Priming: A Way to Introduce New Activities to Students with Autism
Priming is a strategy that we can use to help a student with autism prepare for upcoming activities. With priming, you're essentially...
Using Stickers to Work on Language
Making a sticker picture can be a fun way for your child to work on language skills. What I like to do is buy a pack of stickers that...
Using Electricity/Circuits to Teach Communication, Academic, and Other Skills
If you've been following me a while, you know I think it's important to teach science to students with autism. With all of the other...
Review of "All About Reading" Curriculum
What Is It? All About Reading is a ready-to-use, minimal-prep curriculum that incorporates multisensory and hands-on elements for...
Star Wars Phonics and Reading Comprehension
Many of my students have been interested in Star Wars, so I love to use it as a teaching tool. I bought this set of books years ago, and...
Teaching Handwashing with a Task Analysis
A task analysis is when we break down a skill into small steps and make a list of the steps. This helps us more easily teach the skill...
Montessori Binomial Cube: A Visual for Math and Problem-Solving
What's really cool about this activity is that my students enjoy it simply as a puzzle, but it's actually a visual representation of the...
Fun Fall Activity for Counting
Go on a nature walk around your yard or to a park and gather small fallen leaves. Then print this little book and glue the correct number...
Teaching Reading and Spelling to Kids with Autism
By Marie Rippel, author of the All About Spelling and All About Reading programs. Autism can present a broad range of challenges,...
Basic Skills Checklists For Starting Your School Year
Basic Skills Checklists: Teacher-Friendly Assessment for Students with Autism or Special Needs by Marlene Breitenbach Hey everyone! I...
