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Counting Task Cards, St Patrick's Day
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Counting Task Cards, St Patrick's Day

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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
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Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day

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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. ** 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
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Spring Initial Letter Task Cards

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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. ** 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
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St Patrick's Day Initial Letter Task Cards

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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
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Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day

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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.
Autism Independent Work Tasks for March
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Autism Independent Work Tasks for March

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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 Counting Task Cards
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3 Little Pigs Counting Task Cards

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These reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets are an engaging addition to your literacy centers and 3 Little Pigs activities. There are 6 different reading comprehension activities included in this pack. Each reading comprehension activity comes with 1 reading passage worksheet, and 1 matching questions worksheet. Students read through the reading passage and then answer the matching questions on the questions worksheet. All of the comprehension passages are linked to the theme of the 3 Little Pigs. This activity is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. Comes in black and white for ink friendly printing. The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.
3 Little Pigs Comprehension Worksheets
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3 Little Pigs Comprehension Worksheets

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These reading comprehension passages and questions worksheets are an engaging addition to your literacy centers and 3 Little Pigs activities. There are 6 different reading comprehension activities included in this pack. Each reading comprehension activity comes with 1 reading passage worksheet, and 1 matching questions worksheet. Students read through the reading passage and then answer the matching questions on the questions worksheet. All of the comprehension passages are linked to the theme of the 3 Little Pigs. This activity is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. Comes in black and white for ink friendly printing. The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging.
3 Little Pigs Maths Worksheets
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3 Little Pigs Maths Worksheets

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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 Maze Worksheets
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3 Little Pigs Maze Worksheets

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These 3 Little Pigs maze worksheets are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their attention to detail and fine motor skills. There are 5 different levels of mazes for you to differentiate for your student’s individual abilities. All of the maze worksheets included require no prep. Print them out and they are ready to hand out to your students. The worksheets all come in black and white for ink friendly printing. These maze worksheets will be the perfect addition to your 3 Little Pigs unit. It is also a great way for your students to work on their problem solving skills. Students have to work their way through the maze to the end. If you want to save on your ink, print out one copy of each worksheet and laminate it. That way the worksheets can be re-used in the future in your literacy centers with a dry-wipe pen.
3 Little Pigs Jigsaws
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3 Little Pigs Jigsaws

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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
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Presidents Day Write the Room American Presidents

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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.
3 Little Pigs Shadow Matching Task Cards
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3 Little Pigs Shadow Matching Task Cards

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These 3 Little Pigs themed task cards are a great way for students to work on their attention to detail skills by matching the shadows to their owners. There are 15 different task cards included and they come in col option only - no b/w. There are 2 task cards per page. Students have to choose 1 out of 3 possible answers to match the image to their shadow. There are instructions included on the front page of the document. I recommend cutting them out individually and then laminating them, this will make them stronger and longer lasting - meaning you can use them over and over again. All images related to 3 Little Pigs theme.
2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day
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2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day

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These St Patrick’s Day 2D shape activities are the perfect way for your students to work on their 2d shape recognition 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 recognising different 2D shapes and match them to a different image of the 2D shape. These task cards come in 2 different levels; Level 1 - matching identical 2D shape images Level 2 - match basic shapes to St Patrick’s 2D shape images. Each task card contains a shamrock or coin in the form of different 2d shapes. There are 13 different task cards/2D shapes included in each level = a total of 26 different task cards for you to use in your math centers. Students can either use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer out of 2 (level 1) or 3 (level 2) options. Instructions • Print out each of the task cards. • Cut out and laminate the individual task cards. • Place these in your math center and have your students use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer. ** The 2D shapes included are;** Circle Heart Diamond Hexagon Octagon Parallelogram Oval Pentagon Rhombus Star Square Triangle Rectangle These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day
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Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day

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Get your students working on their sentence skills with these engaging and hands-on missing word in a sentence task cards. These task cards are the perfect addition to your literacy centers and St Patrick’s Day activities. Students need to read the sentence on the task card and then work out which of the 3 options of missing words fits in the sentence. This is a great way for you to work on sentence structure and how to build appropriate sentences with your students. Your students will love working on their sentence 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. There are 20 different task cards included, and all come in the theme of St Patrick’s Day. Instructions Print all of the pages included. 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 sentence skills, identifying the missing words in the sentences. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
3 Little Pigs Word Search Activities
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3 Little Pigs Word Search Activities

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These 3 Little Pigs word search worksheets are a great addition to your 3 Little Pigs activities. There are 2 levels of word searches included in this pack with a total of 11 different word search worksheets. This resource includes; ♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 7 (8 words) ♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words) ♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own 3 Little Pigs theme word searches ♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches ♦ Answer keys These worksheets come in black and white for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
Going to Hairdressers Social Story
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Going to Hairdressers Social Story

