I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
These farm task cards are a fun way for your students to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills. Each task card contains a fine motor line for your students to follow along with 2 farm themed images. These will be a great, hands on addition to your farm unit.
There are 18 different task cards included in this pack, giving your students plenty of opportunities to work on their fine motor skills. The task cards come in both col. and b/w for your printing preference.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future.
These task cards are a great way to encourage students to work on understanding what is good or not good for their body. It will give students a visual opportunity to see - and read - the different scenarios and if they are good or not for our body. This is a great way for us to help our students understand how they can look after their body.
This resource contains 12 different task cards giving students the choice of two options - yes or no - for if the item is good for our bodies or not. I.e ‘Is smoking good for your body?’. Each task card contains one clear image to go with the question.
The task cards are in col and b/w option for your printing preference.
I recommend cutting out each card individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Students can complete with a dry wipe pen so that they can be used again. Or, work on fine motor skills at the same time and have your students use a clothing peg to choose their answer.
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition / color recognition and fine motor skills skills during the run up to St Patrick’s Day. Students need to match the same color pom poms to the leprechaun on the task card.
Your students will love finding the different color pom poms to the leprechauns. You can also use giant tweezers to pick up the pom poms to work on fine motor skills.
I recommend laminating all of the task cards included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
Print out the task cards.
Cut and laminate the task cards.
Have the same color pom poms available for your students to match them to the correct color task card/leprechaun.
The colors included are;
Black
Blue (light)
Brown
Grey/Gray
Green
Orange
Pink
Purple
Blue (dark)
Red
White
Yellow
The task cards come in both spelling options i.e color/colour, grey/gray. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together. You will need to have matching color pom poms to use this activity.
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their number formation, counting and ten frame skills. The task cards included are from numbers 0-10.
First, students form the number on the top of the task card. Then, they count out the amount of manipulative or mini erasers to place into the ten frame on the task card. Your students can also use dry-wipe pen for this.
The ten frames are all blank on these task cards. Meaning your students use a manipulative or dry wipe pen to fill in the ten frames for the same number that is shown on the task card.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger and longer-lasting.
The task cards come in both col. and b/w option for your printing preference. Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file. 2 task cards come on each page to minimise your printing.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
This body parts themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets. This activity will also give them the chance to work on their body part recognition skills.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of body parts and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your body topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in both col and b/w option for your printing preference.
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their letter formation and recognition skills. The task cards included are for all letters of the alphabet from A to Z and includes both upper and lower case letters.
Each task card contains letter formation for both the upper and lower case letter, along with 2 shamrocks to add some St Patrick’s Day fun to this activity.
Your students will love working on their letter formation skills with these hands-on and engaging task cards. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
Print the task cards.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
Lay the task cards out in your literacy centers and provide your students with a dry wipe pen for them to form the letters of the alphabet.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
This frog themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. This resource can either be used as a simple colour matching activity where students have to match the same colour frog to the lily pad, or you can use the instruction task cards included. The instruction task cards contain a small instruction (with symbol support) for students to read/listen to and then follow. For example ‘put 3 blue frogs on the green lily pad.’ The task cards are a great way to see if your students are not only able to read the instruction, but to also take meaning and understanding from it and know what to do next.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
• Print out the lily pad pages and laminate them.
• Print out the frogs, cut them out individually and laminate them.
• Print out the task cards if using and laminate them.
• Students can then either match the colour frogs to the matching lily pad or use the instruction task cards to complete the activity.
This resource contains 14 different, no prep writing prompt worksheets linked to the theme of Autumn / Fall. These worksheets are great time fillers and a great way to encourage students to use their imagination and work on their creative writing skills.
All the worksheets comes in b/w option and are no prep - simply print and go.
The worksheets contain an image with the start of a sentence at the top of the worksheet with writing lines underneath for students to finish the sentence.
This resource contains 40 different task cards giving students the choice of two answers - yes or no - to the question at the top. Each task card contains 1 question, 1 image and 2 answers.
The task cards are all in the theme of St Patrick's Day.
These task cards come in col and b/w option for your preference.
They are a great way to encourage students to pay attention to detail, the image that they are looking at and to answer appropriately.
I recommend cutting out each card individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Students can complete with a dry wipe pen or a peg so that they can be used again.
This resource contains 14 different, no prep writing prompt worksheets linked to the theme of Spring. These worksheets are great time fillers and a great way to encourage students to use their imagination and work on their creative writing skills.
All the worksheets comes in b/w option and are no prep - simply print and go.
The worksheets contain an image with the start of a sentence at the top of the worksheet with writing lines underneath for students to finish the sentence.
These Shark themed adapted books are a great way to introduce ‘Shark Week’ into your learning environment in an adapted and more suitable way for your students.
This adapted book is a great way to encourage learners to pay close attention to detail, recognise and understand the images they are seeing, linking this to vocabulary and being able to start building sentences.
This resource contains 2 adapted books which comes in colour/color option only.
The books included are;
♦ Level 1 Color/Colour Recognition - “blueâ€, “redâ€, “yellow†etc.
♦ Level 2 Color/Colour Recognition - “blue sharkâ€, “red shark†etc.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color/Colour, Grey/Gray etc.)
