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Special Needs > Dyslexia
Quality Instruction for Someone with Dyslexia
...thing we use is colored highlighter tape...use is colored highlighter tape (usually yellow...colored highlighter tape (usually yellow...materials. This colored overlay is easy...Sometimes we place the tape on sight words...decode the word. If highlighter tape is too hard...If highlighter tape is too hard to...come by, a yellow highlighter marker works fine....
Education > Accommodations
The Complete Assistive Technology Guide for School: From Pencil Grips to AAC Devices
...power or software: pencil grips, slant boards, raised-line paper, graph paper for math alignment, fidget tools, visual schedules printed on paper, colored overlays for reading, and physical timers. These are inexpensive and often immediately useful. Schools frequently overlook them because they don't...
News > Sports
The Paralympic Torch Relay 2026: What It Is, Where It's Going, and Why It Matters
...d'Ampezzo, one of the primary competition venues, along with Venice and Padua, before the final leg into Verona. The torch is called "Essential," bronze-colored, designed by Studio Carlo Ratti...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Autism Spectrum: Improving Expressive Communication and Comprehension Skills
Use colored cues (green, yellow, red) to help students on the autism spectrum answer questions about story parts and improve communication.
Lifestyle > Recreation
April Showers
...the easel. Allow each child to create a piece of art by spraying the colored water onto the paper. Allow the paper to dry. It is a good idea to...is a good idea to put an old towel under the easel to catch drips of the colored water or...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Signs of Spring
...tracing. Items Needed Flower shaped cookie cutters Colored paper Scissors Pencils Push pins Choose a piece...Scissors Pencils Push pins Choose a piece of colored paper and trace several flowers on it with a pencil....centered above the eraser part of a pencil. Insert a colored push pin through the paper flower and into the...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Dexteria
...first works on coordination in the fingers by using a unique exercise that requires the user to place his or her thumb on a dot and then touch other colored dots that appear onscreen with other fingers, all while keeping the thumb in place. The dots move around and it becomes increasingly difficult with...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: iLiveMath
...Level 2 teaches addition, and Level 3 introduces problem solving. In the Farm Fresh theme, Level 1 includes pictures, and children are asked to count colored foods, and pop-ups acknowledge correct and incorrect answers. Level 2 introduces the "Stone Soup" folktale, followed by a series of questions asking...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Piece Me Birds
...art of Amy Ruppel. Using a simple design, Piece Me Birds is easy to navigate and appropriate for even young children. The app features brightly colored pieces of a bird drawing, and the player uses his finger to move the pieces into the correct part of the bird's outline. You will hear a clicking sound...
Lifestyle > Recreation
May Flowers
...was 4 and I still have them on my kitchen windowsill. Items Needed Colored card stock paper Pencil Scissors Craft sticks Clay Glue Markers...Craft sticks Clay Glue Markers Paper cup Steps Place the colored card stock paper on a flat surface and have the children trace their hands...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Going Shopping
...children with special needs such as Down syndrome or autism often need more visual examples of what they can or cannot do, this app uses brightly colored images to illustrate good shopping behavior. Going Shopping Social Story also helps your child know what to expect at the store. Social Stories were...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Kinderlift Opens Up to World of Special Needs
...Kinderlift was created by a mother whose son fell off a ski lift when he was very young. The boy was fine, but the mother had the idea of making a brightly colored vest with a strap on the back so that it is easy for parents to grab onto kids when they start to fall as they learn to ski. "The strap is something...