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.
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to wash their hands - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to wash their hands and help to promote independence during this routine.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
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. Itâs 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.)
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to clean their bedroom - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to clean their bedroom and help to promote independence during this routine.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
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. Itâs 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.)
These animal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included for each animal and all vocabulary/images are of different color animals.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred parrotâ âyellow parrotâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âparrot is redâ âparrot is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe parrot is redâ âthe parrot is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These dog themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred dogâ âyellow dogâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âdog is redâ âdog is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe dog is redâ âthe dog is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred fishâ âyellow fishâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âfish is redâ âfish is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe fish is redâ âthe fish is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These flamingo themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred flamingoâ âyellow flamingoâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âflamingo is redâ âflamingo is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe flamingo is redâ âthe flamingo is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fox themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred foxâ âyellow foxâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âfox is redâ âfox is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe fox is redâ âthe fox is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These gorilla themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred gorillaâ âyellow gorillaâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âgorilla is redâ âgorilla is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe gorilla is redâ âthe gorilla is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These jellyfish themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred jellyfishâ âyellow jellyfishâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âjellyfish is redâ âjellyfish is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe jellyfish is redâ âthe jellyfish is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These octopus themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred octopusâ âyellow octopusâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âoctopus is redâ âoctopus is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe octopus is redâ âthe octopus is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These parrot themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred parrotâ âyellow parrotâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âparrot is redâ âparrot is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe parrot is redâ âthe parrot is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These turkey themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
⌠Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - âredâ âyellowâ âgreenâ etc.
⌠Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âred turkeyâ âyellow turkeyâ etc
⌠Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âturkey is redâ âturkey is yellowâ etc.
⌠Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - âthe turkey is redâ âthe turkey is yellowâ etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
⢠Print out the level books that you want to use
⢠Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
⢠Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
⢠Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
⢠Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
⢠The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
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 âput 3 blue frogs on the green lily pad.â 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 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.
This Christmas 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. Itâs 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 Christmas.
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. Itâs 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 adapted Halloween work book contains a variety of different activities for students to work on a variety of skills such as counting, colour / color recognition, shapes, vocabulary and so much more.
â 42 activities included. â
Comes with both spelling options - color/colour.
The activities included;
⢠Matching identical images
⢠Matching b/w to colour images
⢠Matching words to pictures
⢠Matching symbols to pictures
⢠Matching numbers
⢠Counting candy in a jar and matching numbers
⢠Match feelings
⢠Match symbols to feelings
⢠Match words (emotion names) to feelings
⢠Matching colour Frankensteins
⢠Matching colour pumpkins
⢠Match colour Frankensteins to colour splats
⢠Match colour pumpkins to colour splats
⢠Sequence matching
⢠Visual discrimination matching - different directions
⢠Point to vocabulary (âpoint to the witchâ etc.)
⢠Shopping list - shop for Halloween items - 2 different levels
⢠Match basic 2d shape outlines to pumpkin shapes
⢠Match 2d shape names to pumpkin shapes
â Also comes with a recording sheet for you to be able to record and track student progress as they complete the different activities included in this resource. â
This Goldilocks adapted book is a great way for students to read through the story of Goldilocks and take part, in an interactive way, by finding the matching symbols for each part of the story. This is a great way to involve your students more in their reading, and also to get them working on their sentence recognition skills. This will in turn, help them work on their sentence building and language skills.
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. Itâs 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.)
This pumpkin themed 2D shape task card activity is a great way for your students to work on their shape recognition skills, while introducing the theme of autumn/fall/halloween into your learning environment.
This activity includes 9 different task cards. Each task card contains an image of a pumpkin in a different 2D shape. Then, there are simple 2D shapes for you to cut out, which students match to the pumpkin task cards- or you can use real shapes that you have already, in your classroom.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
This weather themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at different types of weather and use this as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
⢠Level 1 - 0-3
⢠Level 2 - 0-5
⢠Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
⢠Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
⢠Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
⢠Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.