My Story… This year in my role as an Itinerant working with preschool special educations students, I also have been in charge of our Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) or I like to call it problem solving. Figuring out which students within the classroom need more support or interventions and …
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Help! My class is out of control… Anyone else struggling this school year? I have been teaching special education for 20 years and each year seems to get harder and harder. My role has changed the last two years from a self-contained teacher to a resource teacher in Early Childhood. This comes with changes such …
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Calm Down Area Need help calming your pre-k students down? Try this step-by-step calm down kit! As an early childhood special education teacher, most of my day is spent keeping my students regulated and calm. Many of the students I work with struggle with big emotions and do not have coping skills to calm themselves …
I have hundreds of boardmaker pictures, choice boards, visual step-by-step directions and needed to figure out how to organize them! I am not the most beautifully organized person, however I like when things make sense and are functional for my needs. I have taught self-contained preschool for 20 years and this will be my second …
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Let’s talk about RTI or Response To Intervention! Last year I started a new special education position where I go into pre-k classrooms and service students with IEPs and students who are needing RTI. Most of the students in the classroom were not yet identified with a disability and did not have an IEP, but …
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Alphabet Centers For Preschoolers Let’s talk about letters! My preschool special education classroom students are working on learning letter identification and the difference between upper and lowercase letters. This is an ongoing goal for my students, so with that in mind I have created simple alphabet centers to reinforce these skills across different themes. …
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Back To School Math Centers For Preschoolers I like using the same structure to the activity my students are learning, so they can master the activity and then work on the skill. Each center is structured the same: number identification using dice or number cards, counting pictures and identifying the number using a clothespin or …
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Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I am getting ready to bring in lots of fun Valentine’s Day centers for my preschool special education class. Here are some fun center ideas to incorporate into your class for Valentine’s Day: Valentines Day Sensory Bin ActivitiesFill bins with hearts, gems, red and …
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Winter is here! Snow, ice, lost gloves, you know the drill…we have lots of snow here and the kids love it! Bringing the snow in the classroom in our sensory table is a favorite. I have the kids put their gloves on and explore the snow. They could stay forever. I also made mini sensory …
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My favorite theme to introduce to my preschool special education classroom is the Gingerbread Man! There are so many fun, engaging activities and stories to use in the classroom. I love the classic Gingerbread Man story and have adapted it to my student’s level. They love the repetition and characters in the story. I also …