Special Education Optional Recommended Resources
District Optional Recommended Resources
Resource Program Links and Recommendations
- Education.com -Access to free printable worksheets and academic games
- ABCYa - Literacy, and Math Games Grades TK-5
- Starfall - Literacy Games Grades K-2
- Fun Brain - Reading & Grammar Games
- Storyline Online - Digital Read-aloud for All Ages
- Just Books Read Aloud - Read-aloud by Reading Level
- Prodigy - Math Practice Made Fun
- Khan Academy - Math and Science Digital Lessons Grades K-8
- Moby Max - All-Academic Content Grades 1-8
- Math Playground - Games Sorted by Topic/Math Strand
- Fun Brain - Math Games with Grade Level Recommendations
- Mr. Nussbaum.com - Math Games
- PBS Kids - Math Games for Little Learners
Special Day Class Links and Recommendations
- Starfall - Literacy Games Grades K-2
- Education.com -Access to free printable worksheets and academic games
- San Marino Library Digital Resources
- 20 days of free articles, stories, videos, and fun learning activities
- Unique Learning System
Apps for Dyslexia
Apps for Visually Impaired
Autism SDC Links and Recommendations
- Autismclassroomresources.com - This website has math, matching, and many other practice activities students can do at home.
- Education.com -Access to free printable worksheets and academic games
- Unique Learning System
Functional Skills SDC Links and Recommendations
- Unique Learning System
- Use natural opportunities to maintain skills
- Count/add/subtract/multiply when
- Setting the table
- Cleaning up
- Sorting/folding laundry
- Cooking
- Playing a board game
- Read environmental print/numbers
- Sing the ABC Song while washing hands
- Label objects/actions/attributes at home and in the community
- Ask “wh” questions about a video or book
- Count/add/subtract/multiply when
Speech and Language Links and Recommendations
- Speech Therapy Home Activities- This links to a free download of three handouts that promote speech and language at home.
- AUSD Speech and Language Activities for Home
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Speech and Language Songs- Youtube Channel of videos with Core Vocabulary Songs
Occupational Therapy Links and Recommendations
- www.kidsmasterskills.com - free take-home packet created by an OT
- https://www.toolstogrowot.com/free-therapy-resources/sort/date-new - free ideas, packets available
- These monthly movement activities use a lot of items found around the home.
- Here are fine motor and coordination activities using a simple deck of playing cards.
- Here are movement, dexterity, and strengthening activities using craft pom poms
- Activities with paper clips to encourage coordination, visual-motor skills, perception, and dexterity.
- Here are sensory diet activities for the backyard.
- 31 ways to learn through movement and play.
- A giant list of activities using play dough.
- Activities/ideas to work on a variety of skills http://therapystreetforkids.com/
Typing Practice
Online Eye Exercises
Adaptive PE Links and Recommendations
- www.Openphysed.org
- https://www.gonoodle.com/
- Dance Sweat Live
- Move to Learn
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- To encourage gross motor movement, core strengthening, and heavy work for sensory needs, try these indoor recess activities. They work at home, too!
- Get outside!
- Maintain a routine of going outside daily and being active
- Reduce screen time
- Do warm-ups (jumping jacks, toe touches, stretches)
- Dance party!
- Have a set PE time (physical movement, outdoor play, sports games) throughout the week
Social-Emotional Behavior Links
- National Association of School Psychologist handout (English, Chinese available): Talking to Children About COVID-19: A Parent Resources
- COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities: https://scdd.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/03/Green-Mountain-SA-Info-By-and-For-People-with-Disabilities.pdf
- Coping with stress during infectious disease outbreaks: http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/CommunicableDisease‑StrategiesForCoping.pdf
- Social-Emotional Apps:
- California Peer-Run Warm Line
- Toll-Free Number: 1-855-845-7415
- Web Chat: https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/
- Immediate, free non-emergency emotional support is available to anyone in the state via telephone or instant messaging
- A toll-free service staffed 24/7 by trained Peers with specialized training in supporting mental health challenges.
Helping your student maintain consistency to ease their transition back to school
- Maintain routines: Help your student maintain a routine. Make a copy of this example and edit it to meet your family needs.
- Try to have a snack and lunch at your child’s typical school snack and lunchtimes
- Have your child wake up and go to sleep like they were attending school
- Limit gaming and device time
- Help with chores
- Take out the trash
- Set the table
- Sort Laundry
- Make a snack/help make a meal
- Clean up a room
Health and Wellness
- Family GoNoodle- This website gets kids moving and practice mindful activities
- Headspace For Kids- A great website for kids to practice meditation and calming exercises
- UCLAhealth.org-Guided Meditations- Guided meditations
- Coping with Coronavirus Anxiety
- What Does the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mean for Families?
- Talking to Kids About Coronavirus
- Talking to Teens and Tweens About Coronavirus
- Coronavirus BrainPOP Video
- Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
- The Quiet Kit https://quietkit.com/
- Stop, Breathe, Think https://www.stopbreathethink.
com/ - Dartmouth Relaxation Downloads https://students.dartmouth.
edu/wellness-center/wellness- mindfulness/relaxation- downloads - Smiling Mind https://www.smilingmind.com.
au/smiling-mind-app - Pixel Thoughts http://www.pixelthoughts.co/
- Just for Teens: A Personal Plan for Managing Stress https://www.aap.org/en-us/
professional-resources/ Reaching-Teens/Documents/ Private/Personal_plan_handout. pdf - Insight Timer https://insighttimer.com/
- 99 Coping Skills https://www.yourlifeyourvoice.
org/pages/tip-99-coping- skills.aspx - Grounding: Create Personal Calm https://www.winona.edu/
resilience/Media/Grounding- Worksheet.pdf
Tech & Other Resources
- Brainpop (Login through Clever)
- Code.org - Coding: Challenge the Mind & Learn 21st Century Skills
- Type Rocket - Practice Your Typing Skills
- Dance Mat Typing - Improve Your Touch Typing & Speed
Offline Activities
- If you have a music instrument...practice!
- Family puzzles and game boards
- Enjoy Nature (go for a walk, play outside, ride a bike or scooter)
- Bake cookies or cook a family favorite recipe
- Scrapbook photos of friends and family
- Write a letter to a friend
- Organize an area in your room
- Read a book and share your favorite part of the story
- Create a comic book
- Find geometric shapes in your home (I spy a triangle...I spy a square)
- Flip a coin 10, 20, 100 times to compare heads vs. tail
- Study patterns in plants by collecting leaves
- Create a new dance move or game
- Count steps between rooms in your home
- Play "I'm Thinking of..." (I am thinking of an animal that is grey, is large, and has a trunk...)