Addressing IEP Goals in the Writing Center

I teach a preschool self-contained class for three year olds, so all of my students have IEP's (Individualized Education Plans). I aim to address many of their personal goals and objectives through center time in addition to more teacher-directed activities. 

In this post I will show how I address some popular preschool IEP goals through my writing center activities...

This is a super simple task I created last year to address a student's goal of "will color in basic shapes." It also works for "will color within lines." I am not a huge coloring in fan, but it is important for them to learn the fine motor control of coloring in the lines. I created this in Microsoft Word and I have attached a link to a downloadable PDF of it here!

 

The name-matching folder is one of my favorite activities that I came up with last year. It not only works on letter identification but also addresses the goal of a student identifying themselves in a picture. In my experience students LOVE to see themselves and are more motivated to complete this activity when they see their picture.

(found at Childcareland.com)

This shape tracing activity is seasonally appropriate and addresses a popular preschool IEP goal of "will name basic shapes..." It also works on the goal of "will develop a tripod grasp" since the student is working on using a pencil/marker/crayon to trace each shape. 

(found at totschooling.net)

This is a fun, seasonal take on the classic pre-writing skill/IEP goal of "student will trace/independently write horizontal and vertical lines." I learned a trick from an OT to tape a paper to the wall and have the student write their lines that way because it forces them to use a more correct grip on their writing utensil and it works!