I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
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.
This simplified story is based on the bible story The Good Samaritan. It includes 15 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story.
Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you.
This is a fun, and simple way to introduce a Bible story into your classroom and Religious Education lessons. You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library.
Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills.
This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference.
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.)
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.
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.
This spelling activity is a great way for your students to work on their spelling skills in a fun and engaging way with the theme of the weather. Students have to look at the image of the type of weather at the top of the page, then the word underneath, and then either using a dry wipe pen or the spelling letters included, spell the word that they can see.
This resource includes 5 different cards, each containing a different image that is linked to theme of the weather.
This activity will also provide a great language activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters that they are using to spell with, and discuss the images that they can see.
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, match and spell
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
This Sleeping Beauty 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 Sleeping Beauty and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Sleeping Beauty 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.
This I Have, Who Has Game, is a fun way for students to work on so many different skills, while continuously learning about the different Community Helpers. There are 37 different community helpers included in this pack, which come in both col and b/w option for your printing preferences. The cards come in random order to ensure that students are constantly paying attention and engaged in the activity.
Community Helpers included are:
♦ Judge
♦ Fisherman
♦ Air Hostess
♦ Farmer
♦ Cleaner
♦ Crossing Guard
♦ Dentist
♦ Garbage Collector
♦ Detective
♦ Forest Ranger
♦ Hairdresser
♦ Businesswoman
♦ Construction Work
♦ Firefighter
♦ Lifeguard
♦ Mechanic
♦ Plumber
♦ Bell Boy
♦ Doctor
♦ Nurse
♦ Chef
♦ Pilot
♦ News Reporter
♦ Mailman
♦ Oil Worker
♦ Astronaut
♦ Policeman
♦ Soldier
♦ Businessman
♦ Ski Guide
♦ Teacher
♦ Policewoman
♦ Vet
♦ Zookeeper
♦ Waiter
♦ Tour Guide
♦ Waitress
Instructions
• Print out each of the pages included
• Cut out and laminate each of the individual cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting.
• Hand out the cards to each of your students - you can have up to 38 players. If you have less players than this, some students can have more than 1 card (or staff members can get included).
• Start with the ‘start here’ card and then have your students read out their cards. EG) I have the first card, who has a judge?" the next student who has the judge card will respond with “I have a judge, who has a fisherman?” etc. and this carries on throughout the whole game.
This game is going to be lots of fun for your students to get involved with while working on their community helpers skills.
Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms.
This simplified story is based on the story of Florence Nightingale. It includes 20 pages and the story has been simplified to be more engaging for students and easier for them to understand and follow the story of Florence Nightingale and everything that she achieved throughout her life.
Each mini-page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it’ll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you.
You can use this resource as a whole class story which you can read to your students, or print numerous copies and have them readily available for your students to read in your classroom library.
Another great way to use this resource is to introduce the book page by page each day/week and put together as a sequencing activity into student’s literacy books so that you can discuss each page more in-depth and have your students work on their sequencing skills.
This resource comes in colour/color or black and white option for your preference. It is also suitable for both UK and US readers i.e colour/color.
These initial letter matching puzzles are a fun addition to your Valentine’s unit to continue learning with your students. There are 2 different levels of puzzles included for you to differentiate for your students.
Included in this resource;
• matching letters to images to connect the two pieces of the hearts together
• matching upper case letters, to lower case letters, to images to connect the three pieces of the hearts together.
These puzzles will be a great addition to your Valentine’s Day unit and a fun way for your students to work on their initial letter recognition skills.
These feelings themed comprehension worksheets are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their comprehension, reading and writing skills. As well as these skills, they will have the chance to learn more about different feelings and what may cause them. There are 10 different comprehension activities included and all are based on facts of different animals. Each activity consists of 2 pages - a reading passage page and an accompanying questions page.
The worksheets contain an image of a child displaying a feeling with an accompanying passage that includes information about the child, and the feelings they have experienced.
This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. All pages come in black and white for ink friendly printing.
The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging. This resource comes in both spelling options for UK/US etc. For example colour/color, favourite/favorite etc.
This Valentine’s Day themed wh- question adapted book is a great way for students to work on their wh- questions in an adapted and suitable way. Students read the short sentence at the top of the page and find the appropriate and matching symbol to answer the comprehension question.
Adapted books are a great way for students to work on a range of skills in an adapted, engaging and hands-on way.
The adapted book comes in both col and b/w option for your preference.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
All images/vocabulary is linked to the theme of Valentine’s Day.
Transform your cvc word centers with this fun and engaging cvc spelling activity. Your students will love working on their spelling skills with this hands-on St Patrick’s themed activity. Students use the matching gold coin letters to spell out the cvc words shown on the pot of gold.
The resource comes with one ‘main page’ which I recommend laminating. This page is your base. You simply put the cvc image/word on top of the empty pot of gold on the page. Learners look at the image and use the gold coin letters to spell the word.
This is a great hands on resource for your students to work on their spelling skills. It also helps bring to some St Patrick’s fun into your learning environment.
This resource comes in 2 difficult levels.
Level 1 - the cvc images have a word prompt
Level 2 - the cvc images do not have a word prompt
The CVC words included;
• car
• cat
• dam
• ham
• pan
• wag
• bed
• den
• hen
• net
• pen
• wet
• dig
• fin
• hit
• lid
• pig
• pit
• dog
• fox
• hop
• log
• mop
• top
• bun
• cub
• gum
• hut
• mud
• sun