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www.senresourcesource.co.uk is a place to download and print resources for teachers to help you to support children in your classroom with special educational needs. Visit us and see what's available
Collection of worksheets in which children can sort pictures into categories.Set of 4 receptive language worksheets designed to help children develop comprehension skills by sorting items or concepts based on specific criteria. These worksheets focus on animals, clothing, furniture and food.
Why do you need this?
These worksheets can help students understand and follow instructions by engaging in hands-on sorting activities. By sorting items into different categories, students can expand their vocabulary and learn new words associated with each category. Sorting activities require students to identify similarities and differences between items, which promotes critical thinking and categorization skills.
How and when might you use this?
This resource can be used during language arts lessons or as part of literacy centers to:
· Introduce new vocabulary
· Reinforce comprehension skills
· Encourage critical thinking
· Support independent learning
· Assess understanding
What is included?
Included are 4 different worksheets with sorting pictures all available in both color and black and white.
7 different designs of sticker charts for children to display and collect stickers they are rewarded by staff.
Why do you need this?
Sticker charts provide a visual representation of progress and accomplishments, allowing students to see their efforts rewarded over time. By displaying and collecting stickers, students feel a sense of achievement and pride, which can boost their self-esteem and confidence. Additionally, sticker charts create a fun and engaging way to track and celebrate students’ successes, fostering a positive classroom environment conducive to learning and growth.
How and when might you use this?
Teachers can use sticker charts consistently throughout the school year to promote positive behaviour and academic achievement. They can display the charts in the classroom where students can see them easily and track their progress. Teachers may also choose to celebrate students’ accomplishments periodically by recognising those who have made significant progress on their charts.
What is included?
7 sticker charts each showing different pictures. There is a unicorn, dog, penguin, owl, dinosaur, lion and dolphin.
Visual tool designed to help families organize and manage household chores effectively.
Why do you need this?
Establishing a regular chore routine through the use of chore charts helps instill good habits and discipline in children. Consistently completing chores at designated times reinforces the importance of responsibility and contributes to a smoothly functioning household. Chore charts can serve as motivational tools by providing visual reinforcement of progress and accomplishments. Children may feel a sense of pride and satisfaction when they see tasks checked off or completed on the chore chart, motivating them to continue contributing to the household.
What’s included?
3 different chore chart designs to choose from - rainbow coloured, unicorns and mermaids and dinosaurs.
The set contains 36 different chore cards that you can velcro or blue tac to the chart as appropriate for your child and then star stickers to attach to the chart if/when the complete their chore.
These Communication prompts are an essential visual tool designed to help nonverbal children and those with communication difficulties express their basic needs and feelings. These resource contains 20 cards with clear pictures that allow children to point to what they want to convey.
Why do you need this?
Communication cards provide a visual tool for students who have difficulty expressing themselves verbally. It allows them to communicate their preferences, needs, and choices effectively using pictures or symbols. It can also provide a way for the adult to communicate things to the child.
What’s included?
Images include:
Yes
No
Toilet
Wash hands
Well done
Time out
Stop
Snack
Bag
Unwell
Hurt
Coat
Hello
Goodbye
Show me
Drink
Thank you
Happy
Sad
Angry
Also included are smaller lanyard sized cards
Visual timetable display cards for parents to use at home to support children with their after-school routine.
Why do you need this?
After school timetables reduce anxiety for children who thrive on routine. The picture cues promote independence - kids can follow the schedule to complete activities and prepare for transitions without constant reminders. Visual schedules also build time management and organizational skills.
What’s included?
2 versions of cards for both and girl. Cards included are:
Take off Uniform
Hang up Clothes
Put Clothes in the Wash
Snack
Drink
Dinner
Computer
Tablet
TV
Bath
Wash Hands
Shower
Park
Brush Teeth
Put on Pyjamas
Toilet
Story
Go to Bed
Homework
After School Club
Variety of blank faces, both boys and girls, for children to draw on eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth to represent the emotion they are feeling.
Why do you need this?
These worksheets provide a creative outlet for children to express and explore their emotions visually. Drawing facial expressions allows children to externalise their feelings and communicate them in a tangible way.
Drawing their own facial expressions encourages children to reflect on their emotions and recognise how they are feeling. This process promotes self-awareness and emotional literacy as children learn to identify and label their emotions.
How and when might you use this?
