom section (great for beginning readers/ speakers or device users). Level 1: Beginning readers only read bottom sentence. They may or may not read the smaller words (such as “the”) Level 2: Advanced readers read the entire page. Interactive Pieces Level 1: Students match the picture from the choice page to each page while they read. Level 2: Students take off the picture from each page and match to the word on the choice page. Want a prepped and shipped version of these books? Grab those here.
All year long we advocate for our students. We offer services in the classroom and provide strategies to teachers to include our special needs students. On social media, I see lots of SLPs promoting businesses that work at inclusion too, like Toys ‘R Us who offers sensory friendly shopping events. The holidays are probably the toughest […]
I’ve rounded up my winter holiday activities that are perfect for independent work and instruction of basic academics, next dollar and money skills, and language skills. #christmas #hanukkah #specialeducation
Travel to 12 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this holidays around the world bundle. Crafted for specialed.
In November, I totally spaced and my kids didn't finish their turkey art projects until the day before Thanksgiving, so we never got them out in the hall for display! So this month, I am starting EARLY. This week, we have been focusing on gingerbread men! First off, we watched/listened to this version of the gingerbread man story. I liked it because it has the words on the bottom for the kids to read along, but has enough pictures/action that the kids stay engaged. The kids really seemed to like it. I created a short quiz here for FREE about the video. Next, we made our own gingerbread men. WHoo-hoo, in time to hang them up in the hall before Christmas! I used this mainly as a communication activity to work on Picture Exchange Communication System as well as increasing my students' length of sentences. I gave them the gingerbread man, but then they had to request for all the pieces to glue on. I cut the gingerbread men out using a die-cut, and then drew/cut out the accessories on my own. Here, a student is requesting using a single picture for "gloves." And here, a student is requesting using a full sentence "I want orange scarf." Other students (who can talk) were expected to use similar language, but spoken instead of using pictures. Then, I found this cute gingerbread activity on starfall.com. You get to create your own gingerbread man using shapes and colors. My kids enjoyed this as well.
Simple holiday crafts are a great way to allow your students more independence through adapted visual directions and hands on materials.
