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.
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
This is a great story about Winter season widgit symbolised for SEN learners.
Perfect for whole-class teaching, this PowerPoint features useful information about the:
-Winter weather,
-what is happening to living things,
-what festivals are celebrated
to help support your teaching on Winter.
This file contains:
PPP of the story with Widgit visuals
Comprehension activity
1 ‘‘Building sentences’’ activity as extension activity
All about Winter counting activity
All about Winter addition 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
‘‘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.
‘‘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
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!
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.
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.
Use this activity to help your children construct simple sentences.
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 (4 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (17 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (33 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.
Make maths fun with these Peppa Pig themed cards additions and subtractions! (40 slides)
Each addition and subtraction was designed to support students’ decoding skills using a number line.
Two Fun power points!! Each slide features a different challenge featuring Peppa Pig themed cards with a lovely illustration.
1st ppt: Each slide includes the Peppa Pig themed cards additions up to 20 with a number line to support the learners thinking.
2nd ppt: Each slide includes, the Peppa Pig themed cards subtractions from 20 with a number line to support the learners thinking.
Are you looking for resources you can dip in and out of for any age students to teach names and pictures of the basic tools, utensils and equipment cooks use in the kitchen?These resources are for you!
Learn with a quiz activities
Are you familliar with kitchen utensils? Find out the benefit and purpose of each.
The Bundle includes:
1 Quiz Activity for SLD learners (13 Cards) - Choose the right answer between 3 options
1 writing Activity for MLD learners (13 cards) - Write the name of the kitchen utensil that we use for each case.
This is a great story about summer season, weather, flowers colours or animals in widgit program!
This file contains:
-PPP of the story with Widgit visuals
-2 Colourful Semantics as extension activities
-Pattern Activity: What comes next
-All bout summer counting
-All about summer additions
‘‘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
´´Peace at last´´ is a great book to work on building up vocabulary, sequencing, and answering questions.
The hour was late and Mr Bear was tired. But he could not sleep – however he tried and wherever he tried. SNORE, SNORE went Mrs Bear. TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK went the clock. Would he never get to sleep?
The pack includes:
Adapted PowerPoint of a favourite story widgit symbolised. Includes symbols / text and sound effects to tell the story.
A Story Mat with symbols
13 extension activities are included in this pack for Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) or Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) for differentiation.:
Three ppt: Comprehension Questions for SLD and MLD learners (8 questions each activity)
Two documents: True or False activities for SLD and MLD learners
Find the initial letter activity SLD Level
Stick the right word under the picture SLD Level
Complete the word activity in MLD Level
I can hear… activity SLD Level
I can see … activity SLD Level
Peace at Last story sequencing activity SLD and MLD Level
Peace at Last counting activity- Digital activity SLD Level
Peace at Last What comes next activity SLD Level
´´Who’s in the Pumpkin?´´ Halloween vocabulary, Numbers, Colourful Semantics This adapted and interactive book is modified for the accessibility of all students.
The bundle includes
-the story ppt
-the story in widgit programme ppt
-a word mat
Activities:
Building sentences activity widgit symbolised
´´Who’s in the Pumpkin?´´, Colourful Semantics - preposition activity
A comprehension activity widgit symbolised
Find the initial letter activity
´´Who’s in the Pumpkin?´´, Counting Digital activity
Match the picture with the word activity
Enjoy!
Total Pages
Everyone loves Spot! This adapted and interactive book is modified for the accessibility of all students.
The bundle includes
-the story ppt
-the story in widgit programme ppt
-a word mat
Activities:
Building sentences activity widgit symbolised
Where 's Spot, Colourful Semantics - preposition activity
A comprehension activity widgit symbolised
Find the initial letter activity
Where 's Spot, Counting Digital activity
Match the picture with the word activity
Enjoy!
This is the Colourful Semantics activity Level 6 pack (who, doing what, what, where, when)
Colourful Semantics Level 6 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), ‘doing what’ words (verbs) (20 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (53 in total) are green, ‘where’ words (20 in total) are blue and ‘when’ words (7 in total) are brown.
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.
Total Pages: 67 pages
This time-saving pack contains a set of worksheets relating to buying different items.
This resource is for countries using the Pound Sterling.
Each activity shows a combination of coins up to a particular value which pupils add up and match the total in the space provided.
Coins used are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p,
£1 and £2 coins
Notes used are £5, £10, £20, £50 notes
Content
• A ppt presentig all coins and notes.
• 2 British Money word mats/ 1 Coins Mat and 1 Coins and Notes mat
• 23 Task- activities for all levels and abilities:
Simple matching activities for SLD Learners (1 worksheet),
Money recognition -Match the value of the coin(s) and note (s) (3 worksheets)
make the correct amount using 1p coins -up to 5 (1 worksheet)
count mixed coins (2 worksheets)
find the right note and buy new clothes (1 worksheet)
matching coins activities/ Find the right coin and match it on the price tag (4 worksheets).
maximising matching coins activities (5 worksheets)
addition knowledge - add the total amount spent (2 worksheets)
• 3 Interactive Digital Activities
Laminate
You can print, laminate and cut out the activities and money for pupils to practice adding up coin values. Ideal for, SEN learners early finishers and for those pupils who need more practice in adding up coins.
**** Print off, cut out and glue into workbooks****
You may wish to record learners’ work and so this resource is great for cutting out and sticking into worksheets or onto plain paper. Whatever ability the pupil is at, you can choose the appropriate activity.
This is the volume 2 of the Colourful Semantics activity 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 (14 in total), ‘what doing’ words (verbs) (16 in total) are yellow, ‘what’ words (44 in total) are green, ‘place’ words (17 in total) are blue and ‘describe’ words (17 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.
This Autumn Bundle contains over 100 pages of materials specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism.
This Bundle on the Autumn season addresses the characteristics of Autumn in a simplified but rigorous way for students with diverse learning needs.
There are many opportunities for the learners to engage in repeated information on Autumn. This repetition encourages true understanding of the Autumn season.
Finally, the two art sessions develop their visual memory, making learning meaningful and lasting!
Enjoy!