How to Use the Game Uno to Teach Students with Disabilities
Me: if you are a sore loser, I don’t want to play with you anymore. Lily: what is a sore loser? Me: When you get mad when you are losing and try to put down the wrong cards. Lily: OK, I won’t be a sore loser anymore. Me: sounds good. Lily slaps down the wrong card to...
Photographs are a Needed Accommodation for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
4th graders in Arizona learn about the Grand Canyon. They learn that the Colorado River flows through it, and that it has been home to Native Americans for a long time, and still is. It’s also a great unit to use with students with intellectual disabilities...
Make Clear Connections to Content in a Project
Stephanie asked the student working on this project, “What keeps polar bears warm in the Arctic?” The student replied, “cotton balls. “Stephanie pointed at the photo of the polar bear in our book, and said something like this, “Polar...
How to Wake up Students’ Brains each Morning
I went to a Brain Gym workshop a few years ago and learned about developmental movement exercises. Paul Dennison Ph.D. is a researcher behind this method and it is very interesting. The simple morning exercises involve marching and crossing mid-line with hands and...
