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Establishing a goodbye ritual in an early childhood special education classroom

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!

Empower AAC users with this list of free printable adapted books. Explore a wealth of resources to improve communication and language skills. Access 400 valuable tools to support AAC communication and learning.

Alphabet games, ABC sensory bins and moving with letters! Let us help keep letter learning fun with this awesome list of letter activities for preschool!

Setting up IEP work bins was one of the biggest game changers in my special education classroom. These individualized learning stations hold materials to target specific IEP goals for your students and can be tailored to their specific needs. If you want to set up IEP work bins in your special education classroom, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will learn the benefits of IEP work bins and 5 ways you can set them up in your classroom, including my favorite, color coded IEP work…

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

Fun fine motor activities for preschool and kindergarten - morning work tubs - literacy centers - fine motor centers - cut and paste - scissor skills - hole punch - tracing - preschool - kindergarten - back to school prep #kindergarten #preschool

FREE printable book activity for toddlers to go along with Eric Carle's Brown Bear book. Great for toddlers and preschoolers who are learning colors and animals!

Just a Dot, Not a Lot! is a free download for your students to practice using a glue bottle.

Free Playdough Task Cards Fine Motor Skills Box Activity - This resource is great for kindergarten or preschool!

Discover the benefits of heavy work centers in your special education classroom. From muscle development to sensory integration, heavy work centers can be beneficial to all students in a special education classroom. On this post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about heavy work centers including what they are, how to set up a heavy work center, what to put in a heavy work center, and how they can benefit your special education students. Learn more here.

Looking for hands-on, easy to prep morning tub ideas for kindergarten? These activity ideas will transform your mornings from chaos to consistency.

Indoor activity to keep toddlers busy. Cut up pool noodles, and stack using color broomstick and cones.

Develop fine motor skills and letter recognition with this easy DIY activity. Preschoolers will love learning the alphabet as they peel and match the stickers. This puzzles takes 5 minutes to set up and makes a fantastic rainy day or busy bag activity. #finemotor #prechooler #literacy #letters #alphabet #rainyday #busybag

Cutting practice is a lot of fun! Inside this post, you will learn how to introduce scissors and where to store them. You don't want to miss this fine motor play for kids!

Errorless learning activities are perfect for independent work stations in special education classrooms. Grab this free mini bundle of errorless cut and paste worksheets to target multiple goals at once - colors, shapes, letters and numbers along with fine motor skills. Students gain confidence completing work without staff assistance. Errorless learning is perfect for students who don't have many mastered skills (yet) to participate in independent work or centers with their classmates.

What is a simple fine motor skills activity using beads? You'll love this crazy rainbow hair bead activity! You only need four things for it!