Adapted high-quality curriculum to help special education students succeed in the classroom
If your classroom is anything like mine have been, you are working with a wiiiiiide range of abilities. I’ve had students reading fluently on a 5th grade level, while others are working to match color-to-color. Most of my current task box bundles are geared toward the Pre K- 1st grade skill set. I have a higher level set in the… Read More
As you may know, I am a huge fan of hands-on projects and experiments. In college, I worked as a “Mad Scientist” at a science summer camp for kids ages 5-12. We built robots, launched rockets, and, most importantly, perfected the art of slime-making. With the recent backlash caused by Borax laundry detergent, I decided to try some non-Borax recipes…. Read More
This is not teaching related, but many of you know I have had wedding on the brain. With 2 and 1/2 weeks until the big day I’ve found myself swamped with all the last minute details. I’ve been searching Pinterest for bridesmaid gift box ideas, but had a hard time finding anything I really liked. I decided to create my… Read More
Disclaimer: I am not a social media expert, and I don’t claim to be. However, over the last year I have grown my Instagram following from 1000 followers to 50,000 with just my camera phone. Here are some easy tricks I have learned over the past year. 1.) Establish your brand My brand came easy to me, as I’ve been… Read More
How do the Original Task Box Bundle and the monthly set differ? After creating the original set of task boxes, it was requested that I make more task boxes. I figured the best way to continue the activities, but keep them different was to create a monthly series of task boxes. Both bundles contain activities that range between Pre K… Read More
My first year in the self-contained classroom I was overwhelmed and understaffed (okay, so that’s EVERY year, but especially year one.) To make the most of our time, I began incorporating an independent work station. While stressful at first, I quickly learned that an efficient interdependent work station can change the entire way your classroom runs. Here are a few… Read More