What Is Life Skills?

Life Skills is a type of special education class that is designed for students with severe and/or multiple exceptionalities. It is made to teach basic skills that are essential for life (hence the name life skills). This means anything from cooking, cleaning, grooming to balancing a checkbook, cashing a check, filling out a time sheet, to even basic yes/no communication. Depending on the students needs, life skills class varies greatly.

February 24, 2010

Fine Motor

Kids need some grasping practice? I bought a 2-drawer, Rubbermaid container and put rice in one and dried peas in another. Inside each drawer I've hidden objects of various sizes, shapes and textures. Kids love the feel of the rice and peas of their hands, plus... they get a prize after they take out all the objects. Students grasping improves while they enjoy the experience. Nothing better than learning without realizing it.

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