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 resources includes a 36 page mini story book of the bible story of Easter.
Please note it is a simplified version.
Each mini page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it'll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you.
It has been simplified into a short story, with bright, eye-catching graphics. (This download comes in colour/color or black and white option).
This comes in American AND British spelling i.e color/colour.
Perfect for a special needs/autistic class or pre-k/k.
The word to picture matching activities are a fantastic resource for any classroom, although especially with non-verbal students. It can help to encourage and promote reading and recognition of vocabulary related to objects found in a standard home. This resource is a great strategy to encourage students to read the words that they can see, but also to be able to understand that they can link the word to an actual image,
Many students may learn to just read words but not understand the meaning behind them, this will help to work with students on working towards achieving this skill.
Instructions on first page of how you can use this resource to it's best potential within your classroom.
This resource will be great for group work, speech sessions, 1:1 activities. english/literacy sessions, vocabulary work and farm activities.
This contains 17 different activities.
All vocabulary linked to items you would find in a standard home.
The word to picture matching activities are a fantastic resource for any classroom, although especially with non-verbal students. It can help to encourage and promote reading and recognition of vocabulary related to the theme of sight words. This resource is a great strategy to encourage students to read the words that they can see, but also to be able to understand that they can link the word to an actual image,
Many students may learn to just read words but not understand the meaning behind them, this will help to work with students on working towards achieving this skill.
Instructions on first page of how you can use this resource to it's best potential within your classroom.
This resource will be great for group work, speech sessions, 1:1 activities. english/literacy sessions, vocabulary work and farm activities.
18 different activities boards in total.
The first page in the PDF is the instructions page to help you use these to their best potential.
Sight words include are:
♦ in
♦ find
♦ can
♦ down
♦ blue
♦ here
♦ run
♦ jump
♦ play
♦ red
♦ look
♦ little
♦ go
♦ up
♦ all
♦ small
♦ help
♦ yellow
♦ black
♦ where
♦ one
♦ I
♦ funny
♦ who
♦ you
♦ two
♦ away
♦ we
♦ three
♦ me
♦ ate
♦ no
♦ get
♦ good
♦ brown
♦ four
♦ he
♦ eat
♦ now
♦ like
♦ new
♦ warm
♦ on
♦ ran
♦ ride
♦ please
♦ say
♦ our
♦ under
♦ there
♦ white
♦ she
♦ want
♦ they
♦ yes
♦ after
♦ give
♦ ask
♦ fly
♦ ten
♦ her
♦ over
♦ open
♦ old
♦ stop
♦ him
♦ take
♦ before
♦ walk
♦ think
♦ buy
♦ thank
♦ call
♦ first
♦ found
♦ fast
♦ five
♦ cold
♦ green
♦ sing
♦ off
♦ pull
♦ sit
♦ read
♦ sleep
♦ work
♦ wash
♦ wish
♦ tell
♦ write
♦ your
♦ clean
♦ drink
♦ draw
♦ carry
♦ cut
♦ eight
♦ hurt
♦ hot
♦ grow
♦ fall
♦ laugh
♦ light
♦ show
♦ seven
♦ six
♦ together
♦ small
This resource includes 104 different prompt cards to help and encourage students to make conversation.
Conversation is a hard skill for our students to master, especially when trying to start one. These prompt cards help to break the ice and encourage your students to feel more supported and confident when starting a conversation. A conversation helps to build relationships between students or even staff. It's also a great way for you to find out more about your students in class - especially if you have many shy students who usually struggle to keep a conversation flowing.
The cards are bright and fun to keep students engaged throughout the activity.
The prompt cards come in b/w and col. option as well as with UK and US spelling options.
These are fantastic for prompting students to start conversations with each other, especially for morning work, social skills groups etc.
This resource contains an animal themed adapted / sentence building book that is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and be able to build sentences from what they can see.
This pack comes complete with matching symbols for you to put together as an adapted book / sentence building book. The sentence structure follows ' I see a dog ' ' I see a zebra ' etc. Students have to build the sentence and look at what animal they can see to match the sentence to the page.
There are 21 different animals included.
The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from.
Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students.
If you like this symbol book, you may like to view my Animal Symbol Book Sentence Building bundle, which includes 4 sets of sentence building books about animals, you can find it here.
Animals included are:
♦ bear
♦ bird
♦ bug
♦ butterfly
♦ cat
♦ caterpillar
♦ dog
♦ duck
♦ elephant
♦ fish
♦ fox
♦ lion
♦ monkey
♦ mouse
♦ octopus
♦ owl
♦ parrot
♦ pig
♦ spider
♦ turtle
♦ zebra
This download includes 6 different spelling jigsaws for each vowel - a,e,i,o,u.
