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Blogs

Equipment

Flipping the Classrooom ideas

Flipping the Classroom - ID Style
resources for students with intellectual disabilities

DIY projects

Adapting Simple Battery Operated Toys
Homemade Switch Activated Pour Cup
How to Guide
How to adapt toys
Suggestions on how to adapt a toy for switch access
Mouse House
Make your own computer switch interface
Switch Adapted Spinner
How to make your own All-Turn-It Spinner
Universal Cuffs
DIY Universal Cuffs for writing tools or stylus for iPad or Touch Screen

Resources for Classroom Lessons

Enchanted Learning
Online Curriculum Materials
S. Baur's Portal
Web-based activities to use in the classroom
Online activities
great resource of online grade based activities
Adapting Creatively
A-Z for Adapting Literacy
Resources for adapting literacy from Ynez P. and Sharon G.
SECEP Educational Links
online and/or seatwork activities; student may need to be able to use a mouse or a writing tool
Lexile Framework for Reading

Literacy Websites - put cursor on advance button for switch use

Help Kidz Learn
Subscription based switch accessible (yearly fee) includes ChooseIt Maker and games & activities
Hiyah.net
Free
One More Story
Subscription
Oxford Owl
Free to use ebooks; Just look for the 'e' on the bookshelf
StoryPlace
Free
Tar Heel Reader
Free
Reading IQ
Free for teachers; use reading with pause for switch access
Epic!
Free for teachers
Sheppard Software Flash Cards
Flash cards are switch accessible
Book Trust
Free
StarFall
Some free books, subscribe to get more (yearly fee)
Lil-fingers Stories
storyjumper
Free stories read aloud online
Adventures of Roy the Zebra

Resources for Obtaining Free Books

Additional Literacy Websites

Interwrite/Smartboard activities

Sheppard Software
Activities for Geography, Science, Language Arts, Chemistry, History, and more

Switch Music

SENict Activities by Ian Bean
Free registration for Switch accessible activities, music videos and more

Switch Games

Math activities

Illuminations
Illuminations is a project designed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Math Learning Center
check out this website for math activities, math books to read: Pre-K story collections, make a rekenrek

VA Special Education Resources

REACH Program