Adulting Made Easy

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🌟FREEBIE Measuring weight, circumference, & length. Perfect worksheets for task boxes or hands-on group activities. All you need is a ruler, tape measure, and a kitchen scale. Worksheets are universal to allow students to measure various items in your classroom.

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☀️Not out for summer yet? (Like me) The end of the school year can feel overwhelming. I’ve put together a collection of end-of-year & summer themed resources for special educators.

➡️ Comment the word SUMMER if you want me to send you the link to any of these resources!

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👋🏼 If you’re new around here- Hi, I’m Fiona! I’m a high school/adult transition special education teacher sharing teacher tips and functional lesson ideas you can use to help your students succeed!

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🍍This week’s featured disability small business: Delicious Cupcakes made by a diverse group of talented individuals with Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Our team works side by side with their dedicated ABA/Life Skills instructors, creating not only sweet treats-but also opportunities, growth, and inclusion.

Special Sweets Bakery features cupcakes that come in a variety of flavors that can be ordered gluten free, vegan, dairy free and nut free.  Assorted cookies, muffins, banana bread, cornbread and pumpkin bread are also some of the other special sweets that our individuals make.  Orders are received and processed through our website, in-person, doordash and on social media including Facebook and Instagram.  Delivery is available locally, for birthday parties, special occasions, holidays, corporate events, corporate gift giving and fundraising events.

Sweets Bakery is now recognized as one of Nassau BOCES Worksite Partners. They currently support over 40 individuals weekly.  Special Sweets Bakery also offers community baking and cooking classes to the public under the guidance of an Executive Chef.

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Shop Small TODAY: www.specialsweets.org

💛 SHARE THIS POST IN YOUR STORIES OR WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES! Consider buying from a small business for your next holiday or birthday gift! By supporting small businesses like this, you help spread awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities and provide meaningful employment opportunities. Follow along as I post other businesses you can support each week!

🏖️FREEBIE: Practice various life skills & academics with national day celebrations! Download this free National Day Calendar for the month of JUNE along with instructions on how to make it a fun and functional activity for your life skills classroom!

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👋🏼 If you’re new around here- Hi, I’m Fiona! I’m a high school/adult transition special education teacher sharing teacher tips and functional lesson ideas you can use to help your students succeed!

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Whether your student is heading to work or an adult day program, graduating this year or next, a well-organized transition portfolio is a game changer. It highlights their strengths, tracks their progress, and supports their goals beyond school. Swipe through for essential items to include — from resumes to visual tools!

💬 Have you started one with your students yet? Drop your favorite resources below! 👇

👋🏼 If you’re new around here- Hi, I’m Fiona! I’m a high school/adult transition special education teacher sharing teacher tips and functional lesson ideas you can use to help your students succeed!

✨You’ll love what’s coming- Hit the follow button so you don’t miss out on freebies I share each week!

High School/Transition teachers, what do you or your school do for exiting/graduating students?
Tell us in the comments below👇🏼

🍝Practice sight word recognition and functional vocabulary related to dining out, using real-life photos for authentic, age-appropriate learning. (Comes in digital & printable task cards, worksheets, and in differentiated levels)

➡️Comment the word VOCAB and I’ll send you the link to this resource!

🍍This week’s featured disability small business: Smile Farms is a nonprofit organization creating meaningful training and work opportunities for people with developmental disabilities through agriculture, hospitality, and community engagement. We believe in the power of work because it provides pride, purpose, confidence, and personal growth.

Our social enterprise, Heat with Heart Hot Sauce, is made with hot and sweet peppers grown and harvested by Smile Farmers at garden campuses across Long Island and New York City. Today, Smile Farms supports and trains more than 400 Smile Farmers through partnerships with schools, hospitals, and disability service organizations.

Smile Farms was founded by the McCann family and is the proud philanthropic partner of 1-800-Flowers.com. What started as a small garden project has grown into a network of campuses focused on creating inclusive opportunities, building job skills, and helping people of all abilities feel connected to their communities through meaningful work.

Give them a follow at: Smile Farms

Shop Small TODAY: www.smilefarms.org

💛 SHARE THIS POST IN YOUR STORIES OR WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES! Consider buying from a small business for your next holiday or birthday gift! By supporting small businesses like this, you help spread awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities and provide meaningful employment opportunities. Follow along as I post other businesses you can support each week!

🎓Check out some of the life skills you can practice with your grads (surrounding graduation) while preparing for the big day! How many grads do you have this year?

👋🏼 If you’re new around here- Hi, I’m Fiona! I’m a high school/adult transition special education teacher sharing teacher tips and functional lesson ideas you can use to help your students succeed!

✨You’ll love what’s coming- Hit the follow button so you don’t miss out on freebies I share each week!