Dollar store task box ideas

Do you love grabbing items from the dollar store to use in your classroom? Get ready for a treat all about Dollar Store Hacks & Ideas.

Functional task boxes and independent work ideas

I could never say enough positive things about using a work box system in the classroom-- for any child. I've used them with typically d...

From developing fine motor skills, letter and number recognition, sight words, sorting, sequencing, reading, and math, these task boxes for autism tasks will help develop important life skills and beyond!

Here are some of the task boxes I've knocked out since we went back to school after winter break. Most of the materials came from the Ta...

Matching shapes. (visual prompts with colors that match too) Wow, tomorrow is already the end of the first 9 weeks of school! Time is ju...

Hair curler task box. I got these hair curlers a few years ago at Dollar Tree. I love this task box for following directions, sorting, simple assembly, fine motor skills , crossing midline, and increasing independence. The step by step visual directions for this task box and more are on my tpt store. Link in bio #quarenteach #lifeskills #lifeskillsteacher #lifeskillclass #taskboxes #taskbox #sped #specialeducation #specialeducationteacher #spedteacherspayteachers #teacherspayteachers #tpt…

If you teach special education you should be familiar with the "next dollar" method, or "dollar over" strategy. If not, well you should. :) Basically, the student looks at the number before the decimal point, counts out those dollars and then adds one more dollar for the change. Here is a work box that I use with my students for independent practice with the dollar over strategy (I got this wonderful idea from my mentor teacher!). All the materials needed are in this box. (index cards with…