Executive Functioning: Breaking a Project Into Steps
With older students, when you start working on a project (even one that seems small or simple), you can start to practice project planning. These skills can help students prepare for college or the workplace by helping them with some of the executive functioning skills needed to complete work independently. One of the first steps you can do is to help the student identify exactly what they need to produce for the project. Then, you can practice breaking it into steps and assi
Flower Shop Pre-Vocational Skills - Fun Valentine's Day Activities
Valentine's Day can be a fun time to work on pre-vocational and life skills with a flower shop theme! Here's a list of activities created...
Coin Sorting for Older Students
If you have an older child who is working on learning to sort coins, here are some activities designed for older students. These free...
Teaching Paragraph Writing
If your child has mastered writing sentences, it can be a good time to start them working on putting related sentences together to write...
Writing Holiday Gift Thank-You Notes
Here's a free template that you can use to help your child write thank-you notes for holiday gifts. It can help make the writing process...
Favorite Fine Motor Toys
Here are some of my students' favorite fine motor toys from the last few years. These are great for young kids, as well as working on...
Mini-Unit on "Why Do Leaves Change Color?"
I put together a mini-unit for three days of study on why leaves change color in the autumn. It was really fun and my tutoring student...
Free Halloween Social Stories
If you celebrate Halloween, a social story can be a great way to help your child know what to expect for the holiday. These short, simple...
Templates for Learning to Write an Email
One of my tutoring students was asking me if a book written by a self-published author he liked was going to have a sequel. I suggested that we send the author an email to ask, so I made this short activity to help the student write the email. If your kids are working on learning to write emails, you could use this as a supplement to a unit or lesson on this topic, so that you have different ways for students to work on the concepts to promote generalization. Here's the link
Writing with Spaces in Between the Words
I've been working with one of my students on putting spaces between words when writing, and I wanted to share how I introduced and worked...
