The Big Job of Teaching Little People in Early Childhood Special Education
As a preschool special education teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning more engaging for my students – and easier for me. Recently, I discovered a way to gain students’ attention and increase their engagement during our circle time. This is by using these student visuals for our preschool circle time songs. […]
A few weeks ago, I shared on the blog about ways to increase preschool table play engagement. One of the ways mentioned to increase table play engagement was to provide containers with table toys. Today I wanted to share a little more about adding containers to play because it’s such an easy way to maximize […]
Originally published: January 15, 2016 This week I finally got this year’s Bring a Bear Class Books put together – about a month after we had the event, actually. However, they look great, and the Little People are enjoying remembering the day. We do this once a year when we do our Bear Unit in […]
Recently another preschool special education teacher asked me for suggestions to increase student engagement during table play activities. Preschool teachers put toys out on tables every day, and putting out things that are interesting to the students is important because interesting toys = interested students. In turn, interested students are less likely to display problematic […]
Discovering the Potential in the New School Year with Baseline Assessments I love new beginnings. As much as I hate to leave the lazy days of summer behind and start working in the classroom again, I am always enamored with the promise that a fresh new school year brings. One of the ways that a […]
. Priorities of Early Childhood Special Education Are you an early childhood preschool special education teacher who sometimes struggles with what your priorities should be when teaching your students? You know students’ IEP goals are essential, but what about the other things? What about all the skills that are not included in the IEP goals? […]
