My products and teaching styles are quirky and creative with an emphasis on Multiple Learning Styles and diversity. I create educational clip art, visuals, creative study guides and projects.
My products and teaching styles are quirky and creative with an emphasis on Multiple Learning Styles and diversity. I create educational clip art, visuals, creative study guides and projects.
FREE EMOTIONS SAMPLER! Everyone has feelings, but you can make them easier for students to manage, identify, and understand with this unique product. (Use them in your resources as well!) This fabulous clip-art set features 4 bw/4 Color emotions. Clips are 300 dpi pngs. about 3" by 5". This set is designed so buyers can determine if they prefer portrait style OR full body style if they plan to buy more Illumismart Emotions Clip-art.
Check out my other Emotions Clip-Art featuring 24 full body and 24 portrait style emotions!
Featured Emotions-
This set features four sample EMOTIONS
confused
disgusted
embarrassed (portrait style)
bored (portrait style)
By teacher request! Sometimes students make "bad" behavior choices, but visuals can help them understand and reflect! Images are ideal for special education and counseling themes, featuring diverse students facing different behavioral challenges in the school day! Some examples include teasing, cyber bullying, cheating on test, vandalism, stealing, and defiant behavior. Set features 20 BW and 20 Color Images that are about 2" by 7", 300 png with transparent background. (Varies.) Great for special education and school counseling! Variety and Diversity!
This set includes the following themes:
Arguing with Teacher
Lying
Cheating on test
Getting in personal space
Losing temper in class
Not doing work
Distracting other students in class
Cyber bullying
Hitting
Pushing around
Teasing
Ignoring
Talking behind back
Gossiping
Bathroom Vandalism
Throwing Chair
Not cooperating with work group
Swearing
Defiant Stance
Stealing
Celebrate Kwanzaa with meaningful cards! Enjoy card-making poems, pictures, text, and photo face characters!
With all the seasons, holidays, awareness themes, and special school days, a teacher sure has a lot to plan!Let Illumismart make it EASIER for YOU (and your students!) with this fun and festive Kwanzaa card.
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Most kits come with (at least!)...
1 Character Gift (in 3 different versions-drawing faces for kids, color and add photo for kids, and pre-colored add photo for teacher!*)
*Pre-colored Children Characters come with 3 skin tones if required. Characters are cartoon children or animals.
1 People Pictures Page (for cut-outs or drawing reference)
1 Object Pictures Page (for cut-outs or drawing reference)
1 Text/Greetings/Phrases Page- (for cut-outs or copying)
1 Original Kid Poem to put in cards (though most come with even more!)
Some kits come with poems that are appropriate for teachers to give to other adults (such as parents and co-workers!)
Great for special education and counseling themed products! Includes character, behavior, calm-down, disabilities, accommodations, objects/tools, and autism themed clip-art! SAVE with the bundle!
Help put an end to bullying with this detailed set of anti-bullying clip art designed to generate awareness through fun visuals of ocean buddies and bullies. The vibrant characters bring themes and definitions to life with easy to understand illustrations that can be used for classroom and commercial use! 10 BW,10 Color, 300 dpi, 20 pieces in all! Sizes range from 3" to 9". Great for younger and elementary students!
Themes include:
Bully Free Zone
Bully Free Zone (no text)
Buddy Not Bully
Imbalance of Power (Definition of Bullying)
See Something, Say Something
Name Calling
Sad
Teasing
Taunting
Threatening
Ideal for special education but also a great fit for general classrooms, autism programs, ESL\ELL, and school counseling for upper elementary and middle school!
Posters are in color, 8.5" X 11", 300 dpi. and png format. Great for special education teachers and school counselors!
Many of these posters were created for teachers I've worked with in middle school settings. I've noticed teachers and teacher assistants often had to use their time and resources to create their own posters for themes that are not always available and for an age group with limited options. With this simple download, any teacher, anywhere, can have bold, colorful, posters with a clear message ready to be printed for their upper elementary and middle school classrooms.
This Set Contains:
20 Behavior Mini-Posters (half -page posters depicting good character traits such as respect, honesty, politeness, and ambition).