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going to the Hairdressers. A lot of children struggle with going to the hair dressers, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they are going there or what to expect - mostly worried about not knowing what's going to happen. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to go their to the Hairdressers, and also help promote independence. Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page. Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale. Pages included are; ♦ Today I am going to the hair salon. ♦ I will sit in a big chair. ♦ I can choose a hair style to have. - boy ♦ I can choose a hair style to have. - girl ♦ The stylist will brush my hair. ♦ The stylist will use scissors to cut my hair. ♦ The stylist can also use trimmers to cut my hair. ♦ The hair stylist will only cut off how much I want. ♦ I can have my hair washed and cleaned. ♦ The stylist will dry my hair for me. ♦ The stylist can use hairspray to keep my hair in style. ♦ I can have my hair dyed in the salon. ♦ The stylist can use straighteners or curlers on my hair, I recommend printing out each of the individual pages, laminating them and then binding them into a book so it will be easier for students to read - or be read to, as well as being stronger and longer lasting. You can use only the pages that you feel most relevant.
Food Mystery Puzzle Number Grid
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Food Mystery Puzzle Number Grid

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This activity contains 12 different mystery puzzles in the theme of Food. The mystery puzzles are a great way for students to work on their number skills as well as paying close attention to detail, following instructions and colour / color recognition. This resource is suitable for both spelling options of - colour and color. Included are finished examples of how the puzzles should look when completed for you to have examples on hand as well as using as answer sheets for you to check students work. At the bottom of each page are instructions for students to colour / color certain numbers in certain colours / colors. At the end of the activity students are able to write what they can see at the bottom of the page.
Brushing Teeth Social Story
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Brushing Teeth Social Story

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with brushing their teeth. A lot of children struggle with brushing their teeth, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they are brushing their teeth. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your students to brush their teeth, and also help promote independence. Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page. Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale. Pages included are; ♦ It is important to keep my teeth clean. ♦ I should brush my teeth in the morning. ♦ And I should brush my teeth in the night. ♦ Brushing my teeth helps to keep my mouth fresh and clean. ♦ When my teeth are dirty, I heed to brush them. ♦ First, I get my toothbrush. ♦ Next, I wet my toothbrush. ♦ Then, I get my toothpaste. ♦ I carefully put my toothpaste on my toothbrush. ♦ Then I use my toothbrush to brush all my teeth. ♦ I have to be very careful and clean them properly or I’ll get bad teeth! ♦ I can use floss to make my teeth extra clean! ♦ Once I’ve finished, I rinse my toothbrush under the tap. ♦ Look how clean my teeth are! ♦ The dentist will be very happy with my teeth! I recommend printing out each of the individual pages, laminating them and then binding them into a book so it will be easier for students to read - or be read to, as well as being stronger and longer lasting. You can use only the pages that you feel most relevant.
Bumble Bee Classroom Decor
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Bumble Bee Classroom Decor

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This is a huge classroom decor pack that will transform your setting into a beautiful bumble bee theme. This pack contains almost everything you could think of to set up your classroom into your bee theme, however if you think something extra should be included, please feel free to contact me. Most parts of this resource are editable, however there are a few that are not. If the part isn't editable, it will state so below in the list of what is included. Editable parts of this resource come in keynote and powerpoint formats. Non-editable parts come as PDF files. There are also a variety of different backgrounds included for your preference. For a more in-depth look at what the pages included look like, please click the preview option underneath the cover image of this resource to scroll through and get more a clear idea of what is included. This classroom decor pack includes the following: ♦ Alphabet Posters non-editable PDF ♦ Binder Covers and Spines ♦ Birthdays Posters ♦ Book Marks ♦ Calendar Squares ♦ Circle Labels - bags, clipboards, pencils, crayons, erasers, glue, glue sticks, lined paper, markers, note books, paintbrushes, paperclips, pens, pins, rulers, scissors, sharpeners, staplers, tape, pencils ♦ Class Jobs - caboose, calendar helper, cleaner, door monitor, librarian, line leader, lunch monitor, messenger, pencil monitor, table wiper, teachers assistant, technician, attendance monitor, bathroom monitor, board cleaner, chair stacker, litter monitor, paper monitor, plant monitor, pledge leader, recycling monitor, substitute, sweeper, weather reporter, computer helper, first aid helper, sanitizer monitor, homework monitor, journal helper, vest helper, mat helper, messages helper, pet helper, bell ringer, sink helper, snack helper. ♦ Days of the Week ♦ Folder Labels ♦ Groups and Leaders ♦ Hall Passes - girls bathroom pass, boys bathroom pass, nurses pass, hall pass. ♦ Long Labels - same as above labels ♦ Lower Case Bunting non-editable PDF ♦ Monthly Calendar ♦ Months of the Year ♦ Name Plates - Comes with alphabet - including highlighted vowels, left/right reminders and number line to 20. Also comes with handwriting lines - students can either handwrite their names onto the name tags or you can add them on ready to print. ♦ Name Plates - Blank space for you to add text/image as you wish. ♦ Newsletters - Comes with and without monthly toppers. ♦ Number Bunting non-editable PDF - 0-50 ♦ Number Posters non-editable PDF - Posters with number, number name and matching ten frame. 0-20. ♦ Rectangle Labels - same as above labels ♦ Reward Coupons - sit with a friend, use any pen, no homework, bring a toy to sc