Simple AT solutions from a local Dollar Store!

Need simple and cheap items to help your students? Consider going to the Dollar Store to see if you can find items/products that could be used in your classroom as UDL or AT. Here are the 10 that I found I would most likely use in my own classroom.

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The first item I found was: Bubbles!

These can used for calming. Autistic students could enjoy a break from their school work and focus on the many bubbles. An opportunity to refocus their attention and help with stressful moments.

Price: $1.25

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The second item I found was: 

Garden gloves can be used by students who have motor difficulties. For holding items and even assisting in their mobility of grabbing on to things while they walk. They would also work for students who may have difficulty being a part of activities that involve digging in to soil.

Price: $1.25

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The third item I found was: Garden Signs

Garden signs are very useful for non-verbal's. Autistic students as well as students with speech difficulties would find these signs useful. They could have words on them written "I need help" or they could raise one for answering a question. It would depend on the student in the classroom.

Price: $1.25

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The fourth item I found was: Streamer

Streamers could be use for an Autistic student, to allow for a touch and feel opportunity. The student can jump and jog with this to help refocus and calm from whatever maybe bugging them. Streamers allow for students to burn off access energy and have something soft near them

Price: $1.25

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The fifth item I found was: Stress Ball

Stress Balls are very useful for trying to help ADHD/ADD students refocus their attention on the task at hand and listen. They can also help students with behaviour issues focus their emotions on an inanimate object.

Price: $1.00

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The sixth item I found was: LED Push Light

The LED light could help with students who are non-verbal. This would allow them a way to communicate without raising their hands or just answering simple answers like yes or no.

Price: $1.25

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The seventh item I found was: Clay/Play-dough

Clay/Play-dough can help stick items down, help students with ADHD/ADD  to focus on the teachers task. Can also be used as something to stick items in to, such as a pencil or pen if they are frequently lost due to difficulty paying attention to their property.  

Price: $1.50

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The eight item I found was: Eye Mask

Eye Masks can be used for calming Autistic students who may have a quite room to escape whatever is upsetting them.   

Price: $1.25

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The ninth item I found was: Magnifying LED 

Can be used for students who have minor visual impairments or students who find small font difficult to read.

Price: $3.00

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The tenth item I found was: Mirror

Mirrors can help with Autistic students for calming. Can be used as speech recognition (pronunciation) in resource rooms. Maybe even opportunities for the student to look at themselves in the mirror and say something nice about themselves.

Price: $2.00