3 Bullying Posters
6 Diversity Posters
14 General Posters (such as reminders to plug-in electronics, meeting signs, testing signs, etc.)
3 Prompt Posters (includes checklists to redirect students for dismissal, class prep, and end-of-day jobs)
6 Whiteboard Posters (to be laminated and taped on the board over or near your handwritten information such as jobs lists, homework assignments, etc.)
Visual Cards Suggested Use and Tips
For extra strength and durability, it is highly recommended that cards are laminated or glued to card stock.
*redirect and remind students, for example, "what does the poster say?" "Check out the poster!" "Did you do everything mentioned on that poster?"
*use Whiteboard Appropriate Illumismart Posters (such as Lunch Jobs, Class Jobs, Change in Schedule, Today's Homework) to direct students to written information (such as student names, changes in schedule, or homework assignment)
* visually communicate with and teach nonverbal, struggling readers, some special ed. populations, and ESL/ELL students.
*use Behavior Posters to create your own games and classroom activities.
*use Behavior Posters to remind students about what certain values and good behavior examples look like.
With over 300 cards, colorful posters, coloring pages, and unique visuals, this Autism Visual Resource Kit will make your school life easier and your resource room brighter, bolder, and more accessible to your students. With years in the making, this kit is the culmination of my days spent assisting special education teachers and with populations on the autism spectrum. I decided it was time to develop a professional version of the same requests and visuals that impressed teachers, pleased parents, and delighted students.
This kit is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of a variety of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens), this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed./autism and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms.
This extensive kit includes...
(300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color).
Classroom Posters (themes include general classroom reminders and expectations, behavior, diversity, anti-bullying, jobs, and daily changes)
Coloring (for older students!) and Downtime Activities include coloring pages for older kids, blank bookmarks, blank game, blank rpg cards template, and more!)
Student Rewards Cards (with visuals and rewards appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle school, and special ed. high school)!
Test Accommodation Cards (discreetly remind students of upcoming tests and accommodations)!
Teacher/Student Communication Cards (communicate with students over a variety of issues from break requests to fire drill alerts to behavior redirection)
Emotions Cards (teach or communicate emotions using visuals of diverse upper elementary students)!
Learning Styles Cards (use visuals to teach students (and staff!) about multiple intelligence theories. Includes Learning Styles scavenger hunt game!)
Noise Levels Cards (play a Noise Level matching game or use visuals to demonstrate appropriate times and places for certain noise levels.)!
School Supplies Cards (help teach students which supplies they need to be prepared and successful...or double as a teaching tool for ESL and nonverbal students!)
Schedule and Subjects Cards (this extensive variety of visual schedule possibilities makes it easier for you and your students to foresee the day's coming attractions!)
BONUS! Autism "People and Puzzles" Clip-Art for your own Products!!
As a teacher assistant, these forms were a great help to both myself and the special education teachers I worked with! Forms include Teacher Feedback Form, IEP Meeting Reminder, Sub Report, Behavior Chart, IEP Goal Observations, Visual Project Checklist, Homework Gathering Chart, After-School Observations and After-School Cancellation Notice! With observations and documentation being such a crucial (and time-consuming!) aspect of a sped teacher's job, make it quick and easy with these simple and easy forms! See below for more detail!
Forms are in doc. format and can be imported into Google docs or opened with AbiWord and Microsoft Word. Word. docs can be edited. The pdf. Emotions and Checklist cannot be edited.
This Set Contains:
10 Forms/Documents Ideal for Special Education Teachers
Suggested Use:
Emotional Check-In- Gives students a chance to express themselves (using visuals) and show their emotional reaction to a topic or circumstance.
Field Trip Phone Numbers-Easy form to give to all parents and teachers on a field trip so everyone has the right contact information.
Homework Recording Log- record homework for the homework website or for homework planner time in sped rooms
Homework Support Observation Log- record student work, behavior, and track completion of projects in after school or study periods. Great for teacher assistants!
IEP Goals-Give to teachers and paras when they notice observations that pertain to specific goals on IEPs. These are beneficial to review when writing or rewriting IEPs or goal reports.
IEP Meeting Reminder- Quick form reminds parents and teachers of upcoming IEP meetings
Project Choices Visual Checklist- This visual checklist helps teacher track the type of project and gives students an opportunity to choose a type of project for open-ended assignments such as school fairs, museum projects, book reports, group work, etc.
