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Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.

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Passion for making all aspects of English accessible and fun for special needs students of all levels. Lover of Colourful semantics as a teaching tool to teach writing composition at all levels. Follow me on instagram for additional ideas.
Alphabet Workbooks
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Alphabet Workbooks

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Designed for students with special needs, these symbol supported Alphabet books contain a range of fun worksheets and activities to help learn and consolidate letter recognition. Little to no prep required. 26 workbooks 14 pages per book. Activities include: Place in alphabet Writing/tracing Letter exploration Initial sounds Letter hunt in works Cutting skills Board game Certificates for completing each workbook Pages are un-numbered. Pick and choose the activities that are best for your students. Can be printed as A4 or A5 size workbooks. Widgit Symbols used with permission
CVC spelling worksheets - no prep
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CVC spelling worksheets - no prep

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Multi activity CVC spelling worksheets. On each worksheet: Match the word Spell the word Trace the word Write the word Find the word Colour the word Colour the picture Sets of worksheets for each middle vowel sound: a,e,i,o,u 131 worksheets in total! UK and US spelling included for colour/color. Black and White for low ink use. Print on white paper or coloured paper.
People Who Help - Colourful Semantics Interactive PowerPoint
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People Who Help - Colourful Semantics Interactive PowerPoint

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Interactive PowerPoint Read the clues to decide what job the description relates to. Click and drag the correct person into the box. Interactive book with easy to read clues. 10 Worksheets with diverse character cliparts for each job. Fully symbol supported text. JOB INCLUDES: Builder Chef Dentist Doctor Farmer Firefighter Nurse Pilot Police Postman Widgit Symbols used with permission
Leisure Time - Colourful Semantics Interactive PowerPoint
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Leisure Time - Colourful Semantics Interactive PowerPoint

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Digital Interactive PowerPoint presentation. Build Sentences using Colourful Semantics to say what the people are doing in each leisure time activity. 3 Key word sentences using “Who?” “is doing?” and “what?” questions to build the sentences. Click on the correct answer to progress to the next slide. Click on the wrong answer and get taken to a try again screen. Use on a desktop or download the PowerPoint app to use on a tablet. *NOTE: This Powerpoint is READ ONLY and cannot be modified. WHAT IS COLOURFUL SEMANTICS? Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child’s grammar through the use of: •Spoken sentences •Answering W/H questions •Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Story telling skills •Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences. INFORMATION PAGE ON HOW TO USE COLOURFUL SEMANTICS INCLUDED IN THE PACK These worksheets are designed to give students support to develop writing and composition skills. The sentence strips at the top of each worksheet demonstrate the sentence structure. Widgit Symbols used with permission
Make a Scene - Click and Drag PowerPoint
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Make a Scene - Click and Drag PowerPoint

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PowerPoint Activity! Symbol supported reading and comprehension activity. Develop skills to follow a set of instructions to create a scene. Read the instructions on the slide, then click and drag the pictures into the scene. NOTE This product is designed to be used in the edit mode of PPT, to enable click and drag. Can also be used with the PowerPoint app. 9 scenes to create: Dinner Plate Jungle Scene Fish Bowl Desert Scene Classroom Beach Scene Park Scene Night Sky Ocean Scene
Push and Pull - Sight Word books: symbol support and text only
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Push and Pull - Sight Word books: symbol support and text only

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Sight Word books and worksheets for special education and emerging readers. Support students who do not read traditional text to access stories and sight words with these symbol supported reading books. TOPIC: Push and Pull (science: force and movement) BOOKS Each book uses repetitive sight words and structure to consolidate reading of sight words. 2 Sets of book SET A - With symbol support SET B - Text only 3 Books per set Book 1: “I can…” sentences - Sight words: I, can, push, pull Book 2: Talking about position - sight words: towards, away, from, you, push, pull Book 2: Talking about movement - sight words: move, it, the, push, pull WORKSHEETS Sight Word worksheets Topic word match worksheets: matching picture, symbol and word. COMMUNICATION BOARDS Use the communication boards to talk about the stories. Each book has an accompanying communication board, plus one board for all the sight and topic words.
Christmas Sight Word Books - symbol support and text only
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Christmas Sight Word Books - symbol support and text only

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Sight Word books and worksheets for special education and emerging readers. Support students who do not read traditional text to access stories and sight words with these symbol supported reading books. BOOKS Each book uses repetitive sight words and structure to consolidate reading of sight words. 2 Sets of book SET A - With symbol support SET B - Text only 3 Books per set Book 1: “I see a…” sentences Book 2: Talking about location - sight words: look, is, inside, outside Book 2: Talking about position - sight words: is, sitting, standing WORKSHEETS Sight Word worksheets Topic word match worksheets: matching picture, symbol and word. COMMUNICATION BOARDS Use the communication boards to talk about the stories. Each book has an accompanying communication board, plus one board for all the sight and topic words.