Comes in b/w and col option for your preference.
Vocabulary includes:
♦ car
♦ cat
♦ dam
♦ ham
♦ pan
♦ wag
♦ bed
♦ den
♦ hen
♦ net
♦ pen
♦ wet
♦ dig
♦ fin
♦ hit
♦ lid
♦ pig
♦ pit
♦ dog
♦ fox
♦ hop
♦ log
♦ mop
♦ top
♦ bun
♦ cub
♦ gum
♦ hut
♦ mud
♦ sun
Students simply look at the image/word on the top jigsaw box then use the individual letters to build the jigsaw to spell the corresponding CVC word.
Contains 30 pages.
This activity pack includes sentence building / adapted books to work on prepositions. These books are great for a Spec Ed or Autism classroom.
This download comes with two different books for you to choose from; symbols with words or just words.
I recommend laminating each page and binding together as a book. I would also recommend using velcro for symbols/words and the boxes on each page just so that the symbols/words don't move around when students place them on page but that is personal preference.
You will need to cut out the words/symbols individually and laminate them too, it can be time consuming but once made is a great, valuable resource to be kept for long term use.
Comes with 20 different pages/activities.
This pack includes 4 different sentence building books all related to Feelings / Emotions. All books come in b/w and col option.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism.
The books include;
♦ How does the boy feel? - 1 box answer
♦ How does the girl feel? - 1 box answer
♦ How do the children feel? - 2 box answer
♦ How do the children feel? - 4 box answer
Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it.
The vocabulary is suitable for American and British/Canadian etc classrooms. Eg - colour and color.
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.
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Feelings/Emotions.
These emergent reader books are perfect for your students to take part in Black History Month and learn about all the amazing people in the following areas;
• Authors
• Civil Rights Men
• Civil Rights Woman
• Inventors
• Jazz Artists - Men
• Jazz Artists - Women
• Notable People
These books allow your students to learn about the different famous people in Black History. Each book contains pages with the famous person and their name underneath. Students can color in the images and then overwrite the names of the people underneath.
This is a great way for your students to work on their reading, writing and fine motor skills. While also learning all about famous black men and women.
This resource is suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The book comes in b/w for ink friendly printing. I recommend putting the books together with staples - or by binding - so that your students can flick through each of their books easily.
This resource contains 42 different animals in a sentence building / adapted book theme. Students have to look at the image on the page and use the symbol to build an appropriate and matching sentence. Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students.
The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from.
Instructions are included on first page. This book contains real life photographs of baby animals.
This resource contains 84 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 Summer.
These task cards come in col and b/w option.
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 letter recognition game is a great way for your students to work on their letter skills in a fun and engaging way. Students have to look at the letters on the cloud and then find the matching uppercase letter, lowercase letter and image that starts with the letter.
This includes an activity for every letter of the alphabet and there are a number of ways that this can be used in your learning environment;
• 1:1 work stations
• Group work centers
• Literacy stations
• Hide the ‘rain drops’ in a sensory train for students to dig out and match to the clouds
This activity will also provide a great language and vocabulary activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters and say/discuss the images.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise initial sounds and match their upper and lower case letters.
This download contains a variety of file folder activities that are aligned to Kindergarten Common Core English Language Standards.
★ 17 activities included. ★
Each activity comes with a cover for your file folder with the common core targets that the activity meets on the bottom.
This resource comes in col. option only - no b/w.
Simply cut out the pieces, stick the pages into file folders with the cover on front then pull them out throughout the year to use. If you want the activities to be re-usable simply laminate them before sticking them into the file folders.
The activities included are;
♦ Reading short passages.
♦ Reading letters of alphabet.
♦ Match upper to lower case letters.
♦ Overwrite alphabet letters.
♦ Write alphabet letters.
♦ Match initial sounds to images.
♦ Match rhyming images/words.
♦ Counting syllables.
♦ Spelling CVC words.
♦ Changing letters to make new words.
♦ Read and match sight words.
♦ Form plural nouns.
♦ Answer wh- questions.
♦ Prepositions.
♦ Matching nouns.
♦ Matching verbs.
Common Core Standards
RF.K.1a, RF.K.1c, RF.K.1d, RF.K.2a, RF.K.2b, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3c, L.K.1a, L.K.1b, L.K.1c, L.K.1d, L.K.1e
This resource contains 273 different literacy worksheets related to the theme of Community Helpers. These worksheets are easy to print with no prep required, and a great way to introduce the theme of Community Helpers into your teaching.
