Life skills classroom

Free life skills curriculum for all ages. Financial literacy, cooking, sewing, auto repair, driver's ed, babysitting, gardening, first aid, career planning, current events, entrepreneurship, social skills, and more!

I know how hard it is to figure out how to set up your classroom, so I'm sharing my special education classroom set-up with you today! See how I organize independent work stations, play area, life skills word wall, student work spaces and more! #specialeducation #specialedclassroom

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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?…

As a special education teacher, have you ever wondered what other teachers’ classrooms look like? Today is your chance to see special education classrooms in a variety of age levels. I have included special ed preschool classrooms, K-2 Autism classroom, and K-2 special education classrooms. If you are looking for more info on multiple disabilities classrooms, life skills classrooms, middle school special education classrooms, high school special education classrooms, and more it is all…

Are you tired of reinventing the wheel in your life skills classroom? Are you struggling with writing lesson plans for your secondary special education classroom? Here are 7 activities that changed the way I teach in the special education classroom. Each of these activities are designed to target specific skills with my students including life skills, social skills, social studies, functional reading, vocational skills and current events. Learn how you can use resources in your classroom…

Life skills students can work on at home

6 Mistakes LIFE Skills Teachers (& Paras) Make… Do you do any of these? STOP! Working with students in self-contained settings or those with severe or multiple disabilities is hard, but I see many people in the classroom make these same mistakes over and over without really thinking there are any consequences. If you stop these 6 mistakes, your students will be the better for it- I promise!

Ah, I honestly don't want Valentine's Day to ever come (except for the 50 shades of Grey movie, obvs). But in all serious ya'll, the activities are just too.darn.cute!! In our class, we have a structured story time where I will try very hard to keep my friends' attention through a story. Don't get me

Task boxes in a special education classroom can be a daunting and expensive task to set up. Save yourself time and money when setting up simple and engaging task boxes for your students from the dollar tree for less than $25! Your students will gain independence and functional life skills while working in the classroom!

Are you wondering how to set up a life skills in the classroom? Today, I’m sharing life skill center set up. When setting up centers for life skills, gather the material and organize it into bins. Decide on the life skills that will be taught for the month in your special education classroom. I like to create a life skills schedule for the year to stay organized. Finally, the students get to work during these independent stations with some help from the adults in the room.

Work tasks are a great way for students to practice life skills and vocational skills in the special education classroom. But what if traditional work tasks or task box activities aren’t accessible to all your students? How can you adapt work tasks to meet the needs of all your students, regardless of their level? Here you’ll find my favorite work tasks ideas and activities for special education students along with how they can be adapted to meet the needs of students of all levels.

Find engaging classroom job skills ideas with these easy to set up job prep activities for special education and students with disabilities.

Are you looking for classroom jobs that aren’t line leader? Are you a special education teacher who wants to incorporate life skills and job skills into your daily routine? This list of 7 classroom jobs will help you promote independent living skills and responsibility in your special education classroom as part of your daily classroom routine. These jobs are also perfect for secondary special education students to practice independent living skills and vocational skills in the classroom.

Do you teach life skills in your special education classroom? We used our instructional kitchen to work on basic functional life skills like putting away groceries, sorting silverware, and folding hand towels. These types of centers are such a perfect addition to your academic curriculum.

Review of functional life skills curriculum for high school, transition, or middle school students in special education.

If you are a life skills teacher searching for inspiration for your high school transition classroom, this is for you! Here I share how I set up my transition classroom for 9-12th grade and 12+ students including how I set up our morning meeting area, large group activities, and a sensory space. I also share how we facilitate vocational and daily living skills inside our classroom and prepare for community based instruction. Take a look at our secondary special education classroom here.

10+ Special Education Life Skills Activities - Teaching Autism

Transform your special education classroom with essential life skills lessons! From toileting and hygiene to managing classroom jobs, discover effective strategies to build independence in students of all ages. #SpecialEducation #LifeSkills

Over 100 Independent Functioning and Independent Living Life Skills IEP Goals, including ADLs, food prep, shopping, functional reading, and essential life skills.