Safety Resources

A parent directed me to this website and I just had to share. My Precious Kid is a great resource for safety materials (e.g., id bracelets, seat belt covers, child locators) for children with autism and special needs.

Feel free to let us know of other resources for our families and we'll post them here. Thanks!

Get A Jump on School!

Yes, it is the end of May and the school year is wrapping up. But summer is a great opportunity to get a jump start on the school year ahead. If your student will be starting (or continuing) preschool in the fall, there are great resources online that will give you tons of ideas for different preschool related themes.

Here are just a few great sites to check out:

Everything Preschool This site has 170 early childhood education themes! Each theme has a section with examples of songs, art activities, books, games, coloring pages, science projects, and more! Great themes for the summer include: Beaches, Vacation, Summer, Ocean, Picnic, Camping, and lots more!

Preschool Education This site is similar to the one above with lots of different themes with activities for each theme provided.

Preschool Coloring Book Who needs to buy a coloring book where you can just print out these pages related to the topics you want to teach! Great topics include bugs, camping, holidays, seasons, ocean, and more!

What if your child or student is going into Kindergarten? Many similar resources exist online too.

Check out Teaching First. This website has it all! Some examples...

* California Kindergarten State Standards
* List of fun learning sites for kids to use
* Word Wall Activities for school and home

A to Z Teacher Stuff for Teachers This site has lots of information for teachers for both preschool and kindergarten.

Kingergarten Lessons Another site with a wealth of information! Lots of lesson plans for both home and school. It also reviews many concepts that students will be learning in Kindergarten (e.g., math, reading and literacy, science) and provides lots of examples of how to teach these skills.

Any other sites that you would recommend? Let us know!

Got Flickr?

Is everyone aware of Flickr?

Flickr is a photo/image hosting site where users upload and share their pictures. Our staff has also discovered that it is a great site to access pictures for GENERALIZATION!

Generalizing and responding to multiple stimuli is so important for children with autism. This site is a great place to get 1000's of images of places, animals, firefighters, etc.



No more searching for that perfect set of community helpers cards. You can make your own.



Location pictures ready when you need them! So much easier than going to take pictures at each location.



Flickr is a great tool for materials!