Which vitamins should be ingested daily for maximum nutrition? Learners with ispecial needs or those who are pregnant focused on television and magazines advertisements that are used to sell food products. They conduct experiments and...

What a fun lesson! Your class can experience the design and construction process by creating a mold and a duplicate for an engraved image. The lesson is specifically written for learners with visual impairments and allows them to create...

For learners with low vision, the ability to identify colors is an important skill that will help them identify people and places. Groups of brightly colored objects are placed around the room. The child is then given a colored paper and...

Children who are blind need to constantly be engaged in building conceptual understandings of the world around them. This activity will help them grasp the concept of shape, identify shapes, and consider shapes as they are used to...

Reading is reading, whether it's for drama or English class. Boost reading fluency, accuracy, intonation, and comprehension while fostering creative acting skills. Kids read the provided tale of "The Lion and the Mouse" several times in...

Bingo is a super fun game and can be used to reinforce a vast number of recognition skills. These bingo cards are prepared by constructing nine squares, each delineated with raised Wikki Stix or gluedyarn and containing a...

Have your learners with special needs practice cooperative work skills, teamwork, and packaging. The kids will form an assembly line. Each pupil will add an item to a paper bag and then hand it off to the next person until the bag is...

While this is not really a step by step instructional activity, it's a fabulous idea to do a presentation instead of the usual drone lecture on the first day. This project takes a little work each year to take digital pictures throughout...

Investigate Alzheimer's disease. Conduct research using a variety of resources, obtain information, and input the data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Identify trends in the data and categorize them for an audience.

Having good hygiene skills is a very important part of living an independent life. Learners with special needs follow sequencing cards to practice washing their faces. They follow each step in the process and discuss the importance of...

This dance activity focuses on lots of arm movements. Arm circles, raise-the-roof, swinging arms, and clapping are the main arm movements. There is movement stepping right and stepping left as well as steps forward and steps backward. It...

Studets research a health issue. They write an essay about the health issue. The create a public service announcement.

This article discusses, in-depth, the idea of "watering up" the social and emotional environment for adolescents with learning disabilities, which is referred to as the affective aspect of the classroom. The author focuses on explaining...

This article discusses, in-depth, the idea of "watering up" the curriculum for adolescents with learning disabilities. The article begins by explaining that accommodations usually seem to "water down" the curriculum and decrease...

Directed towards educators of students with learning disabilities, this in-depth site provides many links to resource pages for educators. Be sure to check out the link under the heading "For K-8 Teachers" entitled "Accommodations for...

Directed towards educators of students with learning disabilities, this in-depth site provides many links to resource pages for educators. Be sure to check out the link under the heading "For K-8 Teachers" entitled "Accommodations for...

Article listing activity ideas for students with severe, multiple, and profound disabilities. The article includes six sections, all outlining suggestions for activities to promote physical activity in students with severe or multiple...

Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...

Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...

Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...

Provides detailed information, in over 15 pages, focusing on teaching students who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). To access the extensive list of resources and additional pages for teachers, be...

Provides valuable information on language-based learning disabilities, listing risk factors, characteristics of language problems, Speech Pathologist role, assessment in the classroom, and treatment. A valuable reference site for the...

Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of health-related subjects. Focusing on all grades, teach students bike safety, first aid, a map of their mouths, and stress management. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!

An excellent, comprehensive article providing discussion on the effectiveness of mathematics instruction to students who have learning disabilities. In addition to the complete discussion presented, the article includes strategies for...