Hello all, I have just recently accepted a pre school position. I am new to the teaching world and am a career changer. I am totally excited about working with little children, but need some help:help: Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas about books, music, circle time activities, lesson plans, play-time activities, etc? Does anyone know of any good web sites for P_SPED? I will not know anything about my students, their IEP's, head-count until the 17th, but would love to get a jump start on things so I can get focused and prepared.:thanks:
*OK LET ME try this again! I started to post and something went wrong and the window shut down before I could post it!!! ARG!!!* CONGRATS!!! This is my 10th yr of pre-s spe! There are lots of links on my school site. http://bcmnc.blount.k12.al.us/links.htm A lot of times I just adapt ideas from other pre-s and K sites. Here are some useful sites that are SPE related... http://www.preschoolfun.com/pages/teacch work jobs.htm I went to a week long autism training this summer and they did stuff like this. I'm going to make some for my room. I'm psyched about it! Need picture symbols (like Boardmaker)? http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm This site isn't SPE but it really helped me out my first year. http://www.preschoolbystormie.com Her monthly activities index was a life saver for me as to what to teach and when... letters, shapes, colors, numbers, fine and gross motor skills, art, rhymes, you name it! I printed up just about every page and put it in a notebook for a reference! Have a great year!!! If you have any questions, we here on AtoZ are here for you!
Oh, I thought of another site! http://www.preschooleducation.com LOTS of ideas and songs for just about anything!
Special, Thanks a lot!!! I am planning on checking all of these sites out. Yesterday I went to a teacher's workshop with a friend who is already a teacher and I made lots of cutsie stuff. It was a blast!! My theme is going to be animals and then I will focus with bears and my theme is "learning is beary fun". I am getting very excited!!