Substitute Report-Teachers LOVED the format of this sub report. Quick, easy to understand, and helps teachers pick up right off where they left.
Teacher Feedback Form-give to teachers to track missing or incomplete assignments of special education students (or meet with teacher and record info yourself).
Daily Behavior Form-Tracks the daily behavior of a specific student (created mostly for intense cases/individualized behavior plans etc.)
Afrer-School Cancellation-Let teachers and parents know about after-school cancellations/end-of-year ending times.
With over 300 cards, a variety of forms/documents, colorful posters, and unique visuals, this special
education resource kit will make your school life easier and your resource room brighter, bolder, and more accessible to your students. With years in the making, this kit is the culmination of my days spent assisting special education teachers. I decided it was time to develop a professional version of the same requests and visuals that impressed teachers, pleased parents, and delighted students.
This kit is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of a variety of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens), this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed. and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms.
This extensive kit includes...
(300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color).
Quick Forms and Documents for Special Ed. Teachers (quick editable docs for IEP meeting reminders, teacher feedback requests, sub reports, and more!)
Student Advocacy Sheets (help students express and advocate for themselves in organized letters to teachers)
Classroom Posters (themes include general classroom reminders & expectations, behavior, diversity, anti-bullying, jobs, and daily changes)
Coloring (for older students!) and Downtime Activities include coloring pages for older kids, blank bookmarks, blank game, blank rpg cards template, and more!)
Student Rewards Cards (with visuals and rewards appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle school, and special ed. high school)
Test Accommodation Cards (discreetly remind students of upcoming tests and accommodations)
Teacher/Student Communication Cards (communicate with students over a variety of issues from break requests to fire drill alerts to behavior redirection)
Emotions Cards (teach or communicate emotions using visuals of diverse upper elementary students)
Learning Styles Cards (use visuals to teach students (and staff!) about multiple intelligence theories. Includes Learning Styles scavenger hunt game!)
Noise Levels Cards (play a Noise Level matching game or use visuals to demonstrate appropriate times and places for certain noise levels.)
School Supplies Cards (help teach students which supplies they need to be prepared and successful...or double as a teaching tool for ESL and nonverbal students!)
Schedule and Subjects Cards (this extensive variety of visual schedule possibilities makes it easier for you and your students to foresee the day's coming attractions!)
Narwhal Notes-Make Reading Notes easier for students with these handy and narwhal-y visual guides!
BONUS! Ninja Clip-Art. Because being a ninja is a prerequisite for all special education teachers!
Ideal for special education but also a great fit for general classrooms, autism programs, ESL\ELL, and school counseling for upper elementary and middle school! Great for teaching coping skills!
Posters are in color, 8.5" X 11", 300 dpi. and png format. Great for special education teachers and school counselors! Each page features 2 posters (half-page). 14 pages, 24 mini-posters total!
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This Set Contains:
24 Behavior Mini-Posters (half -page posters depicting a variety of coping strategies including breaks, tools (fidgets, etc.), seats, counting, self hugs, dots and squeezies, stop and think, yoga, exercise, quiet space, and MORE!).
Visual Cards Suggested Use and Tips
For extra strength and durability, it is highly recommended that cards are laminated or glued to card stock.
*redirect and remind students, for example, "what does the poster say?" "Check out the poster!" "What can you do to cope?"
*keep a visual presence of self regulation options in the classroom
* visually communicate with and teach nonverbal, struggling readers, some special ed. populations, and ESL/ELL students.
*create your own games and classroom activities.
* remind students about what coping options look like
Check out the variety of "Calm Down" visual products from Illumismart!
Calm Down Student Self Advocacy
Calm Down Mini Posters
Calm Down Coloring Pages
Calm Down Handouts
Calm Down Cards
CALM DOWN with this extensive visual kit for older students! With a variety of cards, a illustrated forms/documents, colorful posters, and unique visuals, this Calm Down/ Self Regulation resource kit will make your school life easier and your resource room and more accessible to your students.
This kit is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of a variety of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens) coping with stressful situations, this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed. and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms.
This extensive kit includes...
(300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color).
