These gorilla 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 gorilla” “yellow gorilla” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “gorilla is red” “gorilla is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the gorilla is red” “the gorilla 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.

This Halloween themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their categorising (categorising) and recognition skills. There are two different pages included which contain: • Spider v Witch • Pumpkin v Ghost Students are encouraged to sort the images into the correct category. The theme is linked to Halloween and is a great way for you to introduce some Halloween fun into your classroom while continuing your students work on categorisation. Instructions are also included on first page of the PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual pieces so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.

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.

These word association puzzles are a great way for your students to work on these vital skills in a functional way. The puzzles contain real life photographs for each of the words included, providing your students with a visual cue of each of the words. Students have to match the puzzle pieces together, putting the word associations together. This is a great way for students to work on their language and vocabulary skills in a fun and engaging way. It will also allow conversation to flow where you can discuss which words go together - and why do they go together? There are 38 different puzzles included, providing your students with plenty of opportunities to work on these skills. Instructions • Print out the puzzles • Cut the puzzles out individually • I recommend laminating each piece of the puzzles so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future • Have your students match the pieces of the puzzles together to match the words.

This Halloween activity is a great way for your students to work on their reading, recognition and instruction following skills. Students have to read the instructions on each of the task cards included, and find/point to the matching items on the Halloween scene. This is a great way for students to pay close attention to detail and start to work on their symbol > image matching/recognition skills. The theme is linked to Halloween and is a great way for you to introduce some Halloween fun into your classroom while continuing your students work on these important skills. Instructions are also included on first page of the PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual pieces so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.

These octopus 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 octopus” “yellow octopus” etc ♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “octopus is red” “octopus is yellow” etc. ♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the octopus is red” “the octopus 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 umbrella and rain drop themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. Students have to find the rain drops (you can either have these out or hidden in a messy tray for them to find) and then match them to the same colour umbrella. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.) Instructions • Print out the umbrella pages and laminate them. • Print out the raindrops, cut them out individually and laminate them. • Students can then match the colour raindrops to the matching umbrella.

This weather themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at different types of weather and use this as a talking point. The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels; • Level 1 - 0-3 • Level 2 - 0-5 • Level 3 - 0-10 There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as; • Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in. • Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle. • Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting. This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing 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 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 social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help to understand how to deal with their feelings when a new student joins their class, and how they can be welcoming and help the new student to settle into their classroom. Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page. Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale. Pages included are; ♦ In our classroom, we do lots of learning together. ♦ We spend lots of time together in class with other students and our teachers. ♦ Sometimes, our classroom will have the same students all year. ♦ Sometimes, we may get a new student join our class. ♦ The new student may be new to the school. ♦ The new student may also be new to the area, and just moved here. ♦ Or, the new student may be moving from another class to our class. ♦ Sometimes, having a new student in class may make me anxious. ♦ I should remember, that the new student may feel anxious too. ♦ Going to a new class can be very scary. ♦ We should look after the new student and become their friend. ♦ We should find out their name, and more about them. ♦ We should also help them find things around the classroom, and school. ♦ By helping our new student, we are being a good friend and classmate. ♦ This helps our classroom be a nice place.

This groundhog themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will be a great addition to your Groundhog Day unit. The puzzles come in 8 different difficulty levels; • Level 1 - 0-3 • Level 2 - 0-4 • Level 3 - 0-5 • Level 4 - 0-6 • Level 5 - 0-7 • Level 6 - 0-8 • Level 7 - 0-9 • Level 8 - 0-10 There are a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as; • Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle. • Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (I recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.

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.

This Chinese New Year themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will be a great addition to your Chinese New Year unit. The puzzles come in 8 different difficulty levels; • Level 1 - 0-3 • Level 2 - 0-4 • Level 3 - 0-5 • Level 4 - 0-6 • Level 5 - 0-7 • Level 6 - 0-8 • Level 7 - 0-9 • Level 8 - 0-10 There are a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as; • Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle. • Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (I recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.

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.

This social story is a great read for students who may need some support and help to understand what they should or shouldn’t do if they see a fire. It will also help to prepare them, should they ever find themselves in a situation with a fire. Many students with autism are visual learners and like to learn through seeing something in action. This book comes complete with matching, simple yet engaging graphics to help describe what is being said on the page. Comes in col option only - no b/w availability, however you can print in grayscale. This social story has been created to suit both UK/US audiences with the page regarding phoning the fire station - i.e 999 or 911. Pages included are; ♦ Sometimes, accidents happen and this might cause a fire. ♦ If I see a fire, I should not go near it - it is very hot and dangerous. ♦ If I see a fire, I should look for a fire alarm and set it off. ♦ If I see a fire, I should find a phone and call 999 for the fire department. ♦ If I see a fire, I should try to get away from it, and leave the building. ♦ If a fire happens in school, I should remember what happens in our fire drills. ♦ If I see a fire, I should be calm, leave the building and find our meeting spot. ♦ If there is a lot of smoke, I should crawl along the floor. ♦ If a fire happens at home, I should listen to my parents instructions. ♦ I should not go back into a fire to help anyone. ♦ I should not go back into a fire to get anything. ♦ Firefighters are the only people who should try and put the fire out. ♦ Firefighters are trained to deal with fire, and have lots of safety equipment.