Practice vocational skills by having students fill out time sheets for on & off-campus jobs, and even student businesses. This is a very age-appropriate and functional alternative to decorating a bulletin board or wall in a classroom with older students. Filling out timesheets will practice ... READ the POST
Community-Based Instruction Scavenger Hunt Ideas
I remember going to stores as a child and unless my parents told me I could pick something out or gave me money to purchase something, I wasn't very interested in being at the store. Don't even get me started on Home Depot…it was the most boring place in the world for me as a child, I dreaded it! ... READ the POST
TURNING FINISHED STUDENT WORK INTO A VOCATIONAL TASK
Sometimes it can be easy to get carried away in doing things for our students. The important thing to remember with life skill or older students is that every moment is a teachable moment! Rather than doing it for them, teach them how to do it so that they can be as independent as ... READ the POST
RECYCLE WEEKLY CIRCULARS & MAGAZINES WITH THESE CUT & PASTE LIFE SKILLS ACTIVITIES
If you're like me, you feel bad about throwing away your weekly circular ads. I get upwards of 10-15 different store ads each week, so I wanted to find a way to make a "teachable moment" out of the ads with my students. I am all about trying to save money on resources and what better way than to ... READ the POST
BUILD SOCIAL TIES THROUGH MUSIC
Here's a fun activity I like to do in my classroom every once in a while. You can make it a weekly activity with voting, graphing, incorporate a bulletin board, compare & contrast, writing prompt....the possibilities are endless! Or, you can just do something as simple as a quick filler ... READ the POST
SIMPLIFIED EXTENSION WORKSHEETS FOR SCHOLASTIC NEWS MAGAZINE
Have a classroom where not all of your students are able to effectively participate in utilizing the Scholastic News magazine? I slowly began to drift away from using Scholastic News because of the level of skills that are involved in successfully reading and completing the activities within the ... READ the POST
