Pre-k/kinder teachers: need your ideas, please?

Question

Teach autism kinder class. Any ideas on what to do when we return to school on Monday? Easy to make winter projects, simple phonics lessons/project, counting, quick centers. THANKS for your help.

Answer 1

Here are a few nice sites I use for my preschool. While some of the activites may not be geared towards autisitic children, they can be modified to suit your needs. I take projects and activities and modify them for the different age groups at the school. These are all mostly free materials. Also, if you google - ' Preschool activties austism' you may find some more.

www.dltk-kids.com

www.perpetualpreschool.com

www.preschooleducation.com

http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/asteache...

Answer 2

With autism sensory integration can be an important part of the curriculum.  if you are in an area that has cold winters you can bring up the topic of freezing.  Freeze colored ice cubes to paint with as they melt.  This  is a great sensory experience.   For science activities melt the different ice cubes in a clear plastic cup.  For example, put a red cube in with a yellow and watch it melt orange.

You can do a snowman sequence activity by showing  paper snowmen made at different stages, two circles, three circles, then with eyes and then with added nose, etc... Have the children put them in order.

I hope that helps

Answer 3

a snowflake. simply give each child a peice of paper, fold it in half, tell them 2 cut the all the edges, and when they open it up it looks like a snowflake, then they can color it 2. This is a simple, and fun craft 4 those types of kids. my cousin has  autism, and i just did this craft with her the other day. it put a smile on her face.