Special Needs Kids often need teaching supplements in order to learn/understand what we are teaching them. As homeschooling parents, these are often hard to find and what we do find is full of busy, babyish art work that only distracts our highly distractible kids!
Snap Away Cards© have been designed specifically for the Special Needs Child. The first batch of cards are the Dolch Words that many educators insist are very helpful for our kids to learn. Snap Away Cards© are downloadable eBooks that you print out on your own printer using Business Cards - the kind that come 10 up on an 8 ½ x 11 inch page. You can get a box of these (1000 cards) at Sam's Club for $5.42!
There are lots of different ways to use the Dolch Words Snap Away Cards©:
• Use as teaching cards: hold your thumb over all but the first letter and let your child pronounce each letter as you move your thumb to show the remaining letters of the word
• Let your child look through all the cards and pick out the ones they know. Start a pile of words they know (Success Words) and another pile of words they still need to work on (Learning Words)
• See web site for further sorting activities
• Use as flash cards for review
• Show your child how to use these words to create a sentence
• Let your child use these words to create a sentence
A very important part of teaching High Functioning Special Needs kids is having options. Options that include different ways of teaching the same thing. That's one great part of the Snap Away Cards©, the options are endless!
Author Info:
Maggie McCormick is married to her best friend Dave. Their son has Aspergers/ADHD/ODD and their daughter is mildly ADHD. They have been homeschooling for over six years and have a Support Site for Special Needs Families. Come visit them at http://www.home.maggiemccormick.com
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