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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....
Lifestyle > Independence
Laundry Skills for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
...at it, decide. If they hesitate, that's progress. Hesitation means they're thinking through the rule, not guessing. Common sorting mistakes: light-colored jeans going into lights (they're heavy, they go with darks or towels), red items mixed with whites (reds bleed,...
Lifestyle > Art
Process Art vs Product Art for Children with Autism
...starts with an end goal. The finished piece is meant to look like something specific: a handprint turkey, a paper plate snowman, a traced butterfly colored inside the lines. Success is measured by how closely the final product matches the template or example. Process art has no predetermined outcome. The...
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...