Sunday, November 30, 2014

Holly Jolly Cookie Trays

I don't know about you, but I LOVE my cookie tray activities. Maybe I'm tooting my own horn here but I just love using them in my classroom. I have put together a "Holly Jolly" pack of activities that will hopefully help get you through the month of December. I know this pack will last me the whole month!

 The idea behind cookie trays is to provide your students with engaging activities to either practice recently learned skills, or maintain learned skills through repetitive trials and practice. Some activities in this pack may be the same as some activities included in my Fall Cookie Trays or Halloween Cookie Trays, but fit with a holiday theme. Again, we want to practice learned skills for independent work, or practice recently learned skills with minimal support/assistance.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holly-Jolly-Cookie-Trays-1588625


I packed this cookie tray file with 27 different activities, some activities, with multiple page options. If I didn't have the time crunch of getting this posted before the Cyber Monday Sale, I would have kept adding more. Here's a snippet of some of the included activities.






This item is already marked down 20% off in my TpT a day early! (Okay, really just a few hours early). You can grab it now if you need it for planning tomorrow (like I do) or wait to get the addition percent off from TpT on Monday and Tuesday! Click the cover photo above to go to this product in my store. Click the image below to go to my whole TpT store.


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Friday, November 28, 2014

Thankful for Special Educators

Wow, so I haven't blogged in almost a month! The month of November has been a whirlwind for me. For starters we were barely in school this month since it was an election year. I worked 15 days this month, and my students only came to school 12 days--so there's that.

I have zero motivation when my students attend school 1 day a week. That lack of motivation seemed to trickle over to the blog and creating products for this month too. AND on top of all of that, I've been on the hunt for a wedding dress-- that I still have not found.

But I'm excited to be in on this special educators blog hop! It forced me to put my blogging pants back on and I'm very thankful for the extra days off at home to relax. All other days off this month have been jam packed with looking for a wedding dress.


 I'm going to share a classroom tip with you-- that helps me-- and I also have a freebie to share with you! woo hoo! Let's get started with the classroom tip shall we? Of course I wish I had taken a photo of this, I love pictures.


So even though I forgot to snap a photo of what this actually looks like in my classroom, I hope you get the idea. It's pretty simple and I swear will make your life easier! If you aren't already doing this, do it ASAP! :) Then at the end of each day, we empty the container outside the bathroom door where the child places the PEC, and put them back on the velcro strip for the next day.

Now on to the freebie! I'm skipping right over Thanksigving on this one (sorry Turkey lovers), but when we all head back to work on Monday it will be December 1st after all! I know you'll be jumping straight into your holiday plans. So I'm sharing a holiday freebie with you. Nothing new, but one of my more popular freebies. Maybe it's new to you! (I hope so!)


 You can snag this {freebie} by clicking here. It's a free download in my TpT store. Feel free to look around and see if you find any other Holiday goodies you might be interested in! :)

Now, thanks for checking in.  For more freebies and tips, continue the trip through the blog hop by checking out Autism Tank...just click the button below.
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