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I have been a special needs practitioner/teacher for ten years--it is my passion! I have taught students who range from profound to moderate to severe learning difficulties. I also have a lot of experience teaching students who are on the Autism Spectrum. Most of the content that I teach focuses in the area of functional life skills, social skills and behavior modifications.

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I have been a special needs practitioner/teacher for ten years--it is my passion! I have taught students who range from profound to moderate to severe learning difficulties. I also have a lot of experience teaching students who are on the Autism Spectrum. Most of the content that I teach focuses in the area of functional life skills, social skills and behavior modifications.
Colourful Semantics activity pack (35 pics) Level 3 (Subject-Verb-Object) for SLD learners
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Colourful Semantics activity pack (35 pics) Level 3 (Subject-Verb-Object) for SLD learners

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This is a Colourful Semantics activity set Level 3 (Subject-Verb-Object). Colourful Semantics Level 3 is an approach can be used with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (10 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (14 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (46 in total) are green. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction. Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions. There is an orange, yellow and green coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol. Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension Can be carried out individually or in small groups. Please see below the sentences: The bear is eating the cake The boy is playing drums. The boy is cutting a banana The boy is cutting an apple The bear is reading a book. The girl is cutting a paper. The lady is washing a dog. The boy is eating a sandwich The boy is shopping bananas. The girl is eating an ice-cream. The boy is riding a bike. The baby is drinking milk. The man is reading a book. The monkey is eating a banana. The lady is giving a letter. The girl is playing with the ball. The man is giving a box. The monkey is eating a peanut. The girl is eating an apple. The boy is washing his face. The big is eating an apple. The lady is writing a letter. The girl is eating a cake. The boy is eating a bagel. The lady is eating an orange. The man is reading a newspaper. The lady is reading a letter. The girl is smelling a flower. The lady is drinking juice. The bay is drinking water. The lady is smelling a perfume. The baby is playing with the bricks. The man is cleaning the table. The lady is cleaning the table. The lady is riding a horse.
Colourful Semantics activity pack (34 pics) Level 2 for SLD learners
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Colourful Semantics activity pack (34 pics) Level 2 for SLD learners

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This is a Colourful Semantics activity set Level 2 (Subject-Verb) Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (9 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (20 in total) are yellow . This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction. Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a good activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order. Learn to build sentences and develop your commenting skills. There is an orange and yellow coloured strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured strip under the picture and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol. Please see the sentences below: The girl is jumping. The dog is sleeping. Te man is riding. The girl is drinking. The man is sleeping. The girl is riding. The lady is riding. The girl is playing. The boy is riding. The dog is swimming. The man is drinking. The lady is drinking. The boy is drinking. The cat is playing. The girl is climbing. The man is giving. The dog is eating. The lady is walking. The cat is eating. The girl is walking. The boy is painting. The lady is giving. The boy is singing. The girl is swimming. The monkey is drinking. the girl is writing. The lady is dancing. The bear is eating. The baby is playing. The man is dancing. The man is cooking. The girl is reading. The baby is crying. The lady is running.
Who, What, Where - Colourful Semantics Cut-Up Sentences Activity for MLD learners
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Who, What, Where - Colourful Semantics Cut-Up Sentences Activity for MLD learners

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MLD colourful semantics cut-up sentences activity. Use this cut-up sentences activities (2 documents) to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange, ‘what doing’ words (verbs) are yellow , ‘what’ words are green ‘where’ words are blue. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their writing. Cut-up sentences are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence and will allow them to arrange it so it makes grammatical sense. This is a good activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order.
Who, What, Where, To Whom - Colourful Semantics Cut-Up Sentences Activity for MLD learners
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Who, What, Where, To Whom - Colourful Semantics Cut-Up Sentences Activity for MLD learners

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MLD colourful semantics cut-up sentences activity. Use this cut-up sentences activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange, ‘what doing’ words (verbs) are yellow , ‘what’ words are green ‘where’ words are blue, ‘to Whom’ words are purple. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their writing. Cut-up sentences are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence and will allow them to arrange it so it makes grammatical sense. This is a good activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order.
Teen SEN Story "Emma and Laura'' in widgit software (Book and activities)
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Teen SEN Story "Emma and Laura'' in widgit software (Book and activities)

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‘‘Emma and Laura’’ is a story for young people with special educational needs (14-19) dealing with personal hygiene. As a teacher of children with autism, personal hygiene tasks are a high priority on the school daily timetable. Dedicating time to personal hygiene books and activities as part of a routine, every day, is a good method of ensuring the children have regular time to learn these important skills. This book and its activities are a great resource to teach the importance of: washing hands getting dressed with clean clothes brushing teeth washing face using the shower washing under arms and using deodorant The pack includes: 1 PPP on the story ‘‘Emma and Laura’’, on widgit symbols (SLD) 1 Story mat 9 extension activities are included in this pack: 1:Writing task: Write up Emma’s mum advice - MLD level 2: Answer the questions for MLD Learners 3: Comprehension activity for SLD Learners 4: Match the words with Pictures - SLD Level 5:Sequencing Story SLD Level only pictures. 6: Sequencing Story MLD Level 7: Sequencing Story SLD Level pictures and words 8: Indicate the right letter to the word MLD, SLD 9: Match the picture with the symbol - SLD Level
My Weekend News widgit Symbolised- ppt, Questions, answers for SLD Learners
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My Weekend News widgit Symbolised- ppt, Questions, answers for SLD Learners

