My students need a collection of books (k-2) on CD to create a listening center.
$292 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Learning to love stories is all part of growing up. I've discovered that my students are much more attentive to stories read aloud when they can follow along in a book and do not have the added pressure of being asked questions during the story or with having to make contact with the reader.
My incredible class is made up of students who are deaf, deaf/blind, autistic, orthopedically impaired, cognitively impaired and other health impaired.
Yes, we are special education, but we are special in so many ways. Most of my students are non-verbal. We communicate using gestures, American Sign Language, PECS, icons, object/symbols, assistive communication devices as well as speech. I use whatever it takes. They enjoy coming to school so much. Each one of them thrive on routine and without knowing how to tell time they can practically run the classroom if I'm not there using their picture/symbol schedules. Their favorite time of day is "Morning Circle Time" when they get to "sign in", greet each other, perform calendar tasks, and basically "show off" for each other.
My Project
Most children like to hear stories over and over again. For a student with special needs, it can be difficult to sit through a Read-A-Loud with other students. Having a listening center that contains their favorite books on CD will allow access to literature for all my students: readers/non-readers, low vision and orthopedically impaired. Books on CD are beneficial in several ways: 1) they help to develop critical listening skills, 2) they provide an excellent model for interpretive reading, 3) they introduce new vocabulary or difficult proper names or locales, 4) they can expose children to books above their reading level. The list could go on, but I think you get the point. I want my students to LOVE stories. For that to happen, it needs to be stress FREE.
Most people take for granted that children will sit and listen quietly as the teacher reads a book.
For my students, this can sometimes be very difficult. I want to provide them with every opportunity for exposure to literature. A listening center will help me do this.
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