Creative Resources

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I have been a Special Education teacher for nine years in middle and high school. I am currently teaching high school Life Skills, and I love it. The students I've worked with for so long are getting jobs and going to work, which is amazing for me to watch! All my students have a variety of talents and strengths, which means they do best when material is customized to meet their needs. While I love my students and my time with them, I also realize that teaching Special Education is one of the most challenging areas in the education system. Burn-out is high. Resources are low. My hope is that my resources will help make this job easier so that people don't burn out, get frustrated, and leave. ♥ We are stronger together. ♥

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Interlocking Blocks Sorting and Patterning Pages Bricks

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Use these cards with a set of interlocking blocks to teach basic patterning and sequencing. Set includes 10 cards and one blank master so that you can add your own colors. Cards 1-6 have one blank square at the bottom; you can either have the student add their own, or pick a color you want them to use. Cards 7-10 have six block squares that the student has to identify and place in correct order. There are many brands of interlocking blocks out there, choose a large variety for very young hands,

PreK - 2nd

Hedgehog Matching Cards

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Penny the hedgehog is always learning new things. From baseball to sailing a pirate ship, Penny loves to explore. Use these 9 pairs of matching cards individually, or as a game to increase memory and categorization skills. Fulfills Washington state WAAS portfolio standard number 7.1 13. Don’t forget to earn your FREE CREDITS on TpT! You earn one TpT Credit for every $ you spend on Teachers Pay Teachers! To redeem your credits, just leave feedback on each item you’ve purchased. TpT will even roun

K - 2nd

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Teaching style

I am a visual learner, and find that many of my students are as well. I try to use concrete examples to explain our abstract world. Through my curriculum, I try to present my students with lessons that are at their level, yet looks like a higher level material. There is nothing worse than giving an 10th grader a passage to read with cute little fuzzy bears on it! I believe in protecting the dignity of my students, and that starts with the material I ask them to do. I also believe that when our hands are moving, our brain is learning! Textbooks are a great wealth of knowledge, but not every student can open a page and take that knowledge in. For those students, my unique and "Creative" resources give them an alternative form of learning.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Shining teaching moment? When a student of mine with an IEP in writing won 3rd place in a local writing contest...that was a good day :)

My own education history

Central Washington University

Additional biographical information

As well as being a teacher, I am a compulsive creator. I paint, metalsmith, sculpt, etc. Everyone in my family is either an artist or an engineer, so I take a lot of inspiration from them! I love the outdoors, and any type of geology or ornithology. Before becoming a teacher, I traveled to Alaska, worked outdoors for the Forest Service, and owned my own sailboat. I enjoy sharing my own unique perspective with my older students who are about to join the workforce. I myself would love to be an animator for Disney Studios when I grow up. ;)