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Looking for new ideas working on SLD Learners communication skills? My Weekend News session is a great resource, allowing your children to communicate and build sentences about their weekend news using symbols. The resource includes: -a ppt that you can use in circle time. Add your team’s picture and make it more interactive for your learners. 7 questions all widgit symbolised a great selection of answers for your students to choose from, all widgit symbolised.
From Head to Toe'' story and activities for SEN learners - widgit symbolised
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From Head to Toe'' story and activities for SEN learners - widgit symbolised

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‘‘From Head to Toe’’ is a colourful and energetic story that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toes! Giraffes can bend their necks, monkeys can wave their hands, and donkeys can kick their legs. And so can you! Throughout this interactive story, the animals of ‘‘From Head to Toe’’ invite young readers to copy their antics as they play. The pack includes: ppt ‘‘From head to toe’’ story widgit symbolised Visuals to stick on the book Story mat comprehensive activity - widgit symbolised Matching activity pictures to symbols Matching activity pictures to animal’s name
Folding and hanging clothes - Visual step by step 7 worksheets  and  7 powerpoints  in widgit
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Folding and hanging clothes - Visual step by step 7 worksheets and 7 powerpoints in widgit

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Learning skills such as folding or hanging clothes can be challenging for learners who have special needs. Using visuals is a wonderful way to teach this daily living skill. In this bundle there are 7 power points and 7 step by step worksheets with visuals and widgit symbolised descriptions showing how to complete each step. Simply print out each worksheet, laminate the visuals, cut them and use hard and soft velcro . You can place this visual next to your life skills area in your classroom, or use it at home!
All about Spring, story and activities pack all  widgit symbolised for SEN learners
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All about Spring, story and activities pack all widgit symbolised for SEN learners

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This is a great story about Spring season widgit symbolised for SEN learners. Perfect for whole-class teaching, this PowerPoint features useful information about Spring. -spring weather, -what is happening to living things, -what festivals are celebrated to help support your teaching on Spring. This file contains: PPP of the story with Widgit visuals Comprehension activity 2 writing tasks for MLD learners 2 Colourful semantics activities
Animals Addition and Subtraction Word Problems up to 20  with a number line
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Animals Addition and Subtraction Word Problems up to 20 with a number line

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Make maths fun with these Animal themed challenge word problems! (10 slides) Each addition and subtraction word problem was designed to support students’ decoding skills, sight word vocabulary, and reading comprehension as they master math skills. 3 differentiated power points Each slide features a different challenge featuring word problems to 20 with a lovely illustration to match. 1st ppt: Each slide includes the word problem, a number line and a ready equation template to support the learners thinking. 2nd ppt: Each slide includes, the word problem, a number line and a blank equation template. 3rd ppt: Each slide includes the word problem and a white box where the learner can build number sense and work with quantities.
Guided reading:''New trainers'' and ''By the stream'' - stories & activities
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Guided reading:''New trainers'' and ''By the stream'' - stories & activities

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Are you looking for stories to practice reading comprehension skills? Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This pack of resources contains: New Trainers: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners (no symbols) Comprehension activity widgit symbolised (8 questions in total) Comprehension activity - (no symbols) Colourful semantics activity By the stream: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners (no symbols) Comprehension activity - no symbols Comprehension activity widgit symbolised
Guided reading sessions-''House for sale'' and ''Look Smart'' stories in widgit and comprehension ac
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Guided reading sessions-''House for sale'' and ''Look Smart'' stories in widgit and comprehension ac

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Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This file contains: House for sale: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (11 questions and answers all widgit symbolised) Comprehension activity -no symbols Look Smart: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (13 questions and answers all widgit symbolised) Comprehension activity -no symbols
Kipper's Diary and Picnic Time- stories in widgit and comprehension activities
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Kipper's Diary and Picnic Time- stories in widgit and comprehension activities

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Are you looking for stories to practice reading comprehension skills? Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This file contains: Kipper’s Diary: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity widgit symbolised (10 questions) Comprehension activity - no symbols Picnic Time: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity widgit symbolised (10 questions) Comprehension activity - no symbols
''On the sand'' and ''The cold day''- stories in widgit and comprehension activities
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''On the sand'' and ''The cold day''- stories in widgit and comprehension activities

