This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going to the cinema / movies. A lot of children struggle with understanding the process of what is involved going to the cinema / movies, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they need to do the things asked of them. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to go to the cinema / movies, 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 in 'Going to Movies' Social Story are; ♦ Today I am going to the movies. ♦ The movies is where you can watch all the new movies. ♦ First, we have to buy our tickets for the movie we want to watch. ♦ We can buy some snacks and drinks to watch the movie. ♦ We have to take our seat ready for the movie to start. ♦ When the movie starts, the lights will go dark. ♦ During the movie we have to be quiet so others can watch too. ♦ At the end of the movie, the lights will come back on. ♦ We should put all our trash into the trash can. Pages included in 'Going to Cinema' Social Story are; ♦ Today I am going to the cinema. ♦ The cinema is where you can watch all the new movies. ♦ First, we have to buy our tickets for the movie we want to watch. ♦ We can buy some snacks and drinks to watch the movie. ♦ We have to take our seat ready for the movie to start. ♦ When the movie starts, the lights will go dark. ♦ During the movie we have to be quiet so others can watch too. ♦ At the end of the movie, the lights will come back on. ♦ We should put all our rubbish into the bin. 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.

This bingo activity is great to take part with small or large groups. All themes are linked to the theme of St. David’s Day. This comes with image bingo cards, image and word flash cards as well as small word/image cards and just word cards. The second page of the PDF contains instructions on different ways you can use this bingo resource in your classroom. 10 different boards in total - up to 10 players during one game. I would recommend laminating each board individually for them to be stronger and longer lasting but this is personal choice.

This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going shopping. A lot of children struggle with understanding the process of what is involved going shopping, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they need to do the things asked of them. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to go shopping 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; ♦ Today I am going to go shopping. ♦ We have to go shopping for food for the house. ♦ We have to go shopping for new clothes to wear. ♦ If I have lots to buy I can make a shopping list. ♦ The shops may be busy with lots of people. ♦ I can use a basket or shopping cart for my shopping. ♦ Once I have all my shopping, I go to the cash desk. ♦ The cashier scans my shopping and I pay with money or a card. ♦ All my shopping gets packed into bags. ♦ When I get home, I unpack all the bags and put the items away. 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.

This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with getting dressed. A lot of children struggle with understanding why they need to get dressed, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they need to do it. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to get dressed, 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; ♦ I have to get dressed before I go out. ♦ First, I have to find my clothes. ♦ I need to find socks and put them on my feet. ♦ I need to find some pants and put them on. ♦ I need to find a skirt and put it on. ♦ I might have to do up a zip or a button. ♦ I need to find a top, I put this on too. ♦ I need to find my shoes, and put them on my feet. ♦ Once I am dressed I am ready to go out! ♦ If it’s raining I should wear a coat and umbrella. ♦ If it’s really cold, I should wear a hat, scarf and gloves to keep me warm. 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.

These fine motor skill tracing task cards are a great way to encourage students some engaging fine motor skill practice. This pack includes 53 different task cards. Each task card includes one type of fine motor/pre handwriting skill. Each page comes with 4 task cards on, I recommend printing them out and cutting them individually. Laminate them to prolong the use of them - you will be able to use them over and over. These are great to help students improve their handwriting/fine motor skills/pen control. Set them up ready then store them away, ready to pull out whenever you need them. These are great time fillers or extras for your literacy centres.

This adapted morning work binder is an engaging and hands-on way to start each morning with your autistic students. Using the morning binder each day will help your students get into a routine where they come in, settle down and they are ready to work. Many of our students may struggle with transition in the mornings, so by providing this work book as a consistent routine in their daily morning routine, it will help them to settle quicker and be prepared to work. The books are editable so each student can have their own personalized morning binder. The document comes as a Keynote and PowerPoint file. You can add on different wording and add pictures of your student etc. but please note you will not be able to add/change/extract any form of clipart/imagery/text from this document. This is to protect our fabulous clip artists and myself as a teacher-author. This book comes in 2 levels; Level 1 - Students match images or symbols to each of the pages. Level 2 - Students match images or symbols and words to the pages. They can also use a dry-wipe pen and write their answers to make it harder again. What’s Included? Level 1 Morning Work Binder Accompanying Walkthrough to Put Together the Level 1 Morning Work Binder Level 2 Morning Work Binder Accompanying Walkthrough to Put Together the Level 2 Morning Work Binder What’s Included in the Books? The books include; Front Cover Me and My Name How Do I Feel? My School What Day Is It? What Months Is It? What Season Is It? How’s the Weather? What Should I Wear? Finished Front Cover You can either add your students name using a text box and then print out, or have students write their name once printed. You can also put a white shape square over the image on the front cover and then insert an image of your student if you want their photo on the front cover. What Should I Wear This comes with 4 different options. You only need to print one per book used. 2 boy options, and 2 girl options are included. Students use the clothing pieces included to dress the person appropriately for how the weather is outside. Build Up If you feel there are too many pages to start for your students, use less pages to start. First, just use ‘Me and My Name’ ‘What Day Is It?’ ‘How’s the Weather?’ and 'Finished’ Then, as students progress with this, start adding more of the pages in. Finished My students love these books - but they love the finished page too. Having the finished page is a visual way to show your students that they have completed the activity. And that’s the end of the book. All symbols are included in this resource. You can also add your own too.

