Talk about your favorite teaching tools

Let's talk about our favorite educational tools, so we can learn new tricks from one another

I discovered a new way to help my son read. He has trouble with eye tracking. Running my big finger under the words is cumbersome. Colored acetates were helpful but again cumbersome. Finally yesterday I got a laser pointer and it is perfect. He can hold the book himself and I can unobtrusively point to the words. Also the point is so fine that I can highlight each individual syllable as we sound them out.

Please share your favorite tools too.

Lori

I am a fourth grade teacher with many different students with learning disabilities, ADHD, PDD, autism, and Asperger's syndrome in my classroom. I also have a child with low vision. I am currently looking for new ways to teach the material to ALL the students in my classroom. I thought that centers was the way to go this year, but soon found it too cumbersome in my small space. (our school is over 5o years old). Looking for some ideas.
thanks.

My favorite teaching tool is the Fraction Overlays from Math-U-See. They are amazing!

I can do so many thing with them from basic fractions to multiplication and division of fractions, even change from to a decimal or a percent. Really a cool tool! The video instruction that goes with it shows you everything.

Dan S