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Public Domain Curriculum Resources

Complexion Care: (.pdf) The complexion care program provides a simple step-by-step procedure to teach your students how to clean and care for their skin.This program provides steps in teaching how to cleanse your face with soap, a cleanser, using blemish cream, and using moisturizer.

Counting Objects: (.pdf) Counting Objects is a program that teaches the skill of one-to-one correspondence to count objects.It has a great scope and sequence that begins with the learner counting objects by picking them up and ends with the learner being able to count to a specific number between one and ten.

Counting Objects Data Sheets: Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4 (.rtf)

Daily Living Skills - Toothbrushing: (.pdf) The tooth-brushing program provides a task analysis of proper tooth brushing.This program begins by teaching the first step of picking up your toothbrush and continues through each step until the student reaches the last step of throwing away the cup and paper towel.

Daily Living Skills - Using Deodorant: (.pdf) Using deodorant program provides a task analysis, or step-by-step procedure, to teach students to use deodorant appropriately.This program provides steps to teach the use of both a spray deodorant and a roll-on deodorant

Daily Living Skills - Washing Hair: (.pdf) This program provides a task analysis, or step-by-step procedure, in teaching how to wash and comb your hair appropriately.This program begins with teaching the steps of combing your hair and how to “get the tangles out” all the way through to teaching to cleaning off the counter and sink when you’re finished washing your hair.

Easy Basic Sewing-Left Handed: (.pdf) Easy basic sewing teaches the learner how to correctly measure thread, how to thread a needle, and hold the piece of fabric, as you are sewing.This program progresses to teaching the learner how to sew a simple holding stitch.

Eating: (.pdf) This program teaching eating finger foods, eating with a spoon, drinking from a cup, and drinking with a straw.

Every Parent a Teacher: The article “Every Parent a Teacher” provides parents with a complete outlook at their importance in their child’s learning.It stresses the importance of building a close, positive relationship with their children when they are infants.This article provides guidelines to create both spontaneous learning moments and the steps for beneficial planned learning moments.

Handwriting Resource Book: (.zip) The handwriting resource book provides a guideline for teaching correct writing practices.It provides both manuscript and cursive forms as well as how to provide formal handwriting instruction.The book provides error correction procedures and how to identify handwriting problems found when teaching students.

Handwriting Worksheets: (.zip) A set of worksheets provided for student practice.Several worksheets provide models for the learner to work from as well as several blank worksheets for student practice.

Handwriting Data Sheets: iseesam.rtf | prek.rtf

Identification of Coins: (.pdf) Identification of coins teaches the learner the names of five coins, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half dollar.This program teaches the student to find the correct coin by pointing and also verbalizing the name of the coin

Low Performers' Manual: (.pdf) The Low Performers’ Manual consists of four sections that provide basic guidelines and procedures for teaching the low performing students.Section I addresses the use of behavior objectives, procedures for diagnosing, and broader specifications of what to teach.Section II provides general guidelines for different behaviors, basic procedures for scheduling, and general rules for pacing.Section III provides procedures for diagnosing in order to provide specific instruction and gain knowledge about the learner’s basic skill level and behavioral adjustment.Lastly, Section IV provides guidelines and procedures for teaching new motor responses.

Matching Sizes, Shapes, and Colors: (.pdf) Matching sizes, shapes, and colors is a program that teaches the learner how to correctly match different colors, shapes, and sizes.It begins by teaching two colors and as the learner masters that lesson it adds on more colors.After the student is able to match colors, the program moves on to teaching different shapes, and then onto sizes.

Mini Posters Safety: (.pdf) The mini posters are a collection of posters for use with both teachers and students.Many posters consist of best practices in Special Education such as handling behavior problems, keeping track of progress, and the Special Education process.There are also several posters consisting of safety tips and procedures to use in your classroom.These posters consist of knowing how a child is feeling, administering oral medication, and preventing dehydration.

Motor Development 1 (.pdf) - Preskills for Sitting and Moving About: Motor Development I teaches the pre-requisite skills for sitting and moving around.It provides lessons in teaching the learner to raise his head while laying on his stomach up to learning to sit without support and crawling on his elbows.

Motor Development 2 (.pdf) - Sitting and Moving About: Motor Development II is the continuation to Motor Development I.This program teaches the motor skills necessary for the learner to sit and move around an area.The program works on assisting the learner to stand and walk as well as the learner being taught to pull himself up into a standing position.

Noseblowing: (.pdf) Nose blowing is a program that provides a task analysis, a step-by-step procedure, for teaching the learner how to blow his/her nose correctly.This program also provides steps for teaching the learner how to wipe his nose correctly.

Number Symbols: (.pdf) Number Symbols is a math program that teaches the skills of single column addition and subtraction with numbers up to 10.This program also teaches the concepts of “more”, “equal”, and “less”.

Numbers 1-20: (.pdf) Numbers 1-20 uses a well defined scope and sequence that begins with teaching the learner to match, order, name and count numbers 1-20.

Parent Teaching Pack Number Skills: (.pdf) When using this program, the learner will be taught to match like numbers, name numbers, order numbers, and count from a designated number to a designated number.

Play Program: (.pdf) The purpose of this program is to teach the learner basic skills for gross motor activities (playing with a ball) and fine motor activities (threading beads or playing with dough).This program addresses three different types of play: individual play, parallel play, and cooperative play.

Sewing on Buttons (for Right Handed Children): (.pdf) This program addresses the skills used to sew on two-hole and four-hole buttons onto fabric.The program begins teaching the holding stitch without a button and moves onto completing a stitch with the button.

Shoes and Socks: (.pdf) The purpose of this program is to provide the skills necessary to putting on and removing socks and shoes.

Spoken Name, Address & Phone Number: (.pdf) This program teaches the learner to verbalize his name, address, and phone number. The program begins with teaching the name by learning the sounds of each letter and then saying the name quickly.This program uses a backward chain in order to teach the phone number.

Toilet Training: (.pdf) The purpose of this program is to teach the learner to use the bathroom independently.The learner should be able to do the following at the end of this program: go to the toilet, pull down his/her pants, urinate and/or have a bowel movement, wipe if necessary, and flush the toilet.

Training for Independence (.pdf) - a Program for Teaching Independent Dressing Skills:

Training for Independence (.pdf) - a Program for Teaching the Retention of Important Oral Phrases and Numbers:

Understanding Functional Words and Phrases: (.pdf)

Written Name, Address and Phone Number: (.pdf)

Independent Use of Zippers, Buttons, Shoes and Socks: (.pdf)