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Some Lesson Plans and Activities for Teaching Basic Skills

(These lessons may be helpful for adults with developmental or learning disabilities, children, or people learning ESL [English as a Second Language] ).

Brainstorm of Ideas: Can't think of anything to do on a rainy day? Try some of these activities.
The Cooking Class Game: Improve nutrition and kitchen skills.
Famous people with disabilities: Learn about great people who had learning disorders, epilepsy, etc.
The Hygiene Game: Teach about manners and personal needs.
Community Signs BINGO -- play this matching signs game as you would BINGO. Download Community Signs Bingo CorelDRAW file so you can create your own Bingo game (requires CorelDRAW 3.0 or better * -- approx. 43K).
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Nutrition Knowledge: Decide which foods are better for you. Download CorelDRAW file so you can make your own nutrition posters (requires CorelDRAW 3.0 or better * -- approx. 141K).
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Picture BINGO: How to play this matching pictures game. Download Picture Bingo CorelDRAW file so you can make your own game (requires CorelDRAW 3.0 or better * -- approx. 207K).
The Safety Game: Review safety skills.
Download free computer software for teaching basic skills.

* Note: All of the CorelDRAW files on this site are zipped and therefore require an unzip program to decompress the files.

Links to other sites with lesson plans and activities:

Bry-back Manor: Educational activities, holiday projects, and Mac software.
Idea Box: Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources: Lists and lists of educational activities.
www.peepo.com activities for people with cognitive disabilities