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.
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.
‘‘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
I see … means of transport
Forming sentences is very important for SEN learners.
This activity uses real-life pictures for easy recognition of the means of transport and sight words as sentence starters. This is also an activity to practice identifying the attributes of what, the number, and the colour of a group of means of transport . There are 10 groups of means of transport.
The student will match the corresponding picture to answer the questions - What? How Many? What Color? 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 3 pages that serve as boards for the types of answers (“what?”, “how many?”, “what color?”). Use soft Velcro on the backside of each card and hard Velcro on each square containing the questions. Thus the activity can be reused as many times as needed.
‘‘Breakfast in Bed’’ is a story for young people with special educational needs (14-19) putting their kitchen skills to the test – with some interesting results.
Toni makes her mum breakfast in bed as a surprise. Will her mum be pleased?
The pack includes:
1 PPP on the story ‘‘Breakfast in bed widgit symbolised
5 extension activities are included in this pack:
1:Comprehensive activity for SLD and MLD learners
2: Sequencing Story SLD and MLD learners
3: Worksheet matching activity
4: Indicate the right letter to the word MLD, SLD
5: Match the pictures and describe how to make a cup of tea.
Summer is such a fun time for outside activities. This story is written by Charles Ghigna and illustrated by Ag Jatkowska.
The file includes:
1x PPP on the story I see summer
1 Building sentences activity
1 Find the initial sound activity
This is a great story about Autumn season widgit symbolised for SEN learners.
This pack was developed for SEN students and students with autism. There are so many ways to learn about Autumn in this pack. There are suggestions for differentiation and multiple versions of activities provided.
Perfect for whole-class teaching, this PowerPoint features useful information about the:
-Autumn weather,
-what is happening to living things,
-what festivals are celebrated
-What food is harvested
to help support your teaching on Autumn.
This file contains:
PPP of the story with Widgit visuals
Comprehension activity
1 ‘‘Building sentences’’ activity as extension activity
All about Autumn counting activity - Digital activity for distance learning
All about Autumn addition activity - Digital activity for distance learning
Functional, visual, adapted work to practice that tricky skill of retelling.
A hands-on, highly visual retelling tool for your SEN readers. This retelling packet comes with 10 fun Retelling passages widgid symbolised.
The strips are based in Colourful semantics template (orange colour for subject, green for objects, blue for places, purple for description) to help SEN readers remember to retell the characters, setting, and events of the text as they orally retell. All the visual are in widgit program.
Each Retelling passage contains highly visual cues that can be matched directly onto the retelling .
This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going to the toilet. A lot of children struggle with going to the toilet, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand how to use a toilet. This social story will help encourage your learner to use the toilet, and also help promote independence.
Add the picture of your learner to personalize the social story :)
Distance Learning: Students can point the correct number or right amount or right quantity for each slide. Students can either use by opening on a computer or a device that has the power point downloaded.
Included are 3 different activities with 10 activity slides each:
Counting Ocean Habitats Up to 10
Woodland and Polar Habitat Up to 10(only 5 activity slides)
Ocean Habitats up to 10
Also , included:
1: Counting by colour Jungle animals
1: Find the right amount activity
1: Addition Activity with desert animals
Immediate positive reinforcement for correct answers, redirection for incorrect answers.
Explore animals that live in the Ocean using three different information stories simplified and moderate in widgit programme for SLD and MLD learners.
All three stories also include colourful illustartions and facts about each ocean animal and ocean habitat.
The pack includes:
A) 3 ppt stories about Ocean life :
Ocean view
The Ocean habitat in widgit
Under the Sea counting story with facts in widgit
B) 2 Comprehension activities:
Under the sea Comprehension Activity
Ocean view Comprehenson Activity
c) Visuals to stick on the story: Ocean view
D) 3 Maths Activities:
Count the Ocean Animals up to 10
The Ocean Habitat Addition Activity
What Comes Next with Ocean Animals - Complete Pattern Activity
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.