These worksheets could be used in a variety of ways:
· Teachers can incorporate these worksheets into morning work to draw the facial expression that reflects how they are feeling at the start of the day. This activity sets a positive tone for the day and allows teachers to gauge students’ emotional well-being.
· During transition throughout the day teachers can have children fill in these sheets as a check in with their emotions.
· During PSHE lessons to teach students about different emotions and how to express them.
· Small group work where the children discuss and reflect on different emotions together.
· During counselling sessions to help students process and express their emotions.
· Teachers can integrate the worksheets into art activities to combine creative expression with emotional exploration
What’s included?
Resource includes 16 different face outlines with different hair styles.
These fans each contain a different emotion face and word. They can be used for activities and teaching about emotions or alternatively can be used to support non-verbal children to express their emotions.
Why do you need this?
If children learn to understand and recognise emotions both in themselves and others, learning to identify and label them then this can ensure they will be better equipped to manage and regulate themselves when they experience strong emotions. If children are able to notice how they are feeling and then use strategies to calm themselves down then they are more likely to have successful friendships and to be able to manage set backs.
How and when might you use this?
The 15 illustrated fan pieces each feature a different emotion face and word. Expressions like happy, sad, angry, surprised, and more build children’s emotional vocabulary. Teachers can prompt conversations about when we feel certain ways and how our faces show it.
What’s included?
Included in this resource are 15 emoji emotion cards including the emotions:
· Happy
· Sad
· Scared
· Calm
· Worried
· Excited
· Furious
· Annoyed
· Disappointed
· Miserable
· Confused
· Poorly
· Angry
· Tired
· Embarrassed
Visual timetable display cards for parents to use at home to support children with their morning routine.
Why do you need this?
Before school timetables reduce anxiety for children who thrive on routine. The picture cues promote independence - kids can follow the schedule to complete activities and prepare for transitions without constant reminders. Visual schedules also build time management and organisational skills.
What’s included?
2 versions of cards for both and girl. Cards included are:
Get Up
Breakfast
Bath
Shower
Brush Teeth
Put on Underwear
Put on Socks
Put Clothes On
Put Shoes On
Brush Hair
Wash
Put Coat On
Pack School Bag
Got to School
Pack Lunch
Toilet
26 worksheets in which children can practice letter recognition and handwriting. One worksheet for each letter of the alphabet with each showing a picture to color that begins with that letter, letters to trace and handwriting lines to write for themselves and also the letter shown using a variety of different fonts to pick out and find the correct ones. All worksheets show both capital and lower case letters.
Why do you need this?
Learning to identify and form letters is the basis for reading and writing readiness. This set of 26 worksheets provides engaging practice recognising, tracing, and writing each letter of the alphabet through varied activities. With visual identification, tactile tracing, and writing practice per page, this resource builds critical pre-literacy skills. Seeing, saying, tracing and writing the same letter in multiple modes cements sensory-motor skills and shape knowledge.
How and when might you use this?
Each sheet spotlights a letter focusing on capital and lowercase recognition. Students first locate that letter among various fonts, reinforcing shape and sound connections. They color a picture representing the letter’s sound to boost phonetic awareness. Tracing uppercase and lowercase forms with a finger teaches proper stroke technique. Finally, blank practice lines allow children to write the letter from memory.
Used for individual practice or small groups, these materials provide developmentally appropriate handwriting preparation.
What’s included?
26 PDF worksheets
6 worksheets with a short passage to read containing simple CVC words and then a set of questions to answer about the passage to show understanding.
Why do you need this?
Emerging readers need practice moving from decoding words to comprehending passages. These worksheets use simple stories and comprehension questions to build important literacy foundations. Featuring short paragraphs with CVC vocabulary and matching exercises, these materials help pave the way for reading proficiency.
How and when might you use this?
Each page includes a short narrative using basic sight words and repetitive consonant-vowel-consonant terms. This allows young readers to focus on making meaning from the passage, rather than struggling through complex words. After reading, students answer reading comprehension questions relating to story details and events.
Each comprehension has 3 levels of questions - one easy multiple choice question with pictures, one where children take information directly from the text and one where they have to use inference to work out the answer. The vocabulary aligns with early phonics lessons to reinforce letter-sound relationships too. Parents and teachers can track progress across the repetitive activities.
What’s included?
6 PDF worksheets
Jigsaws in which children count the pictures and then join the jigsaw piece showing the corresponding number to the bottom. Showing both numerals and numbers in words.
Why do you need this?
Counting the pictures on the puzzle pieces provides children with valuable counting practice. They learn to accurately count objects and match the counted quantity to the appropriate numeral.
