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Spring Wh Questions for Special Education and Speech Therapy
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Spring Wh Questions for Special Education and Speech Therapy

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These wh question task cards are perfect to add some Spring fun into your speech therapy sessions. There are 18 different spring themed task cards included in this pack. Each task card contains a wh- question on top and then 4 images underneath. Students need to answer the wh- question by pointing to the correct, corresponding image. The wh- questions are; Who? What? Where? Which? Your students will love working on their wh- question and answering skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed task cards. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
The Princess and the Pea Write the Room
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The Princess and the Pea Write the Room

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This The Princess and the Pea 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 The Princess and the Pea and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your The Princess and the Pea 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.
Yoga Movement Breaks Brain Breaks Cards
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Yoga Movement Breaks Brain Breaks Cards

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This resource includes 2 different styles of yoga movement breaks / brain breaks to be used for the classroom; flashcards or round toppers which can be put on top of pens/pencils/lollipop sticks etc. Students can start to lose concentration if they are sat working at a desk/activity for a long period of time, so introduce some fun and jazz up your classroom with these fabulous yoga movement breaks to get your students engaged and focused again. These can be introduced at whatever time interval you deem appropriate - either 10/15 minutes into a work session or first thing in the morning, after break, after lunch etc.You know your students best and you will be able to judge when is best for them. You can either do all the movement breaks at once, or do one every so often throughout the day or even get students to come up the front and choose a movement break as a reward for good working etc. Many researchers and education specialists have stated that movement breaks and physical activity are a great way to get children re-focused to sit back down for an activity. These come in colour or black and white option. Includes 40 different movement breaks.
Who Stole the Teacher? Back to School Crime Scene
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Who Stole the Teacher? Back to School Crime Scene

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This Back to School crime scene activity pack is a great start to your year. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has stolen the teacher! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Carrots) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Pepper) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Lost and Found The culprit left behind a few of their items. Hide these either in a sensory tray or around the crime scene for your students to find. They then need to match them to their owner. • Matching Footprints Footprints have been left behind at the scene! Students need to look at the footprints and try and match them to the suspects footprints. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has eaten the gingerbread man’s house. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to carrots and pepper for students to taste/smell.
Which Leprechaun Messed up the Room? St Patrick's Day Crime Scene
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Which Leprechaun Messed up the Room? St Patrick's Day Crime Scene

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This leprechaun crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your St Patrick’s topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where one of the leprechaun’s has messed up the classroom! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Pretzels) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Green peppers) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Glittering Coins Cut out and hide the gold coins with letters on them in a sensory tray - or around the crime scene. Students have to match the letter gold coins to the leprechaun’s names. The leprechaun who has their name missing is the culprit! • Matching Fingerprints Fingerprints were left at the scene. Students need to match these to the suspects fingerprints. • Witness Statements There were some witnesses for this crime! Use the key at the bottom of the worksheets to look for which words the students need to highlight through the text. The leprechaun with the most highlighted words is the culprit! • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has messed up the classroom. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to cheese and chocolate for students to taste/smell. I also recommend messing up your classroom a bit so that when the students walk in they do think that a leprechaun has been in and messed up their room - making it that bit more real and visual for them.
Valentine's Adapted Work Folder
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Valentine's Adapted Work Folder