The activity includes the following community helpers;
♦ Chef
♦ Crossing guard
♦ Detective
♦ Doctor
♦ Farmer
♦ Firefighter
♦ Fisherman
♦ Forest ranger
♦ Lifeguard
♦ Mail man
♦ Mechanic
♦ Miner
♦ Nurse
♦ Policeman
♦ Ski guide
♦ Teacher
♦ Tour guide
♦ Trash collector
♦ Vet
♦ Waiter
♦ Waitress.
The worksheets that are included in this pack are;
• when i grow up
• talk about/draw people (jennifer the chef, joe the detective etc)
• writing prompts/discussion
• describing 'what am i'
• describing 'what am i' easier version - handwriting practice
• coloring pages with handwriting practice
• fine motor skills
• letter/name jigsaws
• color/spell the word
• color the letters
• research activity
• labelling
• a to z community helpers
• matching tools to career
• wanted posters
• missing letters
• practising handwriting letters
• matching lower case to upper case
• your spelling is on fire! (Fireman)
• animal overload! (Vet)
• taking temperature (Nurse)
• can i take your order please? (Waiter/Waitress)
• chef, we need more pizza! (Chef)
• posting letters (Mail Man)
• take the trash out (Trash collector)
• down in the forest (Forest ranger)
• grab your ski's! (Ski Guide)
• where's the tour guide? (Tour Guide)
• rate your teacher! (Teacher)
• vehicle patterns (Mechanic)
• fishing for -an words (Fisherman)
• beginning sound match (Farmer)
• detecting mistakes (Detective)
• crossing guard rhyming (Crossing Guard)
• lifeguard costume design (Lifeguard)
• scrambled letters
• missing letters
As you can see there are a HUGE amount of worksheets/resources included in this bundle.
All require no prep, print and hand out!
This pack includes 5 different sentence building / adapted books all related to Groundhog Day theme. All books come in b/w and col option but 2. The books come in different levels of sentence building to suit individual learners.
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 books include;
♦ Colour/Color Groundhogs - col only
♦ Counting Colour/Color Groundhogs - col only
♦ How many groundhogs? 2 box
♦ Prepositions -Level 1 book
♦ What? Level 1 book.
Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it.
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.
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Groundhog Day.
This resource contains 23 different comprehension activities linked to the theme of different stories from the Bible.
Each activity comes with 1 x story page and 1 x questions page. There is a short amount of information provided on each page and then 4 questions on another page - you can see examples in preview/thumbnail pictures.
All stories are linked to the individual bible stories included. They are not word for word, they have been simplified into short passages/stories to keep them engaging for students.
This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions.
It is related to Stories from the Bible to give a twist on the usual comprehension activities. This activity is a great way for you to introduce the Bible into your teaching.
Comes in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.
Bible Stories Include:
♦ Adam & Eve
♦ Daniel in the Lions Den
♦ David & Goliath
♦ Jonah & the Whale
♦ Joseph & the Colourful Coat / Joseph & the Colorful Coat
♦ Noah's Ark
Comes with contents page on page 2 so you are able to quickly find what pages/stories you are looking for.
This CVC Worksheet pack consists of 88 no prep printable worksheets. There are a wide range of different no prep worksheets included in this pack all related to the theme of CVC while working on different skills.
It includes:
♦ CVC handwriting practice - 25 pages
♦ Missing letters worksheet - 5 pages
♦ Scrambled letters worksheet - 5 pages
♦ Word to picture matching worksheet - 11 pages
♦ Code Word Cracker - 5 pages
♦ Word Search - 27 pages
♦ Read & Highlight - 10 pages
Contains 88 pages of activities in total.
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.
★ 42 activities included. ★
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 (“point to the witch” 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
★ 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. ★
This pack includes 6 different sentence building books all related to 3 Little Pigs theme. All books come in b/w and col option.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism.
The books include;
♦ What? Object - one symbol
♦ How many objects? - two symbols
♦ I can see objects - four symbols
♦ Easy prepositions - one symbol
♦ Harder prepositions - three symbols
♦ Full sentence prepositions - six symbols
Each book comes with instructions included on the first page on how you can put this book together to get the best possible use out of it.
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.
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of the 3 Little Pigs.
These adapted book are a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to complete a number of different daily tasks that are important life skills. The This adapted books go through each of the steps required to support and promote independence during the routines.
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. 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.)