Book-Reading Activities:
Read one book but have different expectations for every student in the class.
Possible skills to target:
- Sitting with a quiet voice and quiet body
- Participation: filling in repeating lines
- Following basic directions (point to the ____, imitate an action from the book)
- Answering basic questions about the story or pictures (wh- or yes/no)
- Vocabulary: asking students “what’s this” or giving them specific words to listen for
- Speech sounds: having students repeat certain words or phrases with their target sounds
Cooking Activities:
Have one visual recipe with enough steps for everyone to participate.
Possible skills to target:
- Tolerating hand-over-hand and staying with the group
- Following simple directions (visual and written)
- Answering questions about what is happening
- Recalling and sequencing events to the activity
- Tolerating touching, tasting, or eating a new food
Sensory Activities:
Bring in a sensory-heavy activity that everyone participates in, like a bean box with small objects hidden inside.
Possible skills to target:
- Tolerating hand-over-hand and staying with the group
- Following directions with the sensory medium
- Vocabulary: labeling objects as they are found
- Answering questions about what everyone is doing and finding
- Using descriptive vocabulary to talk about the experience
- Giving clues to guess what object was found (describe something that you’re feeling inside the beans)
