Madi's in a New Book

Madi, the Dynavox using, powerchair driving star of "So Don't and See What Happens!" is back in Sour Puss with her brother and the family pet.  I haven't seen it yet, by my class really enjoyed Madi in her first book and I hope we end up with a copy of Sour Puss soon.  Both books ate $15.00.

50 Best Special Education Blogs

Would you like to add to your selection of online resources?  Check out this list of the 50 Best Blogs for Special Education Teachers.  I am happy to have Teaching Learners with Multiple Needs on the list.

Animated Christmas

Animated Christmas is a good resource with many things to explore. In particular your students may want to look at the interactive animated storybook, Fir Tree.

Might be a nice addition to a multicultural winter celebration unit.

Winter Celebrations Around the World

Although my class is studying Charles Dickens this month here are some links for those of you doing unit on multicultural winter holidays, be it part of the Unique extra lesson or not.

Los Posadas

• The History of Los Posadas
• Los Posadas at Scholastic 
• Los Posadas 
• Los Posadas a Mexican Christmas 
• Los Posadas Recipes

Soyaluna

• The History of Soyaluna - Hopi Calling Back the Sun
  

Hannukah

• Hanukat
• Chanukah
• Anklar
• Activity Village Hannukah
• Torah Tots
  

Kwanzaa

• Kwanzaa Crafts and Printables
• Kwanzaa at Black History from A-Z
• Kwanzaa for Kidz
• DLTK Kwanzaa Activities

DongZhi

• DongZhi - Chinese Winter Festival

Lohri

• Lohri Bonfire Festival - Hindu/Indian Winter Celebration
  

Trabasack: Lap Tray, Bag and Mount All-In-One!

this is taken from Barrie at One Switch Blog.

The Trabasack is a fantastic UK designed product that is a bag and lap-tray all in one. The Trabasack Curve as pictured has a Velcro surface making it ideal for many switch users when away from home.  Comes also in a rectangular shape in a medium and mini size, with and without being Velcro accepting.  The wheelchair version has special strap designs for wheelchair attachment.  The trim comes in different colors too.  Buy direct from Trabasack or the USA vendor Windsor Direct.

Splatz Switch Holder

via from CALL Scotland Blog by Robert Stewart

The Splatz Switch Holder is a washable, non-slip switch holder for 2.5 inch round switches (Jelly Bean, Buddy Button) with a hole to thread the cord through.  They come in the four colors shown from QED for £15.

Wordless Wednesday - Multi-Sensory Icons for A Christmas Carol

As I've mentioned we are doing a unit on A Christmas Carol.  These are the characters in Pete Well's adapted sensory story version of A Christmas Carol.  Our first lesson for the unit the students were shown the characters and each picked one to adapt into a multi-sensory icon, using Pete Well's suggestions and their own ideas.  Today we used the multi-sensory icons as props in our first viewing/telling of A Christmas Carol.

(Note the large characters were used as puppets and the small symbols as switch labels.  The red cards have cinnamon glued to them.)