Have you checked out Teacher Pay Teacher's new digital activities? I have LOVED making my pdf files into digital activities! Although TPT Digital allows teachers to create digital activities on their own, it also allows teacher-authors to create them too! I started making some activities last week... but then today they added an amazing new feature of moveable buttons! 💃I was so excited I had to try it out because it was exactly what I was looking for! Now I can create manipulatives within the activity for my students to use without them needing to draw or make their own shapes. They simply get to click and drag which makes activities so much more accessible in the special education classroom. Can you tell how excited I am?! In fact, I was so excited I decided to create a quick preview video of how I updated my NO PREP *PRINT or DIGITAL* Multisensory Number 1-20 Practice Workbook to show how it works. Check it out! Then head over to my TPT store to grab a copy for yourself! It is ......

Wow it has been a while since I have had a Sensory Saturday! But my classroom has been a sensory hot mess lately so I wanted to share the great strategy that I have began to use in the classroom that is both quick and easy--Sensory Folders.  My sensory folders take into account two basic sensory needs: Alerting and Calming. To learn more about these sensory needs check out my handout on Sensory Supports for the Classroom.  Unfortunately I cannot take full credit for this idea because my wonderful teaching partner also uses something very similar based on one of her student's needs. I created sensory folders for two students in particular who have completely opposite sensory needs. The first student is typically a lump on a log! He is very low-tone and not really engaged in our activities most of the time. For him I made the yellow "alerting" folder. In the folder, I provided a variety of alerting choice options such as spinning in the teachers chair, ta......

Download my FREE Calming and Alerting Sensory Cheatsheet! I look forward to connecting with you and sharing SpEd Spot tips and FREEBIES! Download the Sensory Cheatsheet Built with ConvertKit There are tons of seating options available that also provide sensory input.  Therapy Balls Therapy balls are great for kids who need an alternative seating option. Students need to be alert in order to balance their weight on the ball. I also use the therapy ball to provide proprioceptive input (deep pressure by rolling it firmly over a student who is laying on the carpet). A therapy ball can also be used for students who need vestibular input  (rocking back and forth or bouncing).  "Wiggle" Cushions I typically use these with my "wiggly" kiddos. Wiggle seats can give some of the same input as the therapy ball but are easier to implement in the classroom (especially in the general ed room) because they are smaller and don't stand out as much. Ther......

Download my FREE Number Practice Powerpoint I look forward to connecting with you and sharing SpEd Spot tips and FREEBIES! Download the FREEBIE! Built with ConvertKit Do you have students with significant learning needs in your math class or self-contained special education classroom? I have been there! Keep reading for some great tips on meeting their needs and also for some great freebies! This year I have 7 students who are just beginning to learn their numbers. Initially, I tried finding cutesy number activities that aligned with our weekly theme. However, I quickly learned that these activities were too complicated for this particular group of kids.  This group has many needs. Most of them struggle visually, either due to vision issues such as difficulty with tracking or visual attention or due to visual sensory sensitivity. Therefore games that featured apples or buses that just happened to have numbers in the middle of them were too hard for these students to proc......