Donna Marie M.

Boter Major in Special Education

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Children with special needs may have difficulty in some aspects and that, teachers must have to do something for children to overcome their difficulties. There are ways in which we could engage children with special needs to learn depending on the disabilities they have but the following are educational interactive games wherein children would have to enjoy and most especially, can learn through these games. The teacher must have to play his/her role as the facilitator of the children in class. These games would really be helpful to children with special needs especially to those children who are not exposed to Social Medias. Here are the following websites: 1.) http://www.e-learningforkids.org/courses.html#langarts http://www.e-learningforkids.org/index.html ANNOTATION: This website helps relate the lesson into games. It has different topics and different grade levels as well. It can also help students practice in developing their skills like on math, language, science, computer, environmental, health and life skills through these games. This site can be helpful to children with special needs. Children with visual impairment may not able to enjoy this site, they can only hear the sounds. This site is more on games integrated to the lesson from different grade levels.

2.) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html ANNOTATION: This site has creative activities for students. This is designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment and imagination. This site helps children to practice, enhance their creativity. Any disability can enjoy this site except for children having visual impairment.

3.) http://www.parenting.com/blogs/mom-congress/melissa-taylor/10-besteducational-websites-kids-are-free ANNOTATION: This site provides games, photos and videos for the students to watch. There are 10 educational websites available in this site. The corresponding websites have its description in which one has to choose. This site will keep students engaged and gain learning through this site.

4.) http://interactivesites.weebly.com/ ANNOTATION: This website can help make students not to get bored during discussion. This site contains of many games wherein the students can enjoy. This will be useful in assessing the mental capacity of the student in playing.This will help students to practice developing their skills on math and other skills that the students can develop available in this site. It has corresponding topics which the students can choose.

5.) http://autismparents.net/top-10-fun-websites-for-kids-with-autism/ ANNOTATION: This site would be helpful to children with autism. It has tutorials and as well as educational interactive games that children can enjoy. This site provides lessons like cases of alphabets, reading short stories, even on math and a lot more. The teacher can really make use of this as he/she would want their students to learn. It has also games that

interacts students to learn. These games can also help children with autism practice on how to focus. This site does not only display visual presentations but also it has sounds to catch the childrens attention to really listen.

6.) http://www.wartgames.com/themes/health/ADHD.html ANNOTATION: This site provides games for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to enjoy and to practice their analytical thinking. This site also provides information or background about children of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for everyone to be informed. This site will surely be interesting and fun for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

7.) http://www.dyslexiagames.com/ ANNOTATION: This site is very useful to children with dyslexia. It provides pictures that children have to identify what its differences. It develops childrens ability in thinking. This site also can enhance one s

creativity in drawing because the child has to draw what is missing in the picture. This site also helps children to quickly overcome reading confusion, concentration problems and letter reversals.

8.) http://www.spaceplace.tv/quiz.php ANNOTATION: This site has series of films about a space museum especially designed for young children, particularly those with autism. This is an invaluable resource for children with autism spectrum disorder. It can improve emotional comprehension and may be able to improve the day to day life of children with ASD. This is an interactive game to children. Children would really become interested as they get into this site.

9.) http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/resource-library/toys-games

ANNOTATION: This site contains informations about the activities for children with autism in class wherein teachers can apply this. This is not

an online activity for children but its an activity that a teacher can apply in class where he/she can get here.

10.)

http://www.smarterschooling.com/learning-resources/kids-typing-

lessons-games/

ANNOTATION: This site is more on typing activities that children with special needs can enhance their speed in typing. It has different kinds of typing activity. This site is useful and effective to those children who need to develop their speed in typing. This is also good to apply to children with autism to practice focus.

11.) http://www.gamesgames.com/games/kidsgames.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9975579817 &utm_term=+fun%20+games%20+for%20+children&utm_content=159463DC23DFF-F345-4AC5-A38C-E881F8A5D9ACS1170148894

ANNOTATION: In this site, there are many educational games that children with special needs can enjoy. These games enhance children to become creative and productive in so many ways IN TERMS of paper cutting, coloring etc. I think games of this site have all ages, from kindergarten up to the higher grade. This site is fun, interesting and amazingly made for students with special needs.

SCREENSHOTS WITH ANNOTATIONS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Submitted by: Donna Marie M. Boter

Submitted to: Maam Mercelita Labial

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013