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This adapted Valentine’s Day 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, sequencing, directional skills and so much more. ★ 45 activities included. ★ Comes with both spelling options - color/colour. The activities included; • Matching identical images • Matching b/w to colour images • Matching sequencing images - Making a Valentine • Number the order of a sequence - Making a Valentine • Matching symbols to images • Matching identical Valentine numbers • Counting candy hearts in the jar • Counting flowers in the vase • Putting the amount of candy hearts into the jar (numbers included) • Match basic shapes to love bug shapes in hearts • Order the sequence of life cycle of a flower • Match shape love bugs to shape leaves • Matching identical feeling images - hearts • Matching symbols to feeling images - hearts • Matching words to feeling images - hearts • Matching identical colour hearts • Matching colour hearts to colour splats • Matching colour rings to colour splats • Matching colour lips to colour hearts • Matching sequences of images • Matching the different directions of images • Point to the images (upon request) or name them (upon request) • Shopping for Valentine items at the store - follow shopping list • Match basic 2D shapes to love bug shapes • Match words (shape names) to love bug shapes • Match the heart alphabet • Order the heart alphabet • Match the heart upper case to lower case alphabet • Match images to initial letters • Follow the pattern and fill in the missing picture • Read the story and then order the images • Overwrite/form numbers 0-5 and 6-10 • Sort big and small hearts
Looking After Your Body Task Cards
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Looking After Your Body Task Cards

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These task cards are a great way to encourage students to work on understanding what is good or not good for their body. It will give students a visual opportunity to see - and read - the different scenarios and if they are good or not for our body. This is a great way for us to help our students understand how they can look after their body. This resource contains 12 different task cards giving students the choice of two options - yes or no - for if the item is good for our bodies or not. I.e ‘Is smoking good for your body?’. Each task card contains one clear image to go with the question. The task cards are in col and b/w option for your printing preference. I recommend cutting out each card individually and laminating so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. Students can complete with a dry wipe pen so that they can be used again. Or, work on fine motor skills at the same time and have your students use a clothing peg to choose their answer.
Wh Questions for Special Education, St Patrick's Day
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Wh Questions for Special Education, St Patrick's Day

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These wh question task cards are perfect to add some St Patrick’s fun into your speech therapy sessions. There are 18 different St Patrick’s Day themed task cards included in this pack. Each task card contains a wh- question on top and then 4 images underneath. Students need to answer the wh- question by pointing to the correct, corresponding image. The wh- questions are; Who? What? Where? Which? Your students will love working on their wh- question and answering skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed task cards. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Who Poisoned Frankenstein? Halloween Crime Scene
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Who Poisoned Frankenstein? Halloween Crime Scene

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This Frankenstein crime scene activity pack is a great addition to your Halloween topic. With this pack you will be able to create a crime scene where someone has poisoned Frankenstein! Students have to investigate using the clues provided to find out who committed the crime out of 4 possible suspects. This crime scene is designed to be interactive, engaging and adapted to suit students ability levels. This crime scene includes the following activities; • Taste Something has been left behind for students to taste! (Mouldy milk - milk with green food colouring) Students have to taste the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to eat it. • Smell Something has been left behind for students to smell! (Pumpkin) Students have to smell the item, decide what it is and then match it to the suspect who likes to smell this. • Suspect Interviews Students need to read through the 4 suspect interviews for any important information that could give them some clues to who the culprit is. • Poison Experiment There was a bottle of poison left at the scene! (You need to make this up beforehand to leave there). Students need to following the recipes to try and make the same poison that was found at the scene. Once they have worked out which one looks the same, they need to match what ingredients they used in their potion. Then, they look at the 4 suspects shopping lists - who recently bought these items? • Code Cracker Cut out the 5 codes and hide them around the crime scene - or in a sensory tray. Students have to find these and use the code word cracker sheet to work out what they mean and who they spell - this is the culprit. • Clue Book Students put their clues into the clue book as they go along. This way they are able to keep track of all the clues they have found. This will help them when they need to make a decision on who they think has poisoned Frankenstein. • Wanted Poster Once students have decided who they think the criminal is - they need to make the wanted poster to capture them! Students can either draw and write the criminal’s face and name onto the wanted poster or use the pictures and names we have included to cut and stick onto the wanted poster instead. Your students will love taking part in this fun and interactive crime scene, especially during a busy time of year when it can be hard to keep them engaged. A teachers walkthrough is also included in the pack to help you put together the crime scene and use it to the best of its ability. I would also recommend trying out the crime scene before giving it to your students so that you are able to familiarize yourself with the way that it works. This comes in both spelling options i.e color/colour, favorite/favourite etc. Almost everything that you need to complete this crime scene is included in this pack. However, you will need access to lettuce and mud for students to taste/smell.
Goldfish Adapted Book Colour Recognition
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Goldfish Adapted Book Colour Recognition

