For our independent work inspiration this week, I have a quick and easy baking vocational work task that is great for any age. Putting cupcake liners into muffin tins is a practical and functional skill. And as an independent work it’s so very easy to set up…and I’ve got a little tip as well.
Independent Work Inspiration: Material List
- Muffin Tin (Size depends on availability or student skill)
- Cupcake Liners
- Velcro
Baking Work Task: Who is It For?
This baking work task will be great for any age. It can work with older students working on vocational or life skills like cooking. But it’s also good for any students who help in the kitchen with cooking. Or any students working on fine motor skills and who need basic skills putting 1 item in each muffin space.
Independent Work Inspiration Baking Work Task Video
Tips for the Baking Work Task
You can make the task easier or harder in several different ways. In addition, you can use different size tins to make the task easier or harder. You can add Velcro to make it easier to separate the cupcake liners. Or you could use silicon lines that would be easier to separate.
My tip is to use the Velcro on the bottom of the cupcake liners and each tin space to allow the cupcake liners to stay in place when the student puts the finished product in the finished basket. It’s important that tasks don’t fall apart when they put it in the finished area because they will try to go back and put it back together. And that can put them in an endless loop. The Velcro might cause the cupcake liners to tear, but since it is usually an adult taking it apart, they can be careful and they should last a bit.
There are lots of extensions you can make to this task from matching to math and reading that I’ll share in later tips. Need more ideas and tools for independent work? Check them out below.
More Workbasket Wednesday Resources
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GET ALL THE VISUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS YOU NEED to start independent work in your classroom.
These kits include an e-book with directions on setting up independent work systems and using the materials included, data sheets for tracking progress, visuals for the special education work boxes and schedules, what’s next visuals, and mastery sheets to keep track of which students have mastered which task.
GET ALL THE VISUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS YOU NEED to start independent work in your classroom.
These kits include an e-book with directions on setting up independent work systems and using the materials included, data sheets for tracking progress, visuals for the special education work boxes and schedules, what’s next visuals, and mastery sheets to keep track of which students have mastered which task.
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