Bedtime Social Story
SPED, special education, autism, communication, early intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy, Social Emotional Learning.
Discusses going to bed, when to go to bed, following a schedule and taking the steps needed to go to bed.
Neurodiversity, Autism, Speech Therapy, SPED, speech therapy, life skills
Neuro-inclusive alternative to working on social skills.
Working on identifying our boundaries, assertiveness, saying no, why we have boundaries & respecting other’s boundaries.
Activities Included.
**Dinner Time Social Story **
SPED, special education, autism, communication, sharing, early intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy, Social Emotional Learning.
Discusses dinner time, eating your own food, not taking other people’s food, asking for foods you would like, explaining when you don’t like your food.
Includes 2 activity sheets.
Autism, NEURODIVERSITY, social learning, alternative to social skills, SPED, social emotional learning, SEL, use like boom cards, Speech Therapy, special education, literacy
Learning ages 8 -13
The Neurodiversity Online Games were created in response to the need for new approaches to teaching social skills to children with autism. They are designed by special education and allied health professionals. They aim to provide an alternative to traditional methods by teaching children and teenagers social learning in a way that embraces neurodiversity and allows them to build confidence using their strengths and viewpoint of the world.
These games focus on understanding neurodiversity and developing a sense of identity.
Includes: a combinations of matching games, jigsaws, drawing, vocabulary games and questions. The level of difficulty varies between games.
Autism, visuals, SPED, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, neurodiversity-affirming, preschool, kindergarten, communication, pre-k
These choice boards give all children, verbal and non-verbal, a chance to choose activities and subjects they would like. This sense of control over their lives, fosters a positive mindset and reduces stress.
For children, who often have limited control over their daily activities, choice boards become a valuable tool. The act of making decisions allows them to feel more in charge, boosting their confidence and overall well-being.
Includes:
8 choice boards
48 cards
60 editable cards to design yourself
Step-by-step template for making a light-up paper Mosque! Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr.
Arts and Crafts, cutting, sticking, nets of 3D shapes.
You need:
Templates (either print on colored card or white and color it in).
Yellow crepe paper
Scissors
Glue
Written instructions included.
Video instructions on our website - buildingblocks
Suitable for all ages!
Have a Happy Eid Mubarak!
**Valentine’s Day Panda Card. Step-by-Step Template & Instructions.
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Arts and crafts, special occasions, coloring, cutting, scissors skills, drawing.
Easy to make Valentine’s Day Panda card! Step-by-step template with written and video instructions. Great for practicing cutting, sticking and coloring skills.
Video instructions on our website - buildingblocks
You need:
printed template sheets.
red paper/card.
colors.
scissors.
glue
Hope you’ve a great Valentine’s Day!
*I’M HURT - Language Development Jigsaw Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF
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Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, vocabulary, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition
I’M HURT’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate how they feel. This jigsaw uses play to support children with learning the body parts, natural language acquisition and reading.
Children can use different combinations to create the ‘I’M HURT’ phrase.
Ideal for Gestalt Language Processors.
Mitigable gestalt - I’M HURT + words/phrases.
Suitable for all stages!
Uses visuals to support visual learners and autistic children.
Can can be used over and over!
Includes:
15 body parts pieces
25 sentence starters pieces
10 editable jigsaw pieces
13 ‘and’ pieces for extending sentences for children at stages 4-6
Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, vocabulary, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition
‘LET’S GO’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate.
The Map Game uses imagination to allow children to use their new vocabulary and ‘LET’S GO’ phrase while having fun exploring the map of an imaginary town. It is also an opportunity to continue modeling the phrase “let’s go” for the child.
Includes:
10 mazes of different levels.
The maze activities allow children to apply the phrase ‘Let’s go’ to finding their way through a maze.
How to use:
Print out the mazes (below) that suit your child’s ability level.
In each maze, the child will need to guide a character to a certain location.
While the child is solving the maze, model the phrase ‘let’s go.’ Eg. If the aim is to get the character to the shop, say, “Let’s go to the shop.”
Support your child in solving the maze, or solve the maze as a team if needed.
Praise your child when they complete the maze.
Teaches children emotions through stories designed for Gestalt Language Processors and visual learners.
Social Emotional Learning, Gestalt language, SEL, ASD, Special Education, neurodiversity-affirming, neuro-inclusive, Early Intervention, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten.
Includes:
Four stories - Happy, sad, angry and scared.
(Both in **PowerPoint and pdf **format so they can be used as a presentation or printed off and used as a book.)
Emer is a neurodivergent elephant with sensory sensitivities who changes color depending on her emotions. She focuses on teaching children the basic emotions of happy, sad, angry and scared, how to identify these emotions in themselves/others and how to manage their emotions.
As autistic children tend to learn best with visuals, Emer has been designed to provide children with a clear image of each emotion. The colors help children who struggle with** identifying expressions and body language** to connect Emer’s movements and facial expressions with the relevant emotion.
The stories are also designed using Gestalt Language techniques, simple language, repeated phrases, visuals and colors to make the stories easy for children with** language and communication difficulties** to access and understand. The information in this stories is then repeated in the other stories to help children to consolidate it.
Children can find emotions very difficult to learn and often find learning the whole range of emotions and complex emotions overwhelming, because of this it is important to first build a strong base by focusing on these key emotions.
