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Matan’s Director of Education, Orlee Krass, has created a number of activities and resources that you can use to enhance your celebrations of Purim with children of all abilities: Purim [...]

Written by Orlee Krass, Matan’s Director of Education As another new school year gets underway, we can commit ourselves to ensuring that every student has the opportunity to grow and [...]

Social Stories are short stories to help a child understand and behave appropriately in social situations.  The goal of a Social Story is not to change the child’s behavior but rather to help [...]

In celebration of Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), Matan was privileged to partner with other Jewish inclusion experts from Inclusion Innovations, Gateways, Whole Community Inclusion and [...]

The weather is a hot (or cold) topic these days!  With the amount of snow we have been having in the Northeast and beyond, why not teach your students some Hebrew words to go along with it?  Here [...]

Sometimes the Passover seder can feel a bit long. Here is one activity that will engage children and help make the seder educational for every type of learner.  In the Matan Seder Tracker, [...]

Last summer a Matan professional worked alongside the amazing staff at Ramah Nyack to support a camper with special needs. Today we are sharing an example of what was used to help prepare this [...]

Social Stories are short stories written to help an individual understand and behave appropriately in social situations.  The goal of a Social Story is not to change an individual’s behavior but [...]

A visual schedule is an important component for a structured classroom environment. It will assist the student in transitioning independently between activities and environments, and tells the [...]

The song “Who Knows One” is very popular at lots of Passover Seders, but for some kids it can be difficult to keep up and remember which number goes with what. Print Matan’s visual version “Who [...]