Calm Down Self Advocacy
Calm Down Mini Posters
Calm Down Coloring Pages
Calm Down Handouts
Calm Down Cards
SAVE with this combined offer that includes BOTH the Special Education (Autism) and Calm-Down Visual Resource Kits!
This deal includes 200 pages/pieces in an extensive collection of illustrated of cards, forms, documents, games, posters, coloring pages, and BONUS clip-art!
This bundle is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of different of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens) coping with stressful situations, this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed. and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms. All images are 300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color.
Products from the “Special Education” Visual Resource Kit Includes:
Classroom Posters (themes include general classroom reminders and expectations, behavior, diversity, anti-bullying, jobs, and daily changes)
Coloring (for older students!) and Downtime Activities include coloring pages for older kids, blank bookmarks, blank game, blank rpg cards template, and more!)
Student Rewards Cards (with visuals and rewards appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle school, and special ed. high school)!
Test Accommodation Cards (discreetly remind students of upcoming tests and accommodations)!
Teacher/Student Communication Cards (communicate with students over a variety of issues from break requests to fire drill alerts to behavior redirection)
Emotions Cards (teach or communicate emotions using visuals of diverse upper elementary students)!
Learning Styles Cards (use visuals to teach students (and staff!) about multiple intelligence theories. Includes Learning Styles scavenger hunt game!)
Noise Levels Cards (play a Noise Level matching game or use visuals to demonstrate appropriate times and places for certain noise levels.)!
School Supplies Cards (help teach students which supplies they need to be prepared and successful…or double as a teaching tool for ESL and nonverbal students!)
Schedule and Subjects Cards (this extensive variety of visual schedule possibilities makes it easier for you and your students to foresee the day’s coming attractions!)
Student Advocacy Sheets (help students express and advocate for themselves in organized letters to teachers)
Quick Forms and Documents for Special Ed. Teachers (quick editable docs for IEP meeting reminders, teacher feedback requests, sub reports, and more!
BONUS! Autism “People and Puzzles” Clip-Art for your own Products!!
BONUS! Ninjas" Clip-Art for your own Products!!
Pictures for Older Students! Make coping and self regulation easier for students to understand with handouts they can COLOR! Images feature diverse students using a variety of coping strategies (yoga, breaks, tools, fidgets, activities) from upper elementary, middle school, and teens.
Cards are in color on pngs. 300 dpi. (6 Cards/page). Individual card size is about 2.5" by 2.5". Great for special education teachers and school counselors!
This Set Contains:
8 "Checklist" style handouts featuring 4 Calm Down Options for Students to Color:
Things
Places
Strategies
Activities-Active
Activities-Quiet
Seats
Stop and Think
Breaks
Side A and B Handout (24 Calm Down Options Black and White)
Side A and B Handout (24 Calm Down Options COLOR ideal for laminating)
Help your students understand their regulation choices and advocate for themselves with organized written letters and visuals. These forms (png, 300 dpi.) were designed to make student self-advocacy quick, painless, gentle, and maybe even fun! Help students advocate with BREAK requests, empower them with notes to teachers, and encourage them to share their emotions and alert teachers of the strategies that work for them. Visuals are more appropriate for and feature children from upper elementary, middle school, and early high school.
Big kids love to color too! While working with middle school students, I noticed that many of them LOVE to color and that there are all sorts of "down-time" or "quiet space" situations that could use some good coloring activities. These coloring pages are specifically designed to remind students of self regulation choices and peaceful thoughts.
This set of 20 Coping/Calm Down themed coloring pages for OLDER students will suit your middle school/upper elementary. Pages are 300 dpi. png and feature diverse teens/tweens/upper elementary kids(and Cthulhu!) in various coping strategies and themes.
With 30 Original illustrated poems that focus on individual emotions, you can help students understand their feelings and learn empathy for others. This bundle has a variety of functions. Each poem page includes a body language illustration of the topic emotion and a space for students to draw themselves experiencing the same feeling.
A simple handout accompanies each poem! Includes end-of-unit project (students write their own emotion poem) and visual examples! BONUS! Includes 10 coloring pages featuring kids expressing emotions in different ways! Great for school counseling or create your own projects with the visuals!
This product...
