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!
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!
Christmas listening task / interactive book. Editable with full instructions.
Students to listen to instructions, e.g. ‘Put star on the tree’, and select the correct image.
Used with learners with autism and SLD as a TEACCH type task but could also be used for Early Years or KS1.
A sheet for learners to state what they have done on their summer holidays. They could either write or use the images provided.
1 main sheet and 2 sheets of images with ideas. I have tried to make it inclusive and mindful that not everyone jets off abroad or has days out so have included things like McDonalds, walks, mobile phone, family pets, park.
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.
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
This resource was created for Post 16 learners with SEND as part of their Entry Level maths / Life Skills work.
Learners discussed the importance of checking best before dates on food and choosing food items with the longest date.
There are 2 worksheets, one with only 2 items to compare and one with 3 to allow for differentiation.
Change in pounds (£) and pence §, KS1, KS2, SEND Entry Level / Functional maths.
Peg card activity designed for Post 16 Learners with SEND, but also appropriate for KS1 / KS2.
Learners need to calculate what change would be due and place a peg on the correct amount. As a laminated peg card activity this is a reuseable resource but it could also be printed and used as a worksheet.
There are 3 different activities within this item:
Peg cards where child or young person calculates change from £1 (varying difficulty including 10s, 5s and single pence)
Peg cards where change is calculated from £10 (whole pound / 50p)
Peg cards where the learner has to recognise the coin or note, then calculate change (various amounts up to £10)
Each activity contains 12 different cards.
Christmas peg cards - cut cards and laminate, children count the number of items on the card and place peg on correct number. These could also be used as a worksheet with the child circling / stamping the correct answer. 8 cards in total, up to 12 items to count.
Christmas hundred squares - continue to develop number sense. Child identifies which number has been hidden by a Christmas picture. Includes 2 hundred square sheets and one fifty square.
**File 1: 2 Christmas themed worksheets. **
A) Children to look at the picture and identify if the character is left or right of the Christmas tree.
B) Children to look at the picture and identify if the character is in front or behind the Christmas tree.
File 2: 2 Christmas themed worksheets.
Cut and stick the Christmas characters, following instructions to place them left or right. There are 2 different worksheets, the 2nd has simpler language and the key word is highlighted. I also accidentally forgot to delete the first page which is a duplicate from File 1.
12 peg cards, to reinforce science learning / use as a TEACCH_workstation task.
Laminate as individual cards, pupil places a peg onto the card to indicate ‘float’ or ‘sink’. Could also work as a worksheet style activity, with pupil circling the answer.
Weekly weather recording chart / log. Colour coordinated for ease of use.
Used for pupils with ASD / SLD to develop awareness of the weather, but equally suitable for other pupils with SEN or children in KS1.
Resource can be used as a cut and stick worksheet, or could be laminated to be used more than once. It could also be blown up to A3 size and used as a whole class or small group resource. I have used a very similar resource as part of my class morning routine.
An interactive book I designed for pupils with ASD but also suitable for learners with Speech and Language Difficulties, SEN or KS1. Colourful Semantics support understanding of who / doing / what questions and also supports understanding of sentence structure.
I make up the book by laminating whole pages. I then print off an additional copy of the who / doing / what pages, then chop and laminate these as individual cards.
I add velcro to the whole page who / doing / what sheets and use these as a baseboard for the individual cards. I also add velcro to the who / doing / what table underneath each picture.
The book can be assembled with a keyring / treasury tag. Keep the who / doing / what sheets separate so the child has them to refer to when looking at the picture. It’s simpler than I’m making it sound!
I have used this type of book both as a one to one task and as an independent TEACCH task.
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.
I made this book as a weekly starter for a weekly RE lesson with a term theme of ‘Creation’. The books were laminated (whole page) and bound. I printed the last page twice and cut out the 2nd version so pupils had cards to match with each page in the book. I used the 1st version as a base board to store the cards when not in use.
Used with children with ASD / learning disability.
This resource has 2 sets of 8 community themed images. I laminated these separately and added velcro. One set of answers is text, the other is symbol supported. I use this as a reuseable matching task for children and young people with ASD / Learning Disability.
Also suitable to be used as a worksheet or TEACCH task.
This is an interactive book I made for a ‘Community’ / ‘People who help us’ topic. I printed and laminated all of the pages and stuck velcro on the who / doing / what symbols underneath each picture. I printed the last 3 pages twice, cutting out the cards from one version and using the other version as a base page, on which to keep the cars when not in use.
I include 2 options of this book - one with more text (i.e. ‘What is the policeman doing?’) and the other kept simple (i.e. ‘Who doing what?’)
I’d be happy to change the frame colours if you use a different colour system for the categories. Feel free to message me.
Used for children and young people with ASD / SALT / Learning Disabilities.
This is an activity for children or young people with autism, or other special needs, including learning disabilities. Children use the PECS to request the items they need to make the craft, then follow symbol supported instructions to make the item.
Included are the instructions and PECS to make a paper plate spaceship and a puffy paint moon. I’ve made these to send out to my parents in home learning packs but they are equally suitable for use in school.
Colourful Semantics / Narrative - Interactive book with an Emergency Services theme. Who?-doing?-what? sentences.
I laminated this to create a book, attaching with keyring rings. The child or young person goes through the book identifying who is doing what in each picture. For example: ‘Police officer-walking-dog’ or ‘Fireman-sliding-pole’.
Tips:
When printing, I printed the last 3 pages twice, using the first copy as a baseboard and chopping the second copy to make individual cards, which I attach with velcro to the baseboard. This works best for me as it keeps the pieces together and is easy to see if any cards are missing.
While the child is becoming used to this activity, I talk them through each stage, encouraging them to identify ‘who?’ first, then ‘doing?’, then ‘what?’ Once the sentence is complete, I encourage them to repeat the sentence as a whole.
If a child struggles to identify from a full page of options, try offering them a choice or two cards, gradually increasing the number of options as they become more familiar with the activity.
Some children need prompts to really look at the picture and think about what they can see.
‘At the hospital’ - matching activity. Identify things found in the hospital. With this activity , I laminated and put velcro on the base board and matching cards. Two base boards included and two sets of cards for each baseboard - to cater for readers and non readers.
Also appropriate for use as a cut and paste work sheet.
‘Who board - emergency services’ - another activity which I laminated / added velcro. Matching images of emergency service workers to their names.
Again, also suitable for cut and paste activity if you prefer not to laminate.
Suitable for mainstream and SEN - created for KS3 learners with autism and learning disabilities.
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.