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St Patrick's Day Colour Matching Task Cards
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.
More or Less St Patrick's Day Math
These St Patrick’s Day activities are the perfect way for your students to work on their more or less math skills. These task cards are an engaging and hands-on addition to your math centers and will give your students plenty of opportunity to work on their more than, less than and equal to math skills.
Each task card contains 2 images displaying a different amount i.e gold coins in a pot, candy in a pot etc. There is a blank box in the middle of the 2 images on each task card. Students then use their math symbols to place into the middle of the task cards.
This is a great way to see if your students are able to understand the different math symbols and how to use them. There are 24 different task cards included.
Instructions
• Print out each of the task cards and math symbols.
• Cut out and laminate the individual task cards and math symbols.
• Place these in your math center and have your students use the different math symbols to add to the task cards. You can also use a dry wipe pen for your students to form the math symbols.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Missing Numbers Task Cards St Patrick's Day
Your students will love working on their number and counting skills with these St Patrick’s Day missing number task cards. Each task card contains 3 gold coins, with 1 or 2 numbers missing. The numbers go from 0-100 and will encourage your students to count forwards/backwards and from different numbers - not just 0.
This is a great way to see if your students are able to carry their counting skills across into a different activity. This is a great resource to add to your St Patrick’s Day activities.
Instructions
• Print out each of the task cards.
• Cut out and laminate the individual task cards.
• Place these in your math center with a dry wipe pen and have your students write their answers down on each of the blank coins.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Matching Uppercase and Lowercase, St Patrick's Day
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their letter recognition skills and being able to match uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. 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 a St Patrick’s themed yeti holding a sign with either an uppercase or lowercase letter on it. Students then have to match the two pieces together to match the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Your students will love working on their letter recognition 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 watch your students work on their letter recognition skills, by matching the uppercase and lowercase letters together.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Pattern Task Cards St Patrick's Day
Your students will love working on their pattern recognition skills with these hands-on and engaging St Patrick’s Day task cards. These task cards are the perfect addition to your math centers and St Patrick’s Day activities. Students will need to pay close attention to detail to each of the task cards, recognising the pattern and using the included images to finish off each of the patterns.
There are 2 different level task cards included in this pack for you to be able to differentiate for your individual students abilities. Level 1 contains patterns of 4, level 2 contains patterns of 5. There are a total of 24 different task cards included.
The task cards will each have spots missing. These are for students to fill in with the included pieces and continue the pattern.
Your students will love working on their pattern 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 all of the pages included.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual pattern task cards and the missing image pieces.
Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their pattern skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Ten Frame Task Cards, St Patrick's Day
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.
Wh Questions for Special Education, St Patrick's Day
These wh question task cards are perfect to add some St Patrick’s fun into your speech therapy sessions. There are 18 different St Patrick’s Day themed task cards included in this pack. Each task card contains a wh- question on top and then 4 images underneath. Students need to answer the wh- question by pointing to the correct, corresponding image.
The wh- questions are;
Who?
What?
Where?
Which?
Your students will love working on their wh- question and answering skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed task cards. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Initial Letter Sounds St Patrick's Day
Transform your literacy centers with this fun and engaging initial letters activity. Your students will love working on their initial letter skills with this hands-on St Patrick’s themed activity. Students use the matching gold coin images/words to match to the letter on the pot of gold on the base page.
There are 2 difficulty levels included with this activity.
Level 1 - the images also contain word prompts underneath of what the image is
Level 2 - no word prompts included
Students need to look at the initial letter shown on the pot of gold and then find the 3 matching images/words that start with this initial letter and put them onto the gold coins.
This resource comes with 2 printing options for your preference.
Option 1 - Ink Friendly Option
Print out and laminate page 3. This is your base board.
Print out pages 30-45. Then cut out and laminate each of the coins and pots of gold individually.
Place the pot of gold letter onto the base board and have students match the coins with the images starting with the same initial letter onto the base board. Switch out the pot of gold letter to change letters.
Option 2
Print out and laminate pages 4-29.
Print out pages 30-39. Then cut out and laminate each of the coins.
Students match the coins with images starting with the same initial letter to the boards with the letter in the pot of gold.
Body Parts Write the Room
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.
Goldfish Adapted Book Colour Recognition
This goldfish adapted book is a great way for students to work on reading and understanding instructions. Then, carrying them out. Students have to read - or be read - the instruction on top of the page and then find the matching goldfish to put into the bowl. This is a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition skills / colour recognition skills.
This adapted book comes in colour option only and will be a great addition to your color recognition activities. This adapted book is also a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and to become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
St Patrick's Day Fine Motor Skill Task Cards
These task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their fine motor skill task cards. There are 64 different task cards included, each one containing a different formation for students to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills. Each task card contains a fine motor formation for your students to overwrite as well as a St. Patrick’s Day image.
These task cards are best used when laminated. This way they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable. They will be a great addition to your literacy centers and St Patrick’s Day activities.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Counting Task Cards, St Patrick's Day
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their counting and number recognition skills. The task cards included are from numbers 0-10.
There are 3 different types of counting opportunities included on the task cards;
How many pieces of candy in the jar?
How many shamrocks in the field?
How many gold coins in the pot?