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This goldfish adapted book is a great way for students to work on reading and understanding instructions. Then, carrying them out. Students have to read - or be read - the instruction on top of the page and then find the matching goldfish to put into the bowl. This is a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition skills / colour recognition skills. This adapted book comes in colour option only and will be a great addition to your color recognition activities. This adapted book is also a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and to become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols. The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
St Patrick's Day Fine Motor Skill Task Cards
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St Patrick's Day Fine Motor Skill Task Cards

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These task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their fine motor skill task cards. There are 64 different task cards included, each one containing a different formation for students to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills. Each task card contains a fine motor formation for your students to overwrite as well as a St. Patrick’s Day image. These task cards are best used when laminated. This way they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable. They will be a great addition to your literacy centers and St Patrick’s Day activities. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day
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Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day

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These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition skills (colour). Students need to identify what color the leprechaun is on each task card, and then match it to a choice of 2 color splats on the side of the task card. Each task card contains a different color leprechaun. The colors included are; Black Brown Blue Gray/Grey Green Pink Orange Purple Red Yellow White Your students will love working on their color recognition skills with these hands-on and engaging color matching task cards. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future. ** Instructions** Print the task cards. Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards. Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their color recognition skills. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Spring Initial Letter Task Cards
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Spring Initial Letter Task Cards

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This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their initial sound and letter skills during Spring. Students need to look at the image on the task card and the word underneath, but with the initial letter missing. Students need to work out what the missing initial sound / letter is and choose this from 3 different options on the task card. There are 28 different task cards included in this pack, and these will be a great addition to your literacy centers. Your students will love working on their literacy skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed task cards. I recommend laminating all of the task cards included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future. ** Instructions** Print out the task cards. Cut and laminate the task cards. Provide your students with dry wipe pens or clothing pegs for your students to select their answers. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day
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Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day

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These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their letter formation and recognition skills. The task cards included are for all letters of the alphabet from A to Z and includes both upper and lower case letters. Each task card contains letter formation for both the upper and lower case letter, along with 2 shamrocks to add some St Patrick’s Day fun to this activity. Your students will love working on their letter formation skills with these hands-on and engaging task cards. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future. Instructions Print the task cards. Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards. Lay the task cards out in your literacy centers and provide your students with a dry wipe pen for them to form the letters of the alphabet. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Autism Independent Work Tasks for March
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Autism Independent Work Tasks for March

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These independent work tasks are perfect to use throughout March with your special education students, pre-k or kindergarten students. Your students will love working on a range of different skills with these tasks that can be used independently. Each work task included fits into the photo storage boxes, making it easy for you to keep all of your months tasks together. There is a wide variety of task cards included in this pack and I recommend switching through them throughout the month to mix up your students skills and learnings. There is a mixture of Spring and St Patrick’s Day activities included in this pack. They include; Spring Rhyming Raindrops Spring Same or Different Spring Matching Halves Puzzles Spring Counting Task Cards Wh Questions for Speech Therapy Task Cards - Spring St Patrick’s Day 2D Shape Matching - 2 Levels St Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Skills Task Cards St Patrick’s Day Initial Letter/Sounds Task Cards St Patrick’s Day Letter Formation Task Cards Matching Upper and Lowercase Letters - St Patrick’s Day Find the Missing Word in the Sentence - St Patrick’s Day More or Less? St Patrick’s Day St Patrick’s Day Counting Task Cards St Patrick’s Day - What’s the Missing Number? Task Cards Ten Frame Task Cards - St Patrick’s Day Color Recognition Task Cards - Using Pom Poms Wh Questions for Speech Therapy Task Cards - St Patrick’s Day Your students will love working on these task bin activities independently, and having the chance to introduce some Spring and St Patrick’s Day fun into your learning.
3 Little Pigs Jigsaws
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3 Little Pigs Jigsaws