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Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This file contains: On the sand: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (12 questions and answers to choose from - all widgit symbolised) Comprehension activity - no symbols 1 Colourful Semantics activity The cold day: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions and answers to choose from-all widgit symbolised) Comprehension activity - no symbols
Chip and Kipper Stories -Guided Reading Sessions
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Chip and Kipper Stories -Guided Reading Sessions

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Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This file contains: Keeper’s Diary: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised - 3 possible answers for each question) Picnic Time: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) New Trainers: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (8 questions widgit symbolised - 3 possible answers for each question) Colourful semantics activity By the stream: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (8 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) On the Sand: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (12 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) Colourful semantics activity The cold day: ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised)
8 Chip and Kipper Stories  for Guided Reading Sessions- all widgit symbolised
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8 Chip and Kipper Stories for Guided Reading Sessions- all widgit symbolised

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8 Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt , provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. This file contains: ’‘Kipper’s Diary’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised - 3 possible answers for each question) ’‘Picnic Time’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) ’‘New Trainers’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (8 questions widgit symbolised - 3 possible answers for each question) Colourful semantics activity ’‘By the stream’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (8 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) ’‘On the Sand’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (12 questions widgit symbolised-3 possible answers for each question) Colourful semantics activity ’‘The cold day’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (10 questions widgit symbolised) ’‘House for sale’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (11 questions and answers all widgit symbolised) 1 C. Semantics activity’’ ’‘Look Smart’' ppt story widgit symbolised ppt story for MLD learners Comprehension activity (13 questions and answers all widgit symbolised)
''The Incredibles '' Colourful Semantics pack Level 3  (28 in total)
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''The Incredibles '' Colourful Semantics pack Level 3 (28 in total)

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Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. ‘‘The Incredibles’’ Colourful Semantics pack is a fun way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (7 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (20 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (30 in total) are green. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction. Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions. There is an orange, yellow and green coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol. Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension Can be carried out individually or in small groups.
''Frozen'' Colourful Semantics pack Level 3 (21 in total)
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''Frozen'' Colourful Semantics pack Level 3 (21 in total)

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Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. ‘‘Frozen’’ Colourful Semantics pack is a fun way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (5 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (15 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (30 in total) are green. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction. Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions. There is an orange, yellow and green coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol. Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension Can be carried out individually or in small groups.
''Peppa pig'' Colourful Semantics pack Level 4 (Who, What doing, What, Where)
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''Peppa pig'' Colourful Semantics pack Level 4 (Who, What doing, What, Where)

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Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences. Colourful Semantics Level 4 is an approach can be used with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Developing the use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives. Peppa pig Colourful Semantics pack is a fun way to support children who struggle to construct a sentence independently. The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence. For example, ‘who’ words are orange (6 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (23 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (46 in total) are green and ‘place’ words (15 in total) are blue. This helps children to learn about word types and word order and sentence structure. Using Colourful Semantics, your children will become more confident and independent in their sentence construction. Colourful Semantics are a great way to help children construct and create complete sentences. It helps children to identify the correct order of a sentence This is a great activity to help children learn the importance of sentence structure and order and support communication by answering simple ‘Wh’ questions. There is an orange, yellow, green and blue coloured sentence strip under each picture. You can print, laminate and use velcro onto them. Use hard velcro onto the coloured sentence strip and soft velcro behind each coloured symbol. Can be transferred to written sentences and written language comprehension. Can be carried out individually or in small groups.
Building‘’I see ...’’sentences using the Colourful semantics concept & CVC words
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Building‘’I see ...’’sentences using the Colourful semantics concept & CVC words

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Building‘’I see …’’sentences using the Colourful semantics concept & CVC words– for SLD and MLD learners (25 in total) Building ‘’I see…’’ sentences literacy programme. This resource uses the concept of colourful semantics, paired with the Living Language stages of language development. The words used in the pack are simple CVC words and colours and aim to help children put words in the correct order in a sentence. The child is given a cue picture and a coloured sentence strip with matching coloured symbols. combining an adjective-describe (purple) and noun - object (green). Give the child the cue cards one at a time and encourage them to complete the sentence strip, choosing from the symbols available to them. This activity uses real-life pictures for easy recognition of common objects and sight words as sentence starters. (25 building ‘‘I see…’’ sentences) This is also an activity to practice identifying the attributes of what and the color of a group of CVC words. There are 25 groups of CVC words and colour words. The student will match the corresponding picture to answer the questions - What? What colour? There are 2 ways to use this file: Print the pages and use the pages as a “cut and paste” activity. The students will use glue to paste the correct answers where necessary. Print all the pages on photo paper and laminate them. Cut out the pages containing the colors, numbers, and pictures. There are 8 pages- (3 green and 5 purple) that serve as boards for the types of answers (“what color?”, “what?”). Use soft velcro on the backside of each CVC and colour card and hard velcro in the middle of each indivindual template and on each square containing the questions. Thus the activity can be reused as many times as needed.