Your students will love working on their counting skills with these engaging and hands-on task cards. They are also the perfect addition to your St Patrick’s Day activities and math centers. There are 33 different task cards included in this pack, giving your students plenty of opportunity to work on their counting skills.
Instructions
Print the task cards.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
Lay the task cards out in your math centers and provide your students with a dry wipe pen or clothing peg for your students to choose their answer.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition skills (colour). Students need to identify what color the leprechaun is on each task card, and then match it to a choice of 2 color splats on the side of the task card.
Each task card contains a different color leprechaun.
The colors included are;
Black
Brown
Blue
Gray/Grey
Green
Pink
Orange
Purple
Red
Yellow
White
Your students will love working on their color recognition skills with these hands-on and engaging color matching 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.
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Instructions**
Print the task cards.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards.
Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their color recognition skills.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Spring Initial Letter Task Cards
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their initial sound and letter skills during Spring. Students need to look at the image on the task card and the word underneath, but with the initial letter missing.
Students need to work out what the missing initial sound / letter is and choose this from 3 different options on the task card.
There are 28 different task cards included in this pack, and these will be a great addition to your literacy centers.
Your students will love working on their literacy skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed task cards. I recommend laminating all of the task cards included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
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Instructions**
Print out the task cards.
Cut and laminate the task cards.
Provide your students with dry wipe pens or clothing pegs for your students to select their answers.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
St Patrick's Day Initial Letter Task Cards
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their initial sound and letter skills while celebrating St Patrick’s Day. Students need to look at the image on the task card and the word underneath, but with the initial letter missing.
Students need to work out what the missing initial sound / letter is and choose this from 3 different options on the task card. There are 20 different task cards included in this pack, and these will be a great addition to your literacy centers.
Your students will love working on their literacy skills with these fun and engaging St Patrick’s themed task cards. 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.
Provide your students with dry wipe pens or clothing pegs for your students to select their answers.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day
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.
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Autism Independent Work Tasks for March
These independent work tasks are perfect to use throughout March with your special education students, pre-k or kindergarten students. Your students will love working on a range of different skills with these tasks that can be used independently. Each work task included fits into the photo storage boxes, making it easy for you to keep all of your months tasks together.
There is a wide variety of task cards included in this pack and I recommend switching through them throughout the month to mix up your students skills and learnings.
There is a mixture of Spring and St Patrick’s Day activities included in this pack. They include;
Spring Rhyming Raindrops
Spring Same or Different
Spring Matching Halves Puzzles
Spring Counting Task Cards
Wh Questions for Speech Therapy Task Cards - Spring
St Patrick’s Day 2D Shape Matching - 2 Levels
St Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Skills Task Cards
St Patrick’s Day Initial Letter/Sounds Task Cards
St Patrick’s Day Letter Formation Task Cards
Matching Upper and Lowercase Letters - St Patrick’s Day
Find the Missing Word in the Sentence - St Patrick’s Day
More or Less? St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick’s Day Counting Task Cards
St Patrick’s Day - What’s the Missing Number? Task Cards
Ten Frame Task Cards - St Patrick’s Day
Color Recognition Task Cards - Using Pom Poms
Wh Questions for Speech Therapy Task Cards - St Patrick’s Day
Your students will love working on these task bin activities independently, and having the chance to introduce some Spring and St Patrick’s Day fun into your learning.
3 Little Pigs Maths Worksheets
This resource contains 22 different math worksheets linked to the theme of the 3 Little Pigs. The worksheets require no prep, simply print out and you’re ready to go. There is a variety of different worksheets meaning that numerous different skills can be targeted using this pack.
The worksheets included are;
♦ Addition worksheets (2 levels - up to 5 and up to 10)
♦ Subtraction worksheets (2 levels - from 5 and from 10)
♦ What comes next (2 levels - to 10 and to 20)
♦ Before and after (2 levels - to 10 and to 20)
♦ Fill in ten frames
♦ Tallying
♦ Col by number
Comes in US and UK/Can spelling options for your preference i.e color/colour, grey/gray.
3 Little Pigs Jigsaws
These jigsaw puzzles are a fun and hands-on addition to your 3 Little Pigs activities. Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for students to work on their concentration, attention to detail, fine motor and problem solving skills.
The jigsaws are differentiated into 4 different levels for you to use with your students as appropriate and all images on the jigsaws are linked to the theme of The 3 Little Pigs.
The jigsaws come in the following levels:
• 2 piece jigsaw
• 3 piece jigsaw
• 12 piece jigsaw
• 20 piece jigsaw
Each level comes with 11 different jigsaw puzzles.
Cut out each of the individual jigsaw pieces, laminate and you have a re-usable jigsaw puzzle to pull out at any time you need. Or cut out the individual pieces and have students stick them into their work books to build the image.
Each jigsaw comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Presidents Day Write the Room American Presidents
Make Presidents Day fun and engaging with this write the room activity. Get your students moving and hunting for the different American Presidents cards. This is a great addition to your Presidents Day activities, as well as giving your students the chance to work on their reading and writing skills and learning about different American Presidents.
The recording sheets come in 2 different options of numbers 1-10 and 1-20 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 American Presidents and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your American Presidents 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.