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Monday, February 1, 2016

Super Bowl 50

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Here it is, your 2016 FREE Super Bowl activity sheet! And thank you to those who messaged me. I don't watch football and to be honest,...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Creating Activities

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Have an extra hour of free time and a little Velcro? How about make a fun laundry sorting activity for the kids!  These activities really ...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

New Teacher Frustrations

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There seems to be a common occurrence of teachers moving into our special education classrooms throughout the US (and beyond), who are pr...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Born This Way - TV Show

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Happy New Year!!!! I am soooo happy to be back to work. I really do miss my kids when we are off on breaks and am always so excited to he...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Shopping List Activity

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Right after our Thanksgiving week off, my school psychologist gave me a shopping game he thought I might be able to use with my kids. It w...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

2015 Christmas Card Displays

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Here are a few of the displays I received from classrooms participating in the Christmas Card Exchange this year. I love them all!!! I have...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

2015 Christmas Card Exchange!

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It's that time of year for our annual (2nd, lol) Christmas Card Exchange! Please send your info to the email provided as soon as pos...
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Friday, October 30, 2015

Community Based Instruction Idea List

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Happy Halloween!! We had a "Harvest Festival" today to celebrate the occasion! There was a pumpkin decorating contest (we won ...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Free Resources

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Hi guys! Yesterday I used the last of my fire safety goodies I had ordered from the FEMA website a couple years ago, so I headed over to ord...
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Grocery Store - UPDATE!!!

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 Our first lesson in our mini grocery store is complete! My boss was gracious enough to find me the shelving and it's perfect! We al...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Vocational Skills - Grocery Store

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Look at all these great grocery store items we received in the mail last week from DonorsChoose!! I have been trying to get more activ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Safe and Strong

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I wanted to let you all in on these amazing video's I was introduced to at the autism conference. Walking around the first day, I had t...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Identification Cards

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I made these cards up a few years ago and tried to pitch them to a few teachers and got some pretty bad reviews, so I put it on the b...
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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Morning Meeting Update

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My first full week with the kids is complete! After having a couple tough kids the last few years, this year I have been majorly blessed w...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Autism Update

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With the new school year arriving, I have had little time to get out this plethora of information I hold from the conference I attended in...
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Saturday, August 15, 2015

New "school" Years Resolutions!

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It's that time of the year again folks. The time of year teachers make our new school year resolutions. Whether it's new things we...
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Saturday, August 8, 2015

GPS For Our Kids

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I have sooooo many things I want to tell you that I learned at the conference I just attended!! But, before I get to all my notes and try ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Today Is A Good Day For A Good Day

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Sorry for the quiet this summer I have a lot going on! Got the news that my classroom would be moving during ESY(packed a lot of stuff). I s...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Movie Trailer Monday!!!

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  We are down to the last 5 days of ESY!! I found out last Wednesday that I will be moving into a new classrooms next year. So, not only a...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Social Skills Activity

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Summer school (ESY) is in full swing. 12 days down 8 to go! So much has been going on in the last two weeks. I sold my house and bought a ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

ESY 2015

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Well, we have just about made it through another school year. I have 3 half days to go and I'm sure they are going to fly by. Next Thu...
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My name is Karen and I work in a high school transition program for students ages 18 - 22. I teach life skills ,social skills, community awareness and job skills.
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