Teaches students how to recognize and respond to different emotions with different learning styles(combines poetry, written answers, numbers (rating scale), and art)
Works as a Center Activity, Start of Class/Tone-Setting Activity (15-20mins), Full Class Activity (20-45 mins), or 1:1 Activity! (Timing can be adjusted by teacher based on what is appropriate for their student/class).
Uses age-appropriate illustrations of diverse children in different poses and showing different expressions
Demonstrates how and why others feel the same type of emotions and experiences
Offers an opportunity for classroom discussion and sharing
Helps students differentiate between similar emotions (depressed/sad shocked/surprised fear/anxiety)
Utilizes different learning styles and activates different regions of the brain! (language, art, rhythm etc.)
Introduces students (subtly) to different types of poetry (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, haiku, rhyming, non-rhyming)
Provides a chance for teachers and counselors to understand how their students experience and handle emotions
Uses a visual learning tool that is helpful for ESL,ELL, autism, nonverbal, special education, and school counseling
Works for small groups and classrooms
This bundle contains:
30 Illustrated Emotions Poems! (happy, overjoyed, proud, silly, sad, depressed, lonely, anxious, stressed, surprised, shocked, scared, excited, embarrassed, disgusted, confused, bored, aggressive stance, passive stance, assertive stance, relaxed, curious, inspired, determined, distracted, hyper, mad, enraged, annoyed, grumpy
1 handout (Side B) to accompany Poem
2 extra work options
1 First Draft (Create-a-Poem) Project Page
1 Final Draft Page
Teacher instructions, tips, and examples are provided!
10 Illustrated Coloring Pages (happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, stress, stances, general emotions, determined, distracted)
There are numerous opportunities for this set that features children sitting criss cross applesauce with their backs turned. This diverse clip-art set features 12 BW with at least 2 Color variations. Clips are 300 dpi pngs. about 3" by 5". Features children sitting on specialized seats.
This set features 6 boys and 6 girls with a variety of color variations.
SAVE by purchasing this Bundle of CommUNITY Classroom Sets 1 and 2! Also, you will get 4 new characters (color and b&w) that are available ONLY in the bundle edition! : )
This 64 piece clip-art set includes 32 diverse teenagers(high school). 14 BW and 14 color. Images are about 2" by 7", 300 png with transparent background. 28 students are from Sets 1 and 2. 4 are new characters.*
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real students.
This set is intended to:
1. Express diversity in the classroom
2. Express diversity within races
3. Exhibit more distinct hair, facial features, etc.
4. Feature a variety of difference backgrounds. Students in this set are African-American, Native American, Caucasian, Indian, Asian, bi-racial, mixed race, Arab, and Latino/Hispanic
5. Show happy students but give the characters a touch of personality you can use in your own products or classroom activities
By teacher Request! Teens and tweens have feelings, but you can make them easier for students to manage, identify, and understand during the turbulent time of adolescence. (Use them in your resources as well!) This diverse clip-art set features 15 BW.15 Color (Portrait Body Style) moods and 15 BW/15 Color (Body Language Full Style). Clips are 300 dpi pngs. about 3" by 5". Great for special education and counseling projects!
This 28 piece reading/library themed clip-art set includes 8 middle school/older elementary aged student characters. BONUS: This set also includes 1 reading teacher, 4 book pieces, and 1 e-reader piece.
14 BW and 14 color. Images are about 2" by 7", 300 png with transparent background.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real students.
Featured Characters/Objects:
Brielle-reading book
Lin-carrying books
Dion-reading non-fiction
Maddox-reading E-reader
Sita -reading E-reader and books
Ali-reading sad book
Pilar- with library card
Meadow-reading comics/manga
Mr. Wiggins (reading teacher)
non-fiction book
book pile
blank book
novel
e-reader
This set is intended to:
1. Express diversity in the classroom
2. Express diversity within races
3. Exhibit more distinct hair, facial features, etc.
4. Feature a variety of difference backgrounds. Students in this set are African-American, Native American, Caucasian, Indian, Asian, bi-racial, mixed race, Arab, and Latino/Hispanic
5. Show happy students but give the characters a touch of personality you can use in your own products or classroom activities
6. Appeal to middle school students. This style is slightly exaggerated in a subtle anime style (since the 7th/8th graders I've worked with respond well to this type of art.)