Independence is a fundamental goal for all students, and we can nurture this skill by implementing work systems in special and general education classrooms. Among these, self-directed or leisure tasks stand out as they are practical and fun. These engaging activities allow students to work independently, providing a break from the usual routine and fostering creativity. Explore some exciting ideas below to incorporate these tasks into your students’ daily schedules.
Errorless Self-Directed Tasks:
- Peg Puzzles
- Lego Building (with visual)
Level 1 Self-Directed Tasks:
- Puzzles
- Lego Building (with visual)
Level 2 Self-Directed Tasks:
- Puzzles
- Lego Building (with visual)
- Cutting Food
Level 3 Self-Directed Tasks:
Elementary Level
- Ring Stack
- Shape Sorter
- Shape Match
- Lacing Cards
- Lego Building (with visual)
- Puzzles
Middle and High School Level
- Hidden Picture Worksheets
- Puzzles (more difficult puzzles)
- Dot-to-Dot
- Coloring Page
- Mazes
- Word Search
4 Responses
How do you store all of these independent task boxes
Iris photo storage containers! Here’s the link: https://amzn.to/37NtspU
Do you have the icon pictures somewhere? I love how they are written out “green heart” to promote environmental print.
Thank you! I created the icons on Boardmaker. For the ones that weren’t in the Boardmaker picture library, I used the web version tab to look up different shapes and colors.