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Academics At Home Learning Cooking Life Skills Remote Learning

5 Tips to Make Cooking Remotely in Special Education Easy

5 Tips to Make Cooking Remotely in Special Education Easy

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10 Adapted Tools for Cooking in the Classroom

10 Adapted Tools for Cooking in the Classroom

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills Seasonal Simple Classroom Winter

February Cooking in the Classroom

February Cooking in the Classroom

Academics Blog Cooking Fall Freebies Life Skills Seasonal Simple Classroom

FREE Visual Recipe: Crockpot Applesauce

FREE Visual Recipe: Crockpot Applesauce

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills

Sensory Visual Recipes

Sensory Visual Recipes

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills

Do you Have a Classroom Kitchen?

Do you Have a Classroom Kitchen?

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills Seasonal Simple Classroom Uncategorized Winter

Visual Recipes for the Holidays

Visual Recipes for the Holidays

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills

5 Steps to a More Hands on Classroom

5 Steps to a More Hands on Classroom

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills

How to Cook in the Classroom

How to Cook in the Classroom

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills Seasonal Simple Classroom Spring

Father’s Day BBQ Recipe

Father’s Day BBQ Recipe

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies

Simply Special Visual Recipe (& a freebie!)

Simply Special Visual Recipe (& a freebie!)

Academics Blog Cooking Freebies Life Skills

Let’s Make a Sandwich (& a FREEbie!)

Let’s Make a Sandwich (& a FREEbie!)

Academics Blog Cooking Life Skills

Food Training 101

Food Training 101

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I'm Alyssa Shanahan -- a former Elementary Special Ed & Life Skills teacher. My classroom focus was always to keep things simple, increase communication, and build independence. Simply Special Ed's goal is to help teachers and students reach their full potential in and out of the classroom!

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