I have been a special needs practitioner/teacher for ten years--it is my passion! I have taught students who range from profound to moderate to severe learning difficulties. I also have a lot of experience teaching students who are on the Autism Spectrum. Most of the content that I teach focuses in the area of functional life skills, social skills and behavior modifications.
I have been a special needs practitioner/teacher for ten years--it is my passion! I have taught students who range from profound to moderate to severe learning difficulties. I also have a lot of experience teaching students who are on the Autism Spectrum. Most of the content that I teach focuses in the area of functional life skills, social skills and behavior modifications.
I see … animal habitats activity
Forming sentences is very important for SEN learners.
This activity uses real-life pictures for easy recognition of animal habitats and sight words as sentence starters. This is also an activity to practice identifying the attributes of what, the number, and the color of a group of animals . There are 10 groups of animals.
The student will match the corresponding picture to answer the questions - What? How Many? What Color? There are 2 ways to use this file:
Print the pages and use the pages as a “cut and paste” activity. The students will use glue to paste the correct answers where necessary.
Print all the pages on photo paper and laminate them. Cut out the pages containing the colors, numbers, and pictures. There are 3 pages that serve as boards for the types of answers (“what?”, “how many?”, “what color?”). Use hook and loop dots on the backside of each card and in the middle of each blank square on the boards as well as on each square containing the questions. Thus the activity can be reused as many times as needed.
This is a great story about summer season, weather, flowers colours or animals in widgit program!
This file contains:
-PPP of the story with Widgit visuals
-2 Colourful Semantics as extension activities
-Pattern Activity: What comes next
-All bout summer counting
-All about summer additions
‘‘Breakfast in Bed’’ is a story for young people with special educational needs (14-19) putting their kitchen skills to the test – with some interesting results.
Toni makes her mum breakfast in bed as a surprise. Will her mum be pleased?
The pack includes:
1 PPP on the story ‘‘Breakfast in bed widgit symbolised
5 extension activities are included in this pack:
1:Comprehensive activity for SLD and MLD learners
2: Sequencing Story SLD and MLD learners
3: Worksheet matching activity
4: Indicate the right letter to the word MLD, SLD
5: Match the pictures and describe how to make a cup of tea.
Are you struggling to find age appropriate Teen SEN stories?
Not anymore!
‘‘Matt gets wise’’ is a book for young people with special educational needs (14-19) dealing with personal male hygiene.
As a teacher of children with autism, personal hygiene tasks are a high priority on the school daily timetable. Dedicating time to personal hygiene books and activities as part of a routine, every day, is a good method of ensuring the children have regular time to learn these important skills. This book and its activities are a great resource to teach the importance of:
washing hands
getting dressed with clean clothes
brushing teeth
washing face
using the shower
washing under arms and using deodorant
The pack includes:
1 PPP on the story Matt gets wise, with widgit symbols (SLD)
4 extension activities are included in this pack:
1:Writing task: Write up Andy’s advice to Matt - MLD level
2: Match the right statement from Andy’s advice with the right picture - SLD level
3: Connect the words with Pictures - SLD Level
4: Sequencing Story MLD, SLD Level
5: Fill the gaps MLD, SLD Level
Summer is such a fun time for outside activities. This story is written by Charles Ghigna and illustrated by Ag Jatkowska.
The file includes:
1x PPP on the story I see summer
1 Building sentences activity
1 Find the initial sound activity
‘‘A bad day’’ is a story for young people with special educational needs (14-19) dealing with daily ups and downs
Andrew is having one of those days when everything goes wrong. Can his mum make him feel any better?
The pack includes:
1 PPP on the story ‘‘A bad day’’, on widgit symbols
5 extension activities are included in this pack:
1:Writing task: What did it happen to Andrew- MLD
2: Sequencing Story SLD Level only pictures.
3: Sequencing Story MLD Level
4: Indicate the right letter to the word MLD, SLD
5: Fill the gaps for MLD and SLD
Good morning questions booklet is a daily 15 minute activity for students with autism or a communication disorder who need extra practice to reflect on the current day, season and weather.
The student will be able to practice expressing how they feel and answering personal questions including what clothes they are wearing and what colours their clothes are.
A teacher or parent can print the desired pages, use the power point document with appropriately sized grids (all widgit ) to add the student’s answers.
This is a Colourful Semantics activity discount bundle set Levels 2, Level 3, Level 4
Learn to build sentences and develop your commenting skills.
Colourful semantics encouraging wider vocabulary and helps children to answer questions or generate responses to questions.
This activity pack includes:
• 102 pictures (34 Level 2, 34 Level 3 and 34 Level 4)
Are you looking for a New Year’s Eve festive story for your SEN class? ‘‘The Night before New Year’s Eve’’ is the perfect story for the occasion!
It’s the night before New Year’s, and the whole family is determined to stay up until midnight! Everyone’s stocked up on sparkly streamers and festive party hats, but after a night filled with board games and too many cupcakes, the little ones are getting sleepy. . . Can they make it until the clock strikes twelve?
The Budle includes:
a simplified version of the story in widgit
a sentence building activity
a sequencing worksheet
comprehension activity
Enjoy!
This papercraft 3D Christmas card session is lots of fun for your children to do during your lessons before Christmas. Once they’re complete, they’ll look adorable and will be perfect for brightening up your classroom or send them at home this festive season.
These paper Christmas 3D crads are super simple for children to get along with too.
