Task Boxes are important to practice mastered skills, work independently, and gain life skills to be successful in their special education curriculum!

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 […]

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 […]

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!

Start your fine motor skills task box collection with this free set of playdough activity cards! This freebie also includes a label and instructions.

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 […]

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 […]

From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!

Do you want to try task boxes, but think your students are too high for them? They aren’t! I find it easier to do higher level academics in task boxes than coming up with new ways to practice lower level skills such as “put in”. This post may include affiliate links. First, let’s talk about ... Read More about Higher Level Academics In Task Boxes

Starting a task box center and system in your special education classroom is a way to increase student independence and free up staff.

*New Larger Size Task Box: Stock the Hygiene Products CBI | Job Skills | Life Skills | Vocational Education| Special Education Task Boxes are the perfect way to promote Independence in any Special Education Classroom. They are engaging, Build Fine Motor Skills, Reinforce IEP Goals, and Teach a variety of Skills & Levels! Engaging life skills task box activity to support learning basic skills. Students will sort a variety of hygiene products into the correct category. This resource consists of age- appropriate, REAL hygiene product pictures products to be categorized. Also supports students as they prepare for real-world shopping or working in a retail setting. ​ INCLUDES: Activity Label 63 Sorting pieces Category Labels with pictures & words *See preview for more details and Task Box Information Look for more learning resources in my TPT Store Connect with me: Facebook and ETSY HOW CAN YOU EARN TPT CREDITS? When you leave feedback, TpT rewards you with credits that you can use toward future purchases. I welcome all  feedback! It  helps me improve and create better resources.

Task cards and boxes are a great way to help your students complete activities independently, build fine motor skills, and practice the tasks they need to master.

Special Education Task Box- Sort the Medicine Task Boxes are a great tool for special education classrooms. They support students in developing skills such as problem-solving, decision-making, communication, fine motor skills, independent skills and much more. The task is created with REAL Pictures to increase engagement and real life application. CBI | Job Skills | Life Skills | Vocational Education| Special Education Just a few of the benefits of task boxes: Promote Independence, Engaging, Build Fine Motor Skills, Reinforce IEP Goals, Teach a variety of Skills & Levels! Includes: Inside Box Labels with words, Outside Box Label & 30 sorting pieces. *PLASTIC BOXES SHOWN ARE AVAILABLE AT DOLLAR TREE* Look for more learning resources in my TPT Store Connect with me: Facebook and ETSY (pre-made task boxes here) HOW CAN YOU EARN TPT CREDITS? When you leave feedback, TpT rewards you with credits that you can use toward future purchases. I welcome all  feedback! It  helps me improve and create better resources.

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Looking for a way to organize independent work time for your special education classroom? Students gain more independent and personal responsibility skills with an organized Especially Education Task Box Independent Work Station. Ideas to organize task boxes for independent time or for work time.

