Work boxes special education life skills

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 space on "Fun Fridays" for cooking, we decided to use the space to teach our students some basic functional life skills. Daily Living Skills It can never be too early to

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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?…

Using task boxes in your elementary classroom is a great way to stay organized. As a beginning teacher, you can create these task boxes and use it year after year. Task boxes in special education classroom are perfect for independent stations. My special ed students can easily go to the independent center and get out exactly what they need. My teaching them the expectation of the organization it also helps them. Task boxes activities for special ed students can be about anything!

If you think task boxes and work tasks are just for elementary school, think again. Task boxes are a great way to practice functional skills your students will need for independent living. But if you’re struggling to find age-appropriate tax box ideas for your secondary special education students, I’ve got you covered! Here are 40+ task box and work bin activities you can use in your life skills classroom to practice vocational skills and life skills. Find them all here.

It’s been a while since I linked up for Workbasket Wednesday, but I finally snapped some pictures of my Workbaskets and just had to share them with you all! Check out these adorable Back to School tasks with a focus on fine motor skills! This task has been a classroom favorite. Students use the ... Read More about Workbasket Wednesday!

Little Miss Kimberly Ann: "Put in" task boxes. Love these, so simple!

I’m back to talk more about independent work stations. I don’t know if you’ve realized, but I’m basically obsessed with them. I think I’ve written about independent work stations at least a half dozen times on this blog if not more! I love them because not only do they provide an opportunity to teach students ... Read More about 5 Mistakes you are Making in your Independent Work Stations

Teaching our students to play independently is such an important functional skill! First, if a student can play independently at school, then it can give teachers/staff the time to prep materials for the next activity, to pull small groups or to do 1:1 instruction. At home, independent play is just as important! If a child is able to play independently, then a parent can cook a meal or shower without being interrupted! I know a lot of teachers don't take the time to teach independent play…