This activity is perfect for helping to improve fine motor skills and will help students to become more proficient at arts and crafts. It’s a perfect task to set students during the build-up towards the Christmas holidays and is sure to help you add a dash of festivity to your lesson plans.
When your students have finished making their paper tree, you could hang them with string from the ceiling to turn your classroom into a winter wonderland. Alternatively, students could take them home and use them as wishing cards.
This papercraft Christmas tree session is lots of fun for your children to do during your lessons before Christmas. Once they are complete, they’ll look adorable and will be perfect for brightening up your classroom or send them at home this festive season.
These paper Christmas trees are super simple for children to get along with too.
This activity is perfect for helping to improve fine motor skills and will help students to become more proficient at arts and crafts. It’s a perfect task to set students during the build-up towards the Christmas holidays and is sure to help you add a dash of festivity to your lesson plans.
When your students have finished making their paper tree, you could hang them with string from the ceiling to turn your classroom into a winter wonderland. Alternatively, students could take them home.
This is a Colourful Semantics activity set Level 5 (Subject-Verb-Object- Place -Describe)
Colourful Semantics Level 5 is an approach can be used with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Developing the use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives.
Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (10 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (11 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (26 in total) are green, ‘place’ words (17 in total) are blue and ‘describe’ words (10 in total).
This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction and supports communication in general.
Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions.
There is an orange yellow, green, blue and purple coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol.
Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension
Can be carried out individually or in small groups.
This is a Colourful Semantics activity discount bundle set Levels 2, Level 3, Level 4, Level 5
Learn to build sentences and develop your commenting skills.
Colourful semantics encouraging wider vocabulary and helps children to answer questions or generate responses to questions.
This activity pack includes:
• 124 pictures (34 Level 2, 34 Level 3, 34 Level 4, 22 Level 5)
A modern classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published more than fifty years ago.
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger!
The magic begins at teatime!
The bundle includes:
the story in widgit programme ppt
a word mat
a comprehension activity widgit symbolised
Find the initial letter activity
The tiger who came to tea counting activity
a document that includes images of the characters (you can print them and use them as puppets or decorate your class)
Enjoy!
This time-saving pack contains a set of worksheets relating to buying different items.
This resource is for countries using the Pound Sterling.
Each activity shows a combination of coins up to a particular value which pupils add up and match the total in the space provided.
Coins used are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p,
£1 and £2 coins
Notes used are £5, £10, £20, £50 notes
Content
• A ppt presentig all coins and notes.
• 2 British Money word mats/ 1 Coins Mat and 1 Coins and Notes mat
• 23 Task- activities for all levels and abilities:
Simple matching activities for SLD Learners (1 worksheet),
Money recognition -Match the value of the coin(s) and note (s) (3 worksheets)
make the correct amount using 1p coins -up to 5 (1 worksheet)
count mixed coins (2 worksheets)
find the right note and buy new clothes (1 worksheet)
matching coins activities/ Find the right coin and match it on the price tag (4 worksheets).
maximising matching coins activities (5 worksheets)
addition knowledge - add the total amount spent (2 worksheets)
• 3 Interactive Digital Activities
Laminate
You can print, laminate and cut out the activities and money for pupils to practice adding up coin values. Ideal for, SEN learners early finishers and for those pupils who need more practice in adding up coins.
**** Print off, cut out and glue into workbooks****
You may wish to record learners’ work and so this resource is great for cutting out and sticking into worksheets or onto plain paper. Whatever ability the pupil is at, you can choose the appropriate activity.
This is a Colourful Semantics activity set Level 4 (Subject-Verb-Object- Place).
Colourful Semantics Level 4 is an approach can be used with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Developing the use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives.
Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (10 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (21 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (46 in total) are green and ‘place’ words (16 in total) are blue.
This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction and supports communiction in general.
Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions.
There is an orange yellow, green and blue coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol.
Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension
Can be carried out individually or in small groups.
Please see the sentences below:
Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since this first book was published in 1989. A modern classic, this picture book is known to millions, and continues to be the strongest seller of the whole series, having sold over 2 million copies around the world. The subtle message is that it is OK to be different, and combined with the vibrant colour and cheeky humour of the main character.
The Budle includes:
A simplified version of the story widgit symbolised
a word mat
a sequence activity
a comprehension activity
a counting Elmer activity
a document that includes images of Elmer and jungle animals (you can print them and use them as puppets or decorate your class)
Enjoy!
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Explore animals that live in the Ocean using three different information stories simplified and moderate in widgit programme for SLD and MLD learners.
All three stories also include colourful illustartions and facts about each ocean animal and ocean habitat.
The pack includes:
A) 3 ppt stories about Ocean life :
Ocean view
The Ocean habitat in widgit
Under the Sea counting story with facts in widgit
B) 2 Comprehension activities:
Under the sea Comprehension Activity
Ocean view Comprehenson Activity
c) Visuals to stick on the story: Ocean view
D) 3 Maths Activities:
Count the Ocean Animals up to 10
The Ocean Habitat Addition Activity
What Comes Next with Ocean Animals - Complete Pattern Activity
This classic children’s book has been transliterated into widgit visuals . SEN students can read, stick the visuals in the right page and view the pictured (colours and animals) makaton signs at the same time.
The pack includes:
ppt ‘‘Brown bear, Brown bear, What do you see?’’ story with widgit visuals and makaton signs
Visuals to stick on the book
Story mat
Sequence the story activity
Building sentences activity ‘‘I see a…’’