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I could never say enough positive things about using a work box system in the classroom-- for any child. I've used them with typically developing peers in the classroom as well and it's an amazing way to in-bed practice and skill maintenance, all while working on attending to a task as well. Over the summer I did a whole post on how I structure this system in my classroom. You can check it out {here}. But one thing I've never done is actually post photos of the activities I have in my boxes. My boxes have grown since I last posted a photo this summer. I have 83 work boxes available in my classroom at all times. I know that sounds like the only thing that make up the shelves in my classroom are work boxes, but I promise it's not. It might be close, but it's not! I don't have a lot of remaining storage in my classroom. So to constantly be changing out activities and finding a storage system for previous activities is a little challenging for me. So I prefer to just have a lot of boxes available. We also need a high number of boxes to complete each day. Let's break it down. I have 10 students total, 8 of whom complete work boxes at some point doing the day. Children complete anywhere between 1-10 boxes a day. Right now, as a class, we are completing 28 boxes a day. We come to school 4 days a week, so that's completing 112 boxes a week. And planning so strategically that a child doesn't repeat a box during the week. It's a huge planning challenge. And my paras are awesome at catching my goofs! I'm hoping to come across some appropriate shelving between now and the end of the year to expand our boxes even more. Sounds crazy I know, but it will make the planning challenge so much easier when there is a larger amount to pick from. So the whole point of this post-- what's in the boxes?! I use a combination of handmade activities, printable activities, and existing manipulatives from my classroom to make up my boxes. Our lowest tasks are simple "put-in" activities and our higher tasks include activities like capital and lowercase matching using clothespins and sight word matching mats. I've been trying to come up with more and more put-in activities so that's what I'm going to share with you today. In another post I'll share another category. For this activity I saved a small peanut can from the grocery store. (Yes I washed it out) I simply cut slits in the lid--these lids are super easy to cut into which is nice. It's the perfect height for dropping these mini popsicle sticks into. This activity is another saved container- an almond one. I have saved a ton of these! They are a great size and again, the lids are easy to cut into. This one has a circle in the middle of the lid and heart erasers to put into the container. This activity I found on pinterest. I simply saved a Parmesan cheese shaker, washed it out and added q-tips. When students open the box the cheese shaker is already open. (It would be too challenging for my little guys to get open independently- it's tough!) This task I clearly didn't make. It is courtesy of Lakeshore Learning. Students simply place the buttons in. This jar is one of three included in the pack and can be purchased by clicking {here}. If you wanted to make a more challenging task for a student you could place two jars into one task box so the student has to sort as well. This is the second jar included in the Lakeshore pack. I used another almond container for the activity. And obviously a hole punch to put the holes in the lid. Students have to put the beads into the container through the holes. I saw someone else blog about these small paint containers they found at the Dollar Store. They really are great! I bought four of them and used one for this work box. Students simply push the pom-poms into the container. This activity is similar to the Lakeshore bucket with buttons. I found the small yellow containers at the Dollar Tree in the baby section. They come in a multi-pack which is nice, BUT, they are a pain to cut holes in the top. It's a much harder plastic than I thought, and it cracked in the corners. If I hadn't gone through so much trouble to cut the slot in, I probably would have used another almond container. This was one of the first work box activities I made. I recycled a cookie dough container and cut holes in the lid. Then students just have to put pom-poms into the holes. I'd like to re-do this container at some point because most students catch on that the middle hole is big enough to just drop the pom-pom in versus pushing it through the hole. I don't know if you would call this a "put in" task, but I do. They're putting pegs in a peg board! I can also guarantee you that this peg board is older than I am. For this activity students push down the lever on the gumball machine to get a stone out, then they have to place the stone in the container. I liked the idea of students using their index finger to get the lever done-- additional fine motor practice. Sometimes more than one stone may come out, but that's okay. So there you have it. Those are our current "put in" activities. I hope you get some new ideas for your own work boxes from these. Next I'll share our sorting activities.

⭐Are you a self-contained special education teacher? If so, you know how important it is to have routine and structure every single day in your classroom. Task boxes are a great way to set up systematic routines for your students. These life skills task boxes cover a wide variety of skills. I have included sets using both real photos and clip art images. These sets come in multiple formats (multiple choice and find the answer) to ensure that all of your students can participate! The "find the answer sets" are great to use with your students requiring a smaller field choice or using eye gaze for a mode of response. Included sets: Healthy or Unhealthy Fruit or Vegetable Day or Night Opposites Things that go together Same or Different Left or Right Emotions Behavior Choices Household Items Community Signs Comparing Sizes Where Does it Belong? Eat this, not that Dressing for the Seasons What do you need? How will this product help my students? -This set of life skill task box activities covers SO many basic skills that provide extra practice and review for early and exceptional learners. -These are fun, simple and easy to store! -They are great grab and go tools to have on hand at all times! -Some of the sets are Velcro activities, while some could be used with clothespins or dry erase markers. -You decide how to use each set based on the levels and needs of your students. -Check out the PREVIEW to view everything included! *Please note these are available in my Task Box Activities BUNDLE. If you own my bundle please re-download and enjoy the updated products! This pack could be used as daily practice and review, a basic skills assessment tool, centers, small group instruction, IEP goals, task boxes, morning work, early finisher, independent work and more! I would love to hear how you use this pack in your feedback! Grab yours today! :) For durability print on card stock and laminate. Find me on: Facebook:R eaching Exceptional Learners Instagram:r eachingexceptionallearners Blog: www.reachingexceptionallearners.com _________________________________________________________________ I teach in a self-contained classroom with no standard curriculum. I purchase or make everything for my students in order to have individualized materials to meet the needs of each student.Creating things for my students has become a passion of mine and I truly love sharing my work to help others. If you like what you see, want updates on NEW & FREE products, go ahead and click "FOLLOW" to stay up to date on everything in my store! Want to earn free credits to get future products at a reduced price or NO COST? Simply leave feedback on this product, or any purchased products you have made. This will allow you to earn credits towards future purchases! Thank you again, I hope you and your students enjoy this product!

From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!