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These jigsaw puzzles are a fun and hands-on addition to your 3 Little Pigs activities. Jigsaw puzzles are a great way for students to work on their concentration, attention to detail, fine motor and problem solving skills. The jigsaws are differentiated into 4 different levels for you to use with your students as appropriate and all images on the jigsaws are linked to the theme of The 3 Little Pigs. The jigsaws come in the following levels: • 2 piece jigsaw • 3 piece jigsaw • 12 piece jigsaw • 20 piece jigsaw Each level comes with 11 different jigsaw puzzles. Cut out each of the individual jigsaw pieces, laminate and you have a re-usable jigsaw puzzle to pull out at any time you need. Or cut out the individual pieces and have students stick them into their work books to build the image. Each jigsaw comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
3 Little Pigs Shadow Matching Task Cards
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3 Little Pigs Shadow Matching Task Cards

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These 3 Little Pigs themed task cards are a great way for students to work on their attention to detail skills by matching the shadows to their owners. There are 15 different task cards included and they come in col option only - no b/w. There are 2 task cards per page. Students have to choose 1 out of 3 possible answers to match the image to their shadow. There are instructions included on the front page of the document. I recommend cutting them out individually and then laminating them, this will make them stronger and longer lasting - meaning you can use them over and over again. All images related to 3 Little Pigs theme.
2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day
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2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day

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These St Patrick’s Day 2D shape activities are the perfect way for your students to work on their 2d shape recognition skills. These task cards are an engaging and hands-on addition to your math centers and will give your students plenty of opportunity to work on recognising different 2D shapes and match them to a different image of the 2D shape. These task cards come in 2 different levels; Level 1 - matching identical 2D shape images Level 2 - match basic shapes to St Patrick’s 2D shape images. Each task card contains a shamrock or coin in the form of different 2d shapes. There are 13 different task cards/2D shapes included in each level = a total of 26 different task cards for you to use in your math centers. Students can either use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer out of 2 (level 1) or 3 (level 2) options. Instructions • Print out each of the task cards. • Cut out and laminate the individual task cards. • Place these in your math center and have your students use a dry wipe pen or clothing peg to select their answer. ** The 2D shapes included are;** Circle Heart Diamond Hexagon Octagon Parallelogram Oval Pentagon Rhombus Star Square Triangle Rectangle These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day
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Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day

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Get your students working on their sentence skills with these engaging and hands-on missing word in a sentence task cards. These task cards are the perfect addition to your literacy centers and St Patrick’s Day activities. Students need to read the sentence on the task card and then work out which of the 3 options of missing words fits in the sentence. This is a great way for you to work on sentence structure and how to build appropriate sentences with your students. Your students will love working on their sentence skills with these hands-on and engaging task cards. I highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future. There are 20 different task cards included, and all come in the theme of St Patrick’s Day. Instructions Print all of the pages included. Cut out and laminate each of the individual task cards. Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their sentence skills, identifying the missing words in the sentences. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Brushing Hair Social Story
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Brushing Hair Social Story

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This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with brushing their hair. A lot of children struggle with brushing their hair, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they are doing it. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to brush their hair, and also help promote independence. 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; ♦ Sometimes my hair gets messy. ♦ I need to brush my hair to make it tidy. ♦ I can use a comb. ♦ Or I can use a brush. ♦ I can brush my hair myself or have someone help. ♦ I can brush my dolls hair. ♦ I can wear my hair down. ♦ Or I can put it in a ponytail. ♦ Or I can wear a hairband. I recommend printing out each of the individual pages, laminating them and then binding them into a book so it will be easier for students to read - or be read to, as well as being stronger and longer lasting. You can use only the pages that you feel most relevant.