The presence of numerals and numbers in words helps children reinforce their ability to recognise numbers in various forms. They learn to associate the numeral symbol with its corresponding written word, enhancing their overall number recognition skills.
How and when might you use this?
This activity could be used in a variety of ways:
· Math lessons focused on numbers and counting
· Small group instruction to provide targeted support
· Independent work stations
This can be used as a one off activity or for continued use I would recommend laminating this resource and using Velcro to move the jigsaw pieces around.
What is included?
Included are 10 two piece jigsaws with images to count and numbers in words and numerals.
Individual home visual timetable to be personalised to a specific child’s day.
Why do you need this?
Visual Timetables are a strategy that can be used to reduce anxiety by preparing children for what activities are coming up next.
Visual timetables provide a clear and structured representation of the child’s daily routine. For parents, especially those with children who thrive on predictability, having a visual schedule helps establish a consistent routine at home.
Many children find transitions between activities challenging. A visual timetable helps ease transitions by providing a visual cue of what comes next, reducing anxiety and meltdowns associated with changes in routine.
How and when might you use this?
Display the visual timetable in the child’s bedroom or common area to guide them through their routine, including tasks like getting dressed, brushing teeth, and eating breakfast.
Before transitioning from one activity to another, refer to the visual timetable to prepare the child for the upcoming change. This helps reduce anxiety and resistance to transitions by providing a clear visual cue of what comes next.
Use the visual timetable as a tool for positive reinforcement and behavior management. Encourage the child to check off completed tasks or activities on the timetable to reinforce their accomplishments and encourage responsibility.
I would recommend laminating the pieces and using Velcro to have them be easily changeable.
What is included?
Included in this resource is a base for the timetable to put on, 95 activity cards and 60 clock cards showing o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to.
Booklet of worksheets for children to write about their family.
Why do you need this?
Encouraging children to write about their families fosters a sense of connection and belonging. It allows students to explore and celebrate their familial relationships, deepening their appreciation for their loved ones.
How and when might you use this?
This worksheet can be used in a variety of ways:
· An ice-breaker activity at the beginning of the year
· To explore the concept of family diversity and dynamics
· Literacy activity
· Homework project
· PSHE lessons focussed on identity and self-awareness.
What is included?
10 page activity booklet including:
· Front page to draw a family portrait
· Family tree
· Who lives in my house
· My dad
· My mum
· My brother
· My sister
· My nan
· My grandad
· My pet
Set of 13 posters that can be used to remind children of how to calm themselves down when feeling angry, frustrated or upset.
Why do you need this?
These posters serve as visual reminders of calming strategies, providing students with immediate access to tools for managing anger when they need them most. Having posters displayed in the classroom empowers children to independently access and use calming strategies without relying on constant teacher guidance.
How and when might you use this?
This might be used in a variety of ways:
· These posters could be displayed in a designated calming corner or area in the classroom. Students can then be invited to visit the calm area as needed.
· To support children who struggle with transitions to new activities. Before transitioning to a new task children can be reminded of the calming strategies.
· Following a conflict or behavior incident children can be guided to the posters to prompt them to pick an appropriate calming strategy.
· During 1:1 support for a child struggling with anger management.
· During class circle time as an aid to discussion about emotions and coping strategies.
What’s included?
13 posters each titled ‘I can’ and then with the following stratgeties:
· Go to my calm area
· Ask for a hug
· Write down my feelings
· Draw or colour
· Listen to music
· Talk to an adult
· Take deep breaths
· Do some exercise
· Play with sensory toys
· Use a sensory bottle
· Think of a happy place
· Read a book
· Count to 10
Colourful Semantics is a structured language intervention designed to support the development of language and communication skills, particularly in children with speech and language difficulties. This resource includes jigsaw cards for children to match together the correct colour coded sentence with picture.
Why do you need this?
Colourful Semantics uses colour coded cards to help children to learn the important elements of a sentence and how to join them together in the correct order. By visually representing each part of the sentence with a specific colour, learners can better understand the structure and meaning of sentences, as well as the relationships between words.
How and when might you use this?
This approach is often implemented through a variety of interactive and hands-on activities, such as sentence building games, storytelling, and picture-based exercises. It can be tailored to the individual needs and abilities of learners, making it suitable for use in both classroom settings and speech and language clinics.
What’s included?
30 jigsaw cards to match the picture to the correct colour coded sentence.