Early childhood special education ideas

I cannot believe a new school year is right around the corner! I love the excitement that I new school year brings. I also love the planning and preparation that I new school year brings. I have slowly been easing myself back into "work mode," analyzing my class schedule, staff assignments, and rotation activities. Today, I will be sharing some of my ideas for rotations in early childhood special education (ECSE). With that said, while I teach ECSE and focused on ECSE when creating these…

Are you a new preschool special education teacher? Being a new special education teacher can be overwhelming but today I’m sharing how to implement IEPs in the preschool classroom. You must differentiate instructional strategies for your preschool students. Meeting their IEP goals might be working on sensory activities, fine motor skills, and social skills for special ed preschool students. Don’t forget to do data collection and progress monitoring too.

Are you an Early Childhood Teacher or Preschool Special Education Teacher? Maybe a parent looking for play based ideas? Well, look no further! Promoting learning through play is an effective and enjoyable way to enhance educational experiences. Here are ten strategies to encourage learning through play with your early elementary students. I share how to incorporate sensory play, pretend play, learning centers and more. Find the best play based learning activities today!

Having structured play and unstructured play in the special education classroom is important. It is great for social skills, life skills, language development, communication development, and many more. Here are some great things to consider when it comes to playing: break time in the classroom and teaching play skills in special education. I love to show my students special education visuals to help increase the targeted behavior. Read to learn more about play in the classroom.

Independent sitting is an important milestone! In this blog post, I’m sharing five effective ways to promote independent sitting in early childhood special education. I talk about adaptive seating and positioning, sensory integration activities, as well as functional play and games. I also talk about fine motor activities and how these promote independent sitting. Learn more now!

Building Functional Pretend Play Centers in an Pre-K Classroom

Take a look into the first 6-8 weeks of school in special education classroom with no academics. I will share tips and tricks with you!

Discover the benefits of heavy work centers in your special education classroom. From muscle development to sensory integration, heavy work centers can be beneficial to all students in a special education classroom. On this post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about heavy work centers including what they are, how to set up a heavy work center, what to put in a heavy work center, and how they can benefit your special education students. Learn more here.

Are you looking for sensory activities, sessory bin ideas, or sensory table ideas for your toddler, preschool, kindergarten or special education classroom? Click here to check out these printable sensory bin invitation to play printables! Simply print the PDF, gather a few materials, and place them in your sensory bin or sensory table! Don't forget to FOLLOW ME for more sensory bin ideas and printables!

Are you an early childhood special education teacher? This blog is for you! Today I am sharing my top early child special ed teacher tips. I am sharing tips for communicating with families as well as tips for providing meaningful learning opportunities for your students. These teaching tips are great to keep in your back pocket.

Are you a self-contained special education teacher who teaches grades K-2? As an early elementary special education teacher, there are a variety of things that I love in my special ed classroom and I’m going to share them. Creating visual schedules for special education students is exactly what they need. K-2 centers are a must with my early elementary special ed kids. Learn about my centers like a listening center, math center, ELA center, and much more!

Are you a PreK special ed teacher and need some back to school help? Today, I’m sharing 4 first day of school PreK activities for your early childhood special education students! I love including engaging centers for preschool, visuals for special education, pairing students, building rapport with kids activities, and teaching routines in preschool. These early childhood special education ideas will help your first week of school run smoothly in no time!

Finding high-quality preschool special education curriculum can be difficult but not any longer! TeachTown Launch for Pre-K Curriculum is a comprehensive, inclusive early childhood special education curriculum for children ages 3-5. In this post, I am sharing exactly what is in this preschool curriculum. The lesson plans include both whole group and small group activities including circle time, emerging literacy, fine motor activities, emerging math activities and more!

Setting up IEP work bins was one of the biggest game changers in my special education classroom. These individualized learning stations hold materials to target specific IEP goals for your students and can be tailored to their specific needs. If you want to set up IEP work bins in your special education classroom, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will learn the benefits of IEP work bins and 5 ways you can set them up in your classroom, including my favorite, color coded IEP work…

Are you a new special education teacher and feeling a little overwhelmed with your first year of teaching? Check out this blog post to help you feel organized with everything you need to plan in your self contained classroom. Visual schedules, IEP organization, classroom setup, independent work and curriculum are all important to prepare before the school year starts. These new special education teacher tips will help you feel successful in your special education classroom.

Preparing for an activity and getting the materials out that you need takes executive functioning skills that can be difficult for young children and students with special needs. By providing them with a visual support system to prepare for center and desk work students gain the life skills necessary to be responsible and independent! For example, at the art center, we have a box of supplies for each work area. In each box, we have the materials students need for art instruction: crayons…

Here are 20 center ideas that you can use for your self-contained classroom. I have it all listed out for you including pictures

Are you a new special education teacher, or a first year teacher? If you are wondering what you should buy as a first year teacher, this post is for you. I am going to share all of the things you need to get started on the right foot with a brand new special education classroom. I am sharing all of my first year teacher must haves. This first year teacher shopping list will help you feel prepared for back to school and your first week of school with your special ed students. Happy Shopping!

Are you just starting a brand new teaching job? I remember my first year as a teacher- I had so many plans and dreams! I’m going to share the BIGGEST mistakes that I made as a new self-contained special education teacher and tips for what to do instead! As a first year teacher there is a lot to think about-classroom routines, classroom management systemes, student schedules and more. In this post, I am sharing a first year teacher survival guide for back to school.