Fun special education activities

In you special needs class, do you have any behavior issues? Any kids that are over-responsive or just the opposite, under-responsive? YOU.NEED.HEAVY.WORK. I cannot stress enough how much of a DRASTIC change we saw in some of our special thinkers when we began implementing this work system into their daily routine. Here's some info on

A free printable for fine motor task cards. Help kids strengthen their fine motor skills with these easy activities!

101 sensory play activities for kids with autism to help strengthen the brain’s neural pathways by stimulating the 5 senses to facilitate learning!

Visuals for special education students are a must! Inside my special education classroom, there are 5 steps that I do to make visuals in the classroom easy to use. First, it’s important to have teacher lanyard visuals and to wear them daily. It’s equally important to implement and use visual prompts for kids. Visual schedules, visual supports for behavior, visual task analysis in special education, and more. Special education classroom visuals will make your day run more smoothly.

Independent sitting is an important milestone! In this blog post, I’m sharing five effective ways to promote independent sitting in early childhood special education. I talk about adaptive seating and positioning, sensory integration activities, as well as functional play and games. I also talk about fine motor activities and how these promote independent sitting. Learn more now!

Make lesson planning easier by repeating activities. Keep reading to find out how each life skills activity is different each day.

These sight word activities are so easy to prepare! You can use them for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade -and even older students! I can see how many of these would work for kids in special education, too. #sightwords #teachingreading

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How are you using task systems in your multiple disability classroom? In this blog post I go over activity rotations that you can incorporate to find independent work that fits for all of your multiple disability students. I include a list of all my special education activities such as bead bars, sensory boards, and swinging bear that are all great ways to involve sound, texture and color. Read through all of my special education ideas on implementing a structured activity rotation here.