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Literacy for early years
Crossing the Street, Sequencing Adapted Book
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to safely cross the street - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to safely cross a street.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Shark Adapted Books, Shark Week
These Shark themed adapted books are a great way to introduce ‘Shark Week’ into your learning environment in an adapted and more suitable way for your students.
This adapted book is a great way to encourage learners to pay close attention to detail, recognise and understand the images they are seeing, linking this to vocabulary and being able to start building sentences.
This resource contains 2 adapted books which comes in colour/color option only.
The books included are;
♦ Level 1 Color/Colour Recognition - “blue”, “red”, “yellow” etc.
♦ Level 2 Color/Colour Recognition - “blue shark”, “red shark” etc.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color/Colour, Grey/Gray etc.)
Winter Emergent Reader Books
These Winter themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see a blanket.’
• Book 2 - ‘His feet are cold.’
• Book 3 - ‘She is coughing.’
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
Book 1
I see an avalanche.
I see a blanket.
I see a coat.
I see a lodge.
I see a mitten.
I see a mug.
I see a skate.
I see a ski.
I see a snow cloud.
I see snowballs.
I see a snowman.
I see a snowsuit.
Book 2
The tree is bare.
His feet are cold.
The girl is cozy.
The mittens are fluffy.
The polar bear is frozen.
The snow is cold.
Her cheeks are rosy.
The icicles are sharp.
The girl is stuck.
The fire is warm.
The snow is white.
Book 3
She is building.
She is coughing.
The penguin is diving.
He is drinking.
The raccoon is hibernating.
The snowman is melting.
She is shivering.
He is shovelling.
She is shuffling.
He is skating.
He is skiing.
He is sneezing.
He is throwing.
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Guy Fawkes Activity Bundle
This Guy Fawkes activity bundle is packed full of different activities that are a great way to introduce the theme of Bonfire Night into your classroom while continuing learning.
The following activities are included in this pack;
♦ Flashcard Story
♦ Word to Picture Matching
♦ Flashcard Prompts
♦ Fact Flip Book
♦ Word Search
♦ Ten Frame Counting Task Cards
♦ Shadow Matching Task Cards
♦ Write the Room
♦ Comprehension Worksheets
All activities in this pack are linked to the theme of Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes.
Halloween Adapted Work Folder
This adapted Halloween work book contains a variety of different activities for students to work on a variety of skills such as counting, colour / color recognition, shapes, vocabulary and so much more.
★ 42 activities included. ★
Comes with both spelling options - color/colour.
The activities included;
• Matching identical images
• Matching b/w to colour images
• Matching words to pictures
• Matching symbols to pictures
• Matching numbers
• Counting candy in a jar and matching numbers
• Match feelings
• Match symbols to feelings
• Match words (emotion names) to feelings
• Matching colour Frankensteins
• Matching colour pumpkins
• Match colour Frankensteins to colour splats
• Match colour pumpkins to colour splats
• Sequence matching
• Visual discrimination matching - different directions
• Point to vocabulary (“point to the witch” etc.)
• Shopping list - shop for Halloween items - 2 different levels
• Match basic 2d shape outlines to pumpkin shapes
• Match 2d shape names to pumpkin shapes
★ Also comes with a recording sheet for you to be able to record and track student progress as they complete the different activities included in this resource. ★
Seal Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition
These seal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red seal” “yellow seal” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “seal is red” “seal is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the seal is red” “the seal is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Flamingo Adapted Books, Colour Recognition, Color Recognition
These flamingo themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red flamingo” “yellow flamingo” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “flamingo is red” “flamingo is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the flamingo is red” “the flamingo is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
How to Pack a Lunchbox, Sequencing Adapted Book
This adapted book is a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to pack themselves a lunch box - a very important life skill which can be hard for many of our students to master. This adapted book goes through each of the steps required to pack a lunch box, and help to promote independence during this routine.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color/colour etc.)
Shark Write the Room, Shark Week
This shark themed, write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of shark species and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your ‘Shark Week’ topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Spring Emergent Reader Books
These Spring themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their object recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
There are 3 books included;
• Book 1 - ‘I see a rabbit.’
• Book 2 - ‘The flowers are pretty.’
• Book 3 - ‘She is climbing.’
The variety of books allows students to experience different types of vocabulary.
The books comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
Book 1
I see a bee.
I see a bird.
I see a butterfly.
I see a chick.
I see an egg.
I see a flower.
I see a kite.
I see a lamb.
I see a puddle.
I see a rabbit
I see a rainbow.
I see an umbrella.
Book 2
The flowers are pretty.
The rabbit jumps high.
The wind is cold.
The eggs are small.
The grass is green.
The sun is warm.
The rain is wet.
Book 3
She is climbing.
He is feeding chicks.
The chick is hatching.
He is jumping.
The rabbit is eating.
He is planting.
He is searching.
The bird is singing.
He is smelling.
She is walking.
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Sequencing Adapted Books Bundle
These adapted book are a great way for students to work on their sequencing skills but also to give them the knowledge and understanding of how to complete a number of different daily tasks that are important life skills. The This adapted books go through each of the steps required to support and promote independence during the routines.
