Everyday Teaching Autism Resources

A couple of my students use a Menu Math as their main math curriculum-They love to see the real pictures of food items and have fun using a calculator to come up with the sum and difference. Pro-Ed, Inc. Grades: Pre K to 12+ Hundreds of adapted math program options that cover topics such…

It was a nice break..everyone seems relaxed and rejuvenated after 2 weeks off. Today, we practiced asking questions and answering about their break. What did you do during winter break? I used this book to ask each students for 2 questions. How long? What did you?   With visual cues, students were…

I remember one teacher told me how great Unique Curriculum had helped him in his lesson planning all year. What’s his class like? His class is a special day class in a regular middle school classroom. Students in that class normally do not attend any general ed classes due to…

This is the second part of the 3 lessons under Weather and Climate unit. Now, I wanted to introduce our Weather Chart to the students and keep on report each day’s weather(temperature) to the chart as a part of a daily morning routine. This will give us opportunities to use a…

If students are verbal and willing to communicate with you throughout the day, having a Sentence Starters ready at the board could be helpful to promote spontaneous communication. Let’s bring this simple Direction words out during an Art activity. In stead of verbally prompting students over and over again, let…

Are you looking for an effective reading curriculum for Special Education? Edmark Rading Program is one of the oldest, most established sight word programs available in the special education market..I have encountered several different reading programs in the past and Edmark is my go-to.  It is mainly because our students…

Don’t I look happy? Our favorite time of the day is…snack activity. It will normally happen around 10:40am to 11. It is highly structured and routine based. There are usually 4 students joining at the kidney table with me(or one of my wonderful staff). NET is an ABA teaching technique…

Morning Binder is a daily activity where students work on various time concepts, such as calendar, days of the week, etc. and answering simple WH questions.   For the students with academic skills, they work on simple math and social science concepts as well.   Do you have students working…

Snack is not all about ‘feeding’ the students- 😜 we do make sure kids are not hungry while learning at school. However, the most important reason that I plan and run a ‘daily snack’ activity is that it is a great time to teach many different skills- Plus, students are HIGHLY…

Are you looking for a fun, engaging measurement activity worksheets for young students?   Observe Lizard grow in the water, Measure the length of growing lizard and make a graph and compare! You will be surprised how a dollar worth of classroom pet can bring such a joy.    …

It was last week that I read an article about Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and his wife donated $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. Did I mention that I drive by Facebook Headquarters every morning and afternoon on my way to work and home? For many years,…