Hope you enjoy the stories! We would love any feedback!
Teaches children emotions through stories & activities designed for Gestalt Language Processors and visual learners.
Social Emotional Learning, Gestalt language, SEL, ASD, Special Education, neurodiversity-affirming, neuro-inclusive, Early Intervention, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten.
Emer is a neurodivergent elephant with** sensory sensitivities** who changes color depending on her emotions. She focuses on teaching children the basic emotions of happy, sad, angry and scared, how to** identify these emotions **in themselves/others and how to manage their emotions.
As autistic children tend to learn best with visuals, Emer has been designed to provide children with a clear image of each emotion. The colors help children who struggle with** identifying expressions and body language** to connect Emer’s movements and facial expressions with the relevant emotion.
The stories are also designed using Gestalt Language techniques, simple language, repeated phrases, visuals and colors to make the stories easy for children with** language and communication difficulties** to access and understand. The information in this stories is then repeated in the other stories to help children to consolidate it.
Children can find emotions very difficult to learn and often find learning the whole range of emotions and complex emotions overwhelming, because of this it is important to first build a strong base by focusing on these key emotions.
Includes:
Four stories - Happy, sad, angry and scared.
(Both in PowerPoint and pdf format so they can be used as a presentation or printed off and used as a book.)
The Emotional Regulation Resources provide you with materials for helping children identify their emotions, communicate and regulate them.
1 ‘Today I am Feeling’ Chart
3 ‘How can you feel better’ Worksheets - angry, sad, scared.
3 Individual Feelings Scales - angry, sad scared - allows children to focus on regulating one feeling at a time.
4 Lollipop Stick Elephants - covers all four emotions. Once made can be used for drama and learning through play.
Triangle Regulation Chart - focuses on trying to feel better.
5 ‘How do you feel’ Circle Chart - 4 charts + make Emer and me template.
Emotions Word Cards - happy, sad, angry and scared.
3 Individual Feelings Scales
Guidance on how to use Better Bag for regulation.
11 pages Resources Guide
EMOTIONAL REGULATION RESOURCES - Helps children learn to identify, communicate, and regulate/mange their emotions.
Social Emotional Learning. SEL, ASD, Special Education, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten, neurodiversity, neuro-inclusive.
Emer is a neurodivergent elephant with sensory sensitivities who changes color depending on her emotions. She focuses on teaching children four of the basic emotions; happy, sad, angry and scared. The Emotional Regulation Resources provide you with materials for helping children identify their emotions, communicate and regulate them.
Includes:
1 ‘Today I am Feeling’ Chart
3 ‘How can you feel better’ Worksheets - angry, sad, scared.
3 Individual Feelings Scales - angry, sad scared - allows children to focus on regulating one feeling at a time.
4 Lollipop Stick Elephants - covers all four emotions. Once made can be used for drama and learning through play.
Triangle Regulation Chart - focuses on trying to feel better.
5 ‘How do you feel’ Circle Chart - 4 charts + make Emer and me template.
Emotions Word Cards - happy, sad, angry and scared.
3 Individual Feelings Scales
Guidance on how to use Better Bag for regulation.
11 pages Resources Guide
Hope they are helpful! Any feedback would be great!
NEURODIVERSITY DOGS is a series of books, activities and games designed to help children embrace and understand neurodiversity.
Social Emotional Learning. SEL, Special Education, Early Intervention, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten.
The stories introduce neurodiversity in a fun, relatable way that children can easily understand.
They use visuals, limited language and lots of repetition and rhyme so that they are accessible to children with language and communication difficulties. The dogs are easy to relate to for autistic children as they struggle with sensory issues.
Includes:
· Social story/Ebook– Do all dogs think the same?
A story explaining what neurodiversity is, how we all think differently and like and dislike different things. It emphasizes how it is ok to be different and encourages children to express their preferences.
Strength Cards - (Anxiety, self esteem, confidence, stammering)
This is a tangible way for your child to learn about their strengths. This activity/tool is great for confidence building and is a great tool to use for children who are anxious, have poor self esteem/low confidence, with autistic children, children with language delays/disorders and children who stammer.
Crossing the Road
SPED, special education, autism, communication, road safety.
Social Story to teach children how to cross the road safely and learn the rules of the road.
Info Dumping E-Book/Social Story, Autism, Neurodiversity.
Info-dumping is when someone shares their passion about a topic with another as a means of connecting with them. It is a valid autistic communication style which some autistic people like to use. In contrast, neurotypical people may prefer chatting and being more indirect.
This eBook/social story explains info-dumping to children and teenagers in an accessible way and helps them discover how they can understand and use all communication styles to interact with others and build friendships.
What is the problem? Problem Solving Activities.
Social Emotional Learning. Neuro-Inclusive, neuro-diversity
This 16 page resource helps children/teenagers to develop problem solving skills to help them navigate their social world.
Includes:
Intro to Problem Solving
Worksheets designed to develop skills for interpreting social situations and brainstorming solutions.
Worksheets to help the learner to generalize their skills and apply them to their everyday lives.
Father’s Day Card template! Suitable for all Father Figures!
Step-by-step instructions!
Arts and crafts, coloring, cutting and sticking! Suitable for all ages!
Father’s Day can be difficult for some children. That’s why we’ve created this card which they can give to anyone they love!
Have a Happy Father’s Day!