Structured play

Understanding structured play vs unstructured play helps parents to provide the learning environments their children need through play.

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Tips and ideas for structured play in the classroom!

Structured play time is important for your child’s growth and development. Learn about importance and benefits of structured play.

tips and ideas for structured play and free time in special ed classrooms

Having structured play and unstructured play in the special education classroom is important. It is great for social skills, life skills, language development, communication development, and many more. Here are some great things to consider when it comes to playing: break time in the classroom and teaching play skills in special education. I love to show my students special education visuals to help increase the targeted behavior. Read to learn more about play in the classroom.

Today, I am wrapping up my four part series on Structured Learning Strategies. I wanted to write this post weeks ago, but life got in the way, as it often does! What is Visual Structure? Visual structure adds a physical or visual component to tasks to assist students in understanding HOW an activity should be completed. Because students with ASD are less likely to be successful with only verbal directions, visual structure adds a tangible component to an activity to increase meaning and…

Playdough center set up tips for pre-k, preschool, or kindergarten. Your kids will have fun practicing fine motor skills in this center!

Are you looking for some creative ways to practice play based learning with your elementary special education students? Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite play based activities for elementary special ed students. In my elementary special ed classroom, when they are playing outside you can focus on developmental skills too. Visual crafts for kids are a fantastic way to incorporate play. Students enjoy the variety of sensory play activities that are available to them.

Shape Sorting Sensory Invitation to Play incorporates early math skills such as identifying shapes and sorting, fine motor skills and tactile sensory input.

Get ready for a hayride of farm fun! This post has tons of ideas for integrating a farm unit across all content areas and creating a little farm corner in your classroom for structured play. #tejedastots #farmunitactivities

Transform your dramatic play into a structured play pretend school area. Here you will find the 7 things you need to make your pretend play area look like a school. You will also find label printables, play props, printable signs, and more. Check out how this way of educational play supports learning through play for kids. #pretendschool #dramaticplayarea #roleplayareas #pretendplay | preschool pretend play | imaginative preschool play | preschool themes

Block Prompt - Why Block Play is Important and How to Promote It - How to encourage block play in Early Childhood - there are so many reasons why it is important to encourage block play in early childhood, in this post I share some of these reasons along with some easy to make challenge cards to prompt play | you clever monkey

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At 'Little Owls Resources' we have created these Challenge cards for children to use with building blocks/bricks. Children look closely at the pattern on the cards and attempt to copy them with the blocks. Ideal for observational skills, consolidating colour knowledge, fine motor control development and communication and language e.g. describing patterns/colours and discussing similarities and differences. Have fun!

This blog talks about activities for pre-school kids with special needs. Pre-school activities not only have learning value. They also consist of a wealth of skill development. They promote learning through play. It also aims at the child’s holistic development.

Here are some great ideas about things to teach your 2 year old. Most skills can be achieved through these learning activities for two year olds