Lego Time

I bought a new Lego activity from Walmart. It provides the students with letters and a bunch of different legos to build with. This is teaching the students the letters of the alphabet, but also using motor skills to hook the pieces together. The activity is called, Lego Play With Letters.

This little girl had never seen legos before. I had to show her how to hook them together, but then we also reviewed the letters of the alphabet.

Not to for sure on what to do.

Hooking them together.

 

Exploring the legos

Happy little girl.

 

Since the legos came in a box that didn't seal. I put them into a container with a lid and put the pictures of what they could make.

 

Motivational Video: Autistic Boy Scores a Touchdown

This video almost had me in tears. Every time I look at my kids I'm so happy to see them grow and cross any challenges that are presented to them.  Unlike my own kids they don't have the disabilities.  This is why I teach special education.  Every student that walks in my room is like my own child.  I give them a home away from home.  Make sure they know that I care and love them like my own children.  For most students that are in my room, I give them hugs everyday, because they may not get that everyday or I pat them on the back and say great job.  I acknowledge them when they come in the room and we make a big deal out of it.  This is why I enjoy my job so much!  I would never give this up for anything.  So without further do....here is the video that I came across.

This video is about: Ryan Ostrowski (#1), who has Autism and Cerebal Palsy, fulfills his dream of playing football and scoring a touchdown. His brother's team, the Macomb Mustangs, added him as an honorary player and set up a play for him against the NE Detroit Shamrocks. Michael (#24) leads his brother into the end zone, and both teams demonstrate what sportsmanship is really about....It was a priceless and unforgettable moment! undefeated to the Maryland State Championship game with their special team mate.

Autistic Boy Scores a Touchdown

Pipe Dreams Activity

This activity is set up for a child to complete independently. This can be a challenging task at the beginning. The student is required to pick a card and recreate it using the pieces in the box.

 

Here is what the box looks like when you open it up.

These are pictures that come in the box. They are required to use the same color pieces.

Here is what it looks like in action:

 

At the beginning I always take out the card I want them to complete and the color pieces they are to use.

 

This is what it looks like once the student has completed it.

 

 

 

Name Recognition

Here is another example of the name recognition activity that I posted earlier, except this one has a student completing the task.

 

At this point, the student was just getting started with it. She was unsure of were to put the first letter. I was helping her by directing her what letters to pick up and to find one that look liked that one.

She started to get the hang of it and was able to do this take a little bit more independently.

 

More Social Skills

This time around when we did social skills, it was a little more unstructured and they were required to work together to build something. When I normally start this you see the kids not wanting to work together and take blocks away from the other students that are in the room. To help with this I give them guidance along the way and than slowly stop and let them work together. I do remind them that they need to work together and talk. This way they can determine who is completing what part. So here are a few pictures of what it looked like.

At this point, they were just taking blocks away from each other and not using their words.

Here they started to talk more and work together as a group. You can see the picture on the floor. I was having them use that as a guidance as to what they were building.

This is what it looked like when they were all done. Nothing, but happy faces.

 

Extra time at the end to work independently to see if they watch each other as to what they are building or try something on their own.

 

Motivational Tuesday

I came across another special education blog that does a motivational quote, movie or whatever she can find and i thought it was a great idea. I originally came across this video on Facebook and thought it would fit perfect for a motivational day. I know everybody out there needs encouragement and some times just a little pick me. So here's a video that is worth watching. Make sure to watch the whole thing.

 

 

4 Functions of Behaviors

I came across this chart in Pinterest and found it interesting and helped me understand the SEAT process.