Students have to read - or be read - the sentence on top of the page and then find the matching symbol that matches the sentence. This a great way to start having your students understand what they are reading/listening to and taking in the information. Students can then process this information and find the relevant symbol that fits with what is happening in the current situation.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color/colour etc.)
Snow White Write the Room
This Snow White themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of Snow White and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Snow White or Fairy Tale topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Letter Recognition Weather Game
This letter recognition game is a great way for your students to work on their letter skills in a fun and engaging way. Students have to look at the letters on the cloud and then find the matching uppercase letter, lowercase letter and image that starts with the letter.
This includes an activity for every letter of the alphabet and there are a number of ways that this can be used in your learning environment;
• 1:1 work stations
• Group work centers
• Literacy stations
• Hide the ‘rain drops’ in a sensory train for students to dig out and match to the clouds
This activity will also provide a great language and vocabulary activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters and say/discuss the images.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise initial sounds and match their upper and lower case letters.
The Little Mermaid Write the Room
This The Little Mermaid themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-10 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of The Little Mermaid and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your The Little Mermaid or Fairy Tale topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
Rapunzel Write the Room
This Rapunzel themed write the room activity is a great way to have students moving around the room, hunting for the different cards, reading them and then writing down the answers onto recording sheets.
The recording sheets come in numbers 1-8 as well as in 2 different ability levels - plain boxes to write the answers in or boxes with handwriting lines for students to write in.
Each image is linked to the theme of Rapunzel and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Rapunzel or Fairy Tale topic and expand your students knowledge while allowing them to move around.
You can hide these flashcards anywhere you want to get the students active and moving about. Some example are:
♦ Around the classroom
♦ Outdoor play area
♦ In a tough tray
♦ In a sensory tub
etc.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their vocabulary and spelling skills.
This resource comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
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Animal Adapted Books Color Recognition Colour Recognition
These animal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included for each animal and all vocabulary/images are of different color animals.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red parrot” “yellow parrot” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “parrot is red” “parrot is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the parrot is red” “the parrot is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
Goldilocks Adapted Book
This Goldilocks adapted book is a great way for students to read through the story of Goldilocks and take part, in an interactive way, by finding the matching symbols for each part of the story. This is a great way to involve your students more in their reading, and also to get them working on their sentence recognition skills. This will in turn, help them work on their sentence building and language skills.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Food Toy Companion Sandwich Set
This toy companion resource is a great way to encourage your students to learn while playing with their toys.
This resource contains a variety of different levels of task cards for students to use to target a variety of individual abilities.
Each task card contains instructions on what the ‘customer’ has ordered for their sandwich. For this resource, I highly recommend purchasing a sandwich set - we purchased the Melissa & Doug Sandwich Felt Set which is perfect to use with this activity.
Community Helpers Emergent Reader Books
These Community Helper themed emergent reader books are a great way for students to work on their community helper recognition skills, book skills, vocabulary and reading skills.
The book comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini books for you to have access to at all times.
The books are suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The books included are;
• Community Helpers - ‘I see a firefighter’ ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a forest ranger’ etc.
• Bakery - ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a cake’ ‘I see a spoon’ etc.
• Dentist - ‘I see a dentist’ ‘I see a toothbrush’ etc.
• Farmer - ‘I see a farmer’ ‘I see a barn’ etc.
• Fire Station - ‘I see a firefighter’ ‘I see a fire engine’ etc.
• Forest Ranger - ‘I see a forest’ ‘I see a car’ ‘I see a flashlight’ etc.
• Hospital - ‘I see a doctor’ ‘I see a hospital’ etc.
• Life Guard - ‘I see a life guard’ ‘I see a life preserver’ etc.
• Police - ‘I see a policeman’ ‘I see a policewoman’ ‘I see a car’ etc.
• Post Office - comes in two variations - mailman/postman etc. - ‘I see a letter’ ‘I see a box’ ‘I see a mailman’ ‘I see a postman’ etc.
• Restaurant - ‘I see a chef’ ‘I see a waiter’ ‘I see a menu’ etc.
• Vets - ‘I see a vet’ ‘I see a bandage’ etc.
These emergent reader books will be a great addition to your community helpers unit and a great way to encourage your students to work on their vital reading and vocabulary skills.
Letter Recognition Upper and Lower Case Matching Fried Egg Game
This letter recognition game is a great way for your students to work on their letter skills in a fun and engaging way. Students have to look at the upper case letter on the frying pan and then find the matching lower case letter on an egg, putting the egg into the correct frying pan.
To make this activity extra fun, use a spatula for your students to pick up the eggs with and put them into the frying pan!
This includes an activity for every letter of the alphabet and there are a number of ways that this can be used in your learning environment;
• 1:1 work stations
• Group work centers
• Literacy stations
• Hide the ‘eggs’ in a sensory train for students to dig out and match to the clouds
This activity will also provide a great language activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters. You can also use this to encourage them to think of words that start with this letter.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise and match their upper and lower case letters.