Structured play activities

Understanding what structured playtime is and when to plan those structured playtime activities into your child's day each day.

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.

Learn the meaning of two different types of play: structured and unstructured. Explore examples of unstructured vs. structured activities.

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

Here are 22 circle time ideas for toddlers and preschoolers that are easy, fun, and perfect for social development!

Are you looking for creative ways to engage young learners in your preschool classroom? Play-based learning is the perfect solution! This playful approach to teaching can help preschoolers develop language, physical motor and social-emotional skills. Find out why play-based learning is essential for preschoolers and get some amazing ideas to use in your own classroom. #playbasedlearning #preschool #playfullearning #preschoolers

Building Functional Pretend Play Centers in an Pre-K 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…

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

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