Simply Special Ed offers so many great resources! The SSE resources not only target different academic concepts but also fine motor and life skills! As a school-based occupational therapist, I love checking out the SSE resource library for new materials to use with my students! In this blog, I highlighted three SSE resources I have recently used with my students!! Check them out!
Simple Fine Motor Centers
As a school-based OT, I often help and assemble different ‘work task’ boxes/morning work for my students. I like to incorporate different fine motor tasks! I love this resource on the SSE resource library.
This resource is great because it works on foundational skills, is contained/easy to access, and tasks a student can complete independently/with little adult prompting. This resource has pages to label the boxes to help with organization and pictures so students can look at the visuals! The printouts are easy to reset the bins and also monitor progress!
This Resource Includes:
- Center labels
- Visual directions for each center
- Set up guide for each center
- Cards for centers
- Tips for differentiating
- Materials needed list
- Teacher guide book
This SSE resource is great for students working on:
- Overall fine motor skills
- Hand strength
- Precision and coordination of the hand
- Finger isolation
- Grasp patterns
- Organization and sequencing
- Following simple and multi-step directions
- Cutting skills
- finger placement
- snipping
- coordination of scissors in a lateral direction
Simple Letters Worksheets
These worksheets are effective and easy to utilize! My favorite thing about them is you can integrate a sensory approach to writing! Layout different materials to fill in the bubbles such as do a dot markers, bingo chips, kwik sticks! For the tracing aspect, try glitter glue pens! I love using glitter glue pens because it is an easy and fun way to address the amount of pressure utilized when writing!
These worksheets are also great because they are pretty clear for young students! Make a bunch of copies of a specific letter, to back up your lesson, and put them at a center table with materials! Try printing them on colored paper to add an extra layer of fun! You can also laminate them for continued use!
This resource is great for students working on:
- Letter formation
- Letter recognition
- Visual-motor skills
- Following simple and multi-step directions
- Precision and coordination of the hand –> coloring in designated spaces
Check out the Simple Letters Bundle for additional activities! This great resource is currently on sale!
Simply Special Visual Recipes: Cooking Throughout the Year
What I love about this SSE resource is that it taught me how to structure cooking tasks better for my students working on beginning cooking skills. The resources grades a cooking task to meet a student’s just right challenge.
The Resource Includes:
- Visual Recipes
- Tools and Ingredients List
- Sequencing Page
- Survey
- Tools and Ingredients Worksheet → the worksheet works on memory skills, asking the student to find the items that they utilized in the recipe.
Did I mention the resource is broken down into months! October has some great pumpkin recipes!!
This SSE resource is great for students working on:
- Making simple snacks
- Sequencing
- Cooking safety
- Following directions- multi-step and simple step
I recently used this resource with my sister Marina! My sister has Down syndrome and strives to be independent. She has some difficulty with sequencing and short-term memory. Reading the cooking instructions on the back of a box (mac n cheese or cookie mix) is sometimes challenging for her. This SSE resource was perfect! She was able to not only be successful but feel confident.
If you’re looking for adaptive tools to help increase your students’ independence read this SSE blog!
For additional recipes and activities, check out SSE Visual Recipe Bundle!
What are your go-to SSE resources and activities? What activities would you like to see in the resource library? Comment below!