These Winter themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see a blanket.’
• Book 2 - ‘His feet are cold.’
• Book 3 - ‘She is coughing.’
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
Book 1
I see an avalanche.
I see a blanket.
I see a coat.
I see a lodge.
I see a mitten.
I see a mug.
I see a skate.
I see a ski.
I see a snow cloud.
I see snowballs.
I see a snowman.
I see a snowsuit.
Book 2
The tree is bare.
His feet are cold.
The girl is cozy.
The mittens are fluffy.
The polar bear is frozen.
The snow is cold.
Her cheeks are rosy.
The icicles are sharp.
The girl is stuck.
The fire is warm.
The snow is white.
Book 3
She is building.
She is coughing.
The penguin is diving.
He is drinking.
The raccoon is hibernating.
The snowman is melting.
She is shivering.
He is shovelling.
She is shuffling.
He is skating.
He is skiing.
He is sneezing.
He is throwing.
This Halloween themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Halloween.
This Halloween themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their categorising (categorising) and recognition skills.
There are two different pages included which contain:
• Spider v Witch
• Pumpkin v Ghost
Students are encouraged to sort the images into the correct category. The theme is linked to Halloween and is a great way for you to introduce some Halloween fun into your classroom while continuing your students work on categorisation.
Instructions are also included on first page of the PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual pieces so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This umbrella and rain drop themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. Students have to find the rain drops (you can either have these out or hidden in a messy tray for them to find) and then match them to the same colour umbrella.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
• Print out the umbrella pages and laminate them.
• Print out the raindrops, cut them out individually and laminate them.
• Students can then match the colour raindrops to the matching umbrella.
These initial letter matching puzzles are a fun addition to your Valentine’s unit to continue learning with your students. There are 2 different levels of puzzles included for you to differentiate for your students.
Included in this resource;
• matching letters to images to connect the two pieces of the hearts together
• matching upper case letters, to lower case letters, to images to connect the three pieces of the hearts together.
These puzzles will be a great addition to your Valentine’s Day unit and a fun way for your students to work on their initial letter recognition skills.
These Autumn / Fall themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see an apple’
• Book 2 - ‘The leaves are crunchy’
• Book 3 - 'He is gathering
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The books come with 2 different options of Fall or Autumn for your preference.
Book 1
I see an acorn.
I see an apple.
I see a basket.
I see a ball.
I see hay.
I see a leaf.
I see a pinecone.
I see a scarecrow.
I see a squirrel.
I see a sunflower
I see a sweater.
I see a tree.
Book 2
The girl is cold.
The skies are cloudy.
The leaves are crunchy.
The sky is foggy.
The scarecrow is happy
The pie is hot.
The leaf is orange.
The seeds are soggy.
The pinecone is prickly.
Book 3
He is chopping.
He is collecting.
She is dressing.
She is drinking.
She is gathering.
He is harvesting.
She is raking.
She is reading.
He is stacking.
She is sweeping.
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way for your students to use mini erasers? This racing home Valentine game will be perfect for you and your students. Students can complete it individually or against each other, racing to be the first one home.
This game is a fun addition to your Valentine’s unit and can be used with mini erasers (that we all love!) or any manipulative that you with to use.
The aim of the game is for students to work on their number recognition and counting skills. Students roll a dice, count out the manipulative, and add them to their game board. There are also recording sheets for students to record what numbers they have rolled, a great way to work on number formation skills. Students have to keep rolling the dice, and counting, until they reach home at the end of the game.
If you want your students to be even more excited, put students up against each other. That way, it’s a race across the clock - or each other! The student to reach the house first, wins!
Included in this pack;
• 2 different game boards
• recording sheets - for students to record what numbers they have rolled
• dice template - if you don’t have dice available
You will need to have mini erasers or manipulates at hand to complete this activity.
This pet adapted book is a great way for students to work on learning about different pets and being able to match the image symbol to the correct page and photograph of the pet. This adapted book will allow your students to learn more about the different pets that people keep at home with them.
This adapted book uses photos of different pets - and for this reason, comes in col. option only for printing. This is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and to become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The pets included are;
• turtle
• rabbit
• cat
• chinchilla
• dog
• fish
• parrot
• snake
Instructions
• Cut out, laminate and bind each of the pages together to make this into a book.
• Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols.
• Print and laminate the base board (last page in PDF file)
• Put velcro onto the blank boxes on the pages in the adapted book and onto the back of the symbols. Also put velcro onto the base board.
• Store symbols on the base board. When students work their way through the book they will choose the symbol that they need from the base board and then put it onto the page in the adapted book.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Your students will love working on their counting skills with these St Patrick’s Day task cards. These task cards are a fun and engaging addition to your St Patrick’s Day activities.
There are 3 different task cards included, they are;
What comes before? (Counting backwards)
What comes next? (Counting forwards)
What comes before and after? (Counting forwards and backwards)
These task cards are a hands-on way for your students to work on their important counting skills in math centers or at independent work stations. The task cards go from numbers 0-100 and all are counting forwards/backwards in 1s.
Each of the different task card types included are split into 3 different PDF folders, making it easy for you to keep the corresponding task cards together.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.