Why You Need Put In Tasks in Special Education

Put in tasks and activities can be an awesome addition to your special education classroom! This is a basic fine motor skill perfect for all ages and ability levels. Once my student has mastered errorless work, they move to put in tasks!

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What is put in work?

Put In Vocational Work Tasks resource on TeachersPayTeachers

Put in tasks are work activities where the student is putting something inside another item. There is no sorting, no matching, no assembling, no sequencing. It’s one basic fine motor movement. Pick up items and put them somewhere.

These task ideas for students are essential to teach our younger and foundational level learners how to work independently, how to increase work endurance, and attention. There is a clear start and ending point. You can increase the length and difficulty by using smaller items and increasing the number of items. You can work on generalization by making a lot of different versions of these tasks.

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Why would you use put in tasks?

Put in tasks are great for students with low attention and fine motor abilities. I use these types of with early learners to increase their work confidence and work endurance. We want put in activities to be simple so we can celebrate their wins. This is typically to promote longer work periods of time.

These are great tasks to introduce independent work. Put in tasks have a definite start and stop and can help students understand the foundational needed for independent work. Want to know more about independent work? Read this blog post!

Where can I find put in activities?

Put In Vocational Work Tasks resource on TeachersPayTeachers, 20 easy print and prep work boxes

You’re in luck! I have a set of put in work tasks in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store! Easy prep set of work boxes that you can print, prep and find materials in your classroom or local dollar store to set up and implement this school year!

Independent work tasks are important in every special education classroom! These task boxes can be used as teaching tools and building independence through student work.

This resource includes detailed instructions for teacher setup, Amazon list of possible materials, digital data tracking form, student visuals, teacher visuals and directions for use for 20 work tasks. These activities are for fine motor tasks that require a put in aspect. 

Best part! You can either use the pre-created student visuals with images taken for you to show each step of the task OR you can create your own student visuals!

This resource requires the addition of some basic materials such as bins, office supplies, small containers. A detailed Amazon supply list is included to make it easy to determine what you will need to create all of these centers!

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