The students I work with have a variety of needs including, but not limited to, limited or no exposure to peers, academics, communication, social or motor concepts. Many of the children have limited or no language and are working on basic and appropriate communication. The children also have limited social-emotional or social-behavior skills that are developmentally below their age range and they are being introduced to appropriate social interactions, as well as social communication skills for themselves, to engage with peers, and to engage with adults.
My classroom has a variety of students, though most of the students are from a low-economic area.
My students are special because they are children, and children are a miracle and a blessing to teach, learn from, and watch them grow into excited and participating life-long learners.
My classroom consists of children with specialized needs (autism, learning, physical, and motor disabilities [fine and gross], developmental delays, and communication disabilities). The classroom also contains children with typical developmental progress who help provide modeling for students with delays. The combined format also provides each student the opportunity to connect, make friendships, and learn about the diversity around them and how to empathize with each other.
My Project
The students will have opportunities to explore counting with real objects, be able to self check. They will be able to explore literacy concepts with letters and words that start with those letters helping to build letter-object associations.
These supplies will help my students be able to use hands-on resources to explore math and literacy concepts.
The students will be able to use them at school and at home to reinforce and encourage active engagement.
These math and letter activities will help the students experience activities that will promote learning in a fun environment and encourage socialization, fine motor development and pre-academic skills. The students will be encouraged to use their language skills to discuss what they are doing as they are playing and learning.
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