Every fall we do a unit on apples. There are so many awesome apple activities and it is such an easy topic to integrate across subject areas.  Apple Art This year we tried two new art activities that incorporated art projects to accompany our apples unit. The first project we did was stained glass apple art using contact paper and tissue paper squares .  **This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. I only recommend products that I use and love!** I loved this activity because it was easily accessible for my student who struggles with fine motor control. I just had to hand him the tissue paper and point to where he should place it and then he would stick it to the contact paper. Typically if we do cutting or gluing activities, we have to work hand-over-hand so it was great to have an activity that promoted his independence. Putting the tissue paper on all by himself! The table easel helps him see ......

Easter is almost here which makes it a great time for one of my students' favorite activities... Easter egg hunts! I have to admit this is one of my favorite activities too. The kids are just so cute racing around the classroom trying to collect their eggs! Another reason I love Easter egg hunts is that you can adapt them for almost any subject or skill level. Below is a picture of one of my kinders. Her goals include number identification, number sorting, fine motor skills, and color identification. Today's Easter egg was a perfect way to gather all of this IEP data in one session while best of all she was having a blast! Beforehand, I put small #1-5 flashcards in the eggs and hid them around our work table. Then, I had her collect the eggs while identifying each color as she put them in her bucket. Then, she practiced her fine motor skills by opening each egg and practiced her numeracy skills by identifying each number. As she took the numbers out she......

This week we are having a wonderful time reading one of my favorites, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Bill Martin, Jr. It is such a great, simple predictable text! My earlier learners get practice with identifying colors and animals, while my older learners get to practice their sequencing and reading skills.  An activity that my students have enjoyed over the past few years is our Brown Bear Sequencing Tower. This is a super easy and cheap activity! All you need is various sizes of plastic containers (margarine, playdoh, cookie dough, etc) and pictures of the story characters that are sized according to when they occur in the story (brown bear being the biggest and the children being the smallest). Tape the pictures to the containers and then pass them out. While reading the story, have students stack their containers. Until you get to what the children see and then use the tower as a model for recalling all of the colored characters. The kids LOVE watching their fri......