This product contains 5 stories for MLD students to practice sequencing.
Students can put the story in order using a visual sequencing format.
Students can read the text and answer questions.
These stories are best suited for high first graders, second graders, or third graders who may need extra practice. These stories are also great for MLD Learners.
These stories are great to use for differentiated learning. They can be used for small groups, literacy centers, morning work, homework, independent work, or in a whole group lesson.
This is a Colourful Semantics activity set Level 5 (Subject-Verb-Object- Place -Describe)
Colourful Semantics Level 5 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.
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) (11 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (26 in total) are green, ‘place’ words (17 in total) are blue and ‘describe’ words (10 in total).
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 and supports communication in general.
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, blue and purple 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.
Things I can do -
15 different task slides included idgitw
Forming sentences for SEN can be challenging. Practice naming household activities using fun cliparts with easy sight word practice formed in widgit program
IEP Goal Alignment:
Given sight words and pictures of ‘‘Things I can do’’ with guided placement, Student will correctly form up to 10 sentences in 4 out of 5.
This classic children’s book has been transliterated into widgit visuals . SEN students can read, stick the visuals in the right page and view the pictured (colours and animals) makaton signs at the same time.
The pack includes:
ppt ‘‘Brown bear, Brown bear, What do you see?’’ story with widgit visuals and makaton signs
Visuals to stick on the book
Story mat
Sequence the story activity
Building sentences activity ‘‘I see a…’’
‘‘The very lazy ladybird’’ is a great book to work on building up vocabulary, sequencing, and answering questions.
The very lazy ladybird likes to sleep all day and all night. And because she sleeps all day and all night, she doesn’t know how to fly. One day, she decides she wants to sleep somewhere else, so hops onto a kangaroo, but that’s too bouncy, the tiger is too noisy… but the elephant’s trunk is great.
ppt ‘‘The very lazy ladybird’’ story with widgit visuals
Visuals to stick on the book
Story mat
Comprehension activity.
Sequence activity
An adapted made up story with Mr Bean and his friend Mo Salah - 8 differentiated activities included
Instil a love of reading, model fluency, and introduce new genres of stories to your students with adapted made up stories.
These are 1x PPP on the story Mr Bean goes to Africa (made up story).
8 extension activities are included in this pack:
Activity 1: Answer the Questions in full sentences MLD level
Activity 2: Sequencing Story MLD, SLD Level
Activity 3: Sorting out MLD, SMLD Level
Activity 4: Letters and Sounds MLD, SLD Level
Activity 5: Answer the Questions (writing gaps) MLD level
Activity 6: Comprehension multiple choice MLD, SLD Level
Activity 7: Connect the words with Pictures SLD Level
Activity 8: Fill the gaps MLD, SLD Level
‘‘A bad day’’ is a story for young people with special educational needs (14-19) dealing with daily ups and downs
Andrew is having one of those days when everything goes wrong. Can his mum make him feel any better?
The pack includes:
1 PPP on the story ‘‘A bad day’’, on widgit symbols
5 extension activities are included in this pack:
1:Writing task: What did it happen to Andrew- MLD
2: Sequencing Story SLD Level only pictures.
3: Sequencing Story MLD Level
4: Indicate the right letter to the word MLD, SLD
5: Fill the gaps for MLD and SLD
Building sentences- I see summer animals
Forming sentences is very important for young learners or those with autism. This activity uses real-life pictures for easy recognition of common objects and sight words as sentence starters. It is perfect for early readers. This is also an activity to practice identifying the attributes of what, the number, and the color of a group of items. There are 10 groups of animals. The student will match the corresponding picture to answer the questions - What? How Many? What Color? 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 4 pages that serve as boards for the types of answers (“what?”, “how many?”, “what color?”). Use hook and loop dots on the backside of each card and in the middle of each blank square on the boards as well as on each square containing the questions. Thus the activity can be reused as many times as needed.
‘‘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