What materials to get for a new special education teacher?

Question

I am starting a special education class, after school that i will be helping with kids on homework from grades pre-k to 3rd grade.
What do i need to start out with.? What materials and everything. I already know of students i just need to know what else i need.

Answer 1

i echo some of the suggestions already given such as blocks, white boards, picture books, and computer programs. those are all great things to have in the classroom. some more helpful things to have on hand are wooden puzzles, tangrams, file folder games for when they finish their work, graph art, stress balls to calm themselves down, beanbags, books on tape, fat crayons, fat pencils, pencil grips, incentive charts, and board games for social skills.

since you have such a young group, a picture schedule will help out a lot. kids always want to know what's next on the to-do list. also, you can make a picture list of activities they can do quietly when they are done with their work.

if you'll be working with a speech teacher, OT, or APE teacher you can also ask them for activities or resources. they always have some great suggestions.

this website has lots of helpful articles
http://specialed.about.com/index.htm?terms=special+education

good luck!

Answer 2

You'll need the basic school supplies like pencils, paper, erasers, crayons, glue, scissors, white board and markers, etc. If you have access to a computer, there are a lot of good educational - and fun - programs; for example, JumpStart makes programs for every grade level from Toddler on up. Reader Rabbit computer programs also teach reading, spelling, math, etc., in a fun format.
Since you will be helping kids with their homework, it would be great if you have some way of communicating with their teachers to know what specific areas the kids need help or practice with.
It would also be good to have some free choice activities (books, puzzles, art materials) for kids to use when they need to wait for your attention. You can also use those as a motivator: "When you finish this page, then you can go play with the PlayDough (or whatever.)"
The most important thing is you! Establish a good relationship with the kids, but make it clear that you are the authority figure and that your directions need to be followed. Kids all do best when they know what the boundaries are.
Good luck, and I hope you have a great experience with this. You will learn a lot, too!

Answer 3

blocks, shapes, picture books, simple books

For the older kids, you may want to look into some educational books for the teacher so he/she can reference. They have a bunch of "daily curriculum" books for whatever grades.

But a simple free resource would be to create a list of a bunch of educational websites. These websites should be interactive like http://www.funbrain.com and others.

Answer 4

check with their general education or special education teacher's and find out what they are using during school hours. Also find out if you can look at their accommodations in their IEPs and find out if you will need any specific tools (ie pencil grips, raised line paper, a individualized reading program) You are also going to want to look at the requirements for SOLs this year, and find out if you are going to have to teach/help with any specific SOL subjects. Basically I think your best bet will be communicating with their teachers and finding out from them what you will need....good luck!

Answer 5

Hopefully you have a computer, if so, you should get some fun, simple software for the kids. Good Luck!

They also like magnetic/white boards with markers, and magnetic pictures and letters.

Answer 6

try the Music Educator's checklist.it offers guidelines to different types of learning disabilities.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

stickers or cool pencils for a reward when they accomplish something!! good luck

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