I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
I am slowly uploading resources that have worked well so check back every now and again.
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I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
I am slowly uploading resources that have worked well so check back every now and again.
If there are any resources or activities that you would like to see in my shop, feel free to message me. I love making resources!
Designed for my SEN / autistic learners who are mixed age but following White Rose Y3 (weeks 1 - 3, though likely to take my learners longer):
Comparing statements
Related calculations
Multiply 2 digit number by 1 digit
Selection of 2D and 3D sheets which I have used as reuseable velcro tasks in my ASD classroom. Also suitable for use as cut and paste worksheets.
‘I can name shapes’ - 2 tasks, one matching shape to shadow, other is a shape labelling task. I laminated the main sheets whole, then cut out the shapes / shape names and added velcro. Learners match the name / shape to the baseboard. I have also left space on the baseboard for a strip of velcro to be added to keep the pieces together and ensure they don’t get lost when not in use.
‘real life shapes’ - picture cards of items which can be used in a range of ways, including sorting.
‘shape sorting - straight_curved’ - Another velcro task, laminate base board and pieces, pupils sort shapes by whether they have a curved edge or not. Also suitable to be used as a worksheet.
‘Shape colour and size’ - 2 x A4 pages. Page one has shapes which differ by colour, page 2 has shapes which differ by size and colour. I used these with SEN pupils in a range of ways, including as an attention and listening activity. E.g. “give me the red circle” (set 1) or “give me the big pink triangle”(set 2)
All activities also suitable to be made up for home learning, especially when repetition is helpful for learners with SEN.
Created for mixed age SEN class of children with autism, roughly following Y3 white rose scheme of work.
Children begin to explore grouping in 3, repeated addition, bar models, simple word problems (as my children particularly struggle with any form of worded question!) and drawing their own representations.
Children read the word and attach clothes peg onto the appropriate picture. To reduce the possibility of guess work, many of the pictures are of items which are similar to the word if read incorrectly, for example ‘feel’ shows pictures for ‘fall’, ‘feel’ and ‘feet’.
Three sets of cards are in pack, 15 cards in each set. Cards need trimmed and ideally laminated.
I designed these for my learners with autism / ADHD as a more interactive way to practice reading, but they are also suitable for KS1 / SEN.
What might people wear for a wedding / bed / exercise - sheets accompanied by pictures to cut out and stick on correct sheet.
Choosing Clothes and Footwear booklet (2 versions)
Circle the clothes you would wear for a visit to the pub / to garden / for a job interview
Clothes sizing cut and stick selection S to XL and XS to XXL
Resources used in my ASD specialist provision class last year, this was a mixed age and ability class who found positional language very difficult to master, even with lots of practical lessons! The pictures used are coloured teddies as we had teddy counters in class. I’ve chosen the colours to match the counter colours so we could use physical teddies for children who needed a more concrete experience.
Teddy before / after - 3 A4 sheets. Two of these sheets have a line of teddies at the top, with an arrow to show the direction that they have lined up in. Children need to answer ‘before’ questions (e.g. ‘who is before orange teddy?’) As most of the children had limited literacy skills, I included a strip of teddies at the bottom of the sheet so they could cut and stick instead. This allowed for more independence.
The 3rd sheet was an extension for my more able children. Children had to use ‘before’ or ‘after’ correctly in sentences about the teddies.
Position Teddy - 5 A4 sheets.
Sheet 1: 3 lines of coloured teddies
Sheet 2: simple tables
Children are given one of the 3 teddy strips which they use to complete the table on sheet 2.
Sheet 3: black and white teddy strips to colour
Sheet 4 and 5: directions strips
Children are given a black and white strip and a sheet of directions (e.g. ‘Red teddy is 1st’ so the child colours the first teddy in their strip red)
I chopped and laminated these where appropriate (the teddy strips and instructions) so they were reuseable. They can also be left as they are and glued into books.
Together with some practical work, these activities covered maths lessons for over a week. If laminated, they are also good to come back to as one off refreshers, or for 1:1 or intervention work.
This is a booklet to monitor progress in making simple food and drinks for learners with SEND as part of a Life / Independent Skills Curriculum.
Works well for learners with a range of additional needs at secondary and Post 16.
A hotchpotch of various resources I used with my ASD specialist provision class during a recent Under the Sea topic. My class were mixed ages and varied widely in ability (P4 to approx Y1/Y2 ability) so the resources reflect this. These resources are suitable for any age group who are working at this level, and also suitable for mainstream.
There are 10 files included:
L is for lighthouse - simple level, tracing ‘l’ and colouring items that start with ‘l’
S is for starfish - as above but ‘s’
Sea Creatures - match photo to image (simple reasoning / develop generalising)
Lighthouse Facts - 2 A4 worksheets for basic lighthouse facts. 1 page is words only, 2nd sheet is supported by symbols.
Lighthouse Factsheet - very similar to above but slightly prettier - used in a previous year with a group who were more able and could manage with more visual distraction.
Lighthouse intro - basic powerpoint
Draw and label a lighthouse - simple A4 sheet
Starfish ‘eat’ or ‘live’ sorting sheet
Starfish fact sheet - A4 sheet for learners to complete
Under the sea describing words - topic related pictures, learners needed to find a describing word for each picture (e.g. ______ boat ) 2 copies per A4 page
A selection of Little Red Riding Hood activities I used in literacy with my ASD class.
There is quite a lot here, all at quite a simple level - my learners were all at P Level to Reception / early Y1.
The activities are also suitable for mainstream children working at the above level, or older learners with SEN.
Bundle of resources worth £19 if bought individually. Save over 50% through buying as a bundle.
Presenting your Learning and Classroom Weather Chart suitable for classroom routines and expectations.
Various ‘About Me’ activities including a game, booklet and craft activity.
‘My Summer Holiday’ structured worksheet to support recall of holiday activities.
Activities designed for learners with SEN, including autism but also suitable for mainstream class.
This is a bundle of resources based on a Victorian topic I delivered to a group of young people who all had autism and were in Y7 .
Most presentations are structured and some include TEACCH style structured questions.
Areas covered: Victorians and Christmas, Children and toys, Schools, Queen Victoria.
By buying all resources as a bundle, buyers save 49%.