This is a great visual resource to help motivate and encourage students to complete their task(s) or work in order to gain tokens to receive their reward. Students collect a token for each task they complete/minute worked (you choose), once they have achieved all the tokens they get to have their choice activity. It is important for you to offer children the choice of what they want once they have finished their work so that they are motivated to achieve it at the end! This resource comes with two different options of each board (one with a yellow box for choice to go inside, one with black box). It also comes in 4 different difficulty levels. ♦ Level 1: 3 tokens then reward ♦ Level 2: 4 tokens then reward ♦ Level 3: 5 tokens then reward ♦ Level 4: 10 tokens then reward If you are unsure of what your student’s level of working is, I would start at the bottom and use level 1 then build your way up, if you feel your student is capable of working a large amount before achieving their reward then use your professional opinion on where to start them. To put together; ♦ print out the board that you want to use ♦ laminate it and attach velcro bits in each box ♦ cut out and laminate the choice activities provided (or provide your own) and add velcro to the back of them so that they will stick to the box on the page ♦ cut out and laminate your choice of reward coupons (3 different options provided) and also velcro these. You’re done! This is a great resource for encouraging students to work and also to improve how long they are able to work for or how many activities they can complete! This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the ‘Ask a question’ tab as a request and I will try my best to add it. The symbols included so far are; ♦ ball pit ♦ blocks ♦ game (2 options) ♦ book ♦ bubbles ♦ car ♦ computer ♦ lego ♦ iPad ♦ music (2 options) ♦ outside ♦ playground ♦ puppets ♦ relax ♦ sand ♦ time out ♦ choice ♦ toys ♦ train ♦ walk ♦ trampoline ♦ water play.

This bingo pack is the perfect addition to your feelings and emotions activities. Students will love working on recognizing different feelings and being able to match these to their bingo board. There are 22 bingo boards included in this pack, which will allow you to have up to 22 players taking part at once with this activity. You can also use this with smaller group activities, or even at 1:1 work stations. What’s Included? 22 Bingo Boards Mini Image and Word Feelings Flashcards Mini Word Feelings Flashcards Feelings Image and Word Flashcards Bingo Cover Ups How to Use? Hand out the bingo boards to players. Provide players with a set of bingo cover ups or manipulatives. Use any of the 3 types of flashcards to call out the feelings. If students have the same feeling on their board, they cover it up. The first student to cover all their feelings on their board shouts ‘Bingo’ and they are the winner. Other Uses Although this is a bingo pack, the activities included can be used in a range of others ways too, such as; Discussion. Look at the flashcards. Think of a reason that the boy/girl may feel like that. Questions. Lay out some different flashcards. “If I bought you an ice cream, but then you dropped it on the floor, how do you think you would feel?” And the student points to or selects one of the feelings on the flashcards. Matching. A simple matching game. Match the flashcards to the images on the bingo boards. . This activity is a fun and engaging way to help students work on and understand different feelings and emotions. Instructions Print out the bingo boards, flashcards and bingo cover ups that you’ll be using. Print out a set of bingo cover ups for each child. Decide which flashcard you will use and then print. Laminate the bingo boards. Cut up and laminate the flashcards and bing cover ups then, laminate them.

This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their number recognition and counting skills during Spring. Students need to count the different items on each of the task cards and then choose their answer out of 3 possible choices on the right hand side of the task card. Your students will love working on their counting 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. The task cards cover from 0-10. There are 33 different task cards included. ** 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. There are 3 different types of counting task cards included; Count the spots on the bug Count the petals on the flower Count the eggs in the nest. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.

These task cards are a fun and engaging addition to your rhyming activities and centers. Students need to piece together the 2 pieces of the raindrop to match together the words/images that rhyme together. This is an engaging way for your students to work on their rhyming skills, as well as their fine motor skills. There are 10 different rhyming puzzles included in this pack. Your students will love working on their literacy skills with these puzzles. I recommend laminating all of the pieces included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future. Instructions Print out the pages included. Cut and laminate the pieces of the raindrops. Lay the pieces out for your students to put the raindrops together to match the rhyming words together. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.

This resource contains 6 different 3D Shape pages for students to match different regular objects to the matching shapes. Shapes included are: ♦ Cone ♦ Cube ♦ Cylinder ♦ Pyramid ♦ Sphere ♦ Triangular Prism Some shapes come with 9 shape images to match, others come with fewer - ranging between 6-9. You can either use this as a re-usable activity where you laminate it all and use velcro or it can be used as a worksheet for students to cut and stick. ★ Comes in b/w and col option. ★ A great way to see if students are able to relate different objects to the community helper. Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms.

This resource contains 5 different puzzles / habitats. These puzzles are a great way for you to introduce and reflect upon animal habitats in your teaching. Simply cut out each of the jigsaw pieces and laminate (this will keep them strong and longer lasting and students match the animals/objects to the correct habitat. Habitats included are: ♦ desert ♦ ocean ♦ arctic ♦ rainforest ♦ pond Each puzzle comes with 4 animals/nature piece. Each puzzle piece has an image and the name of that image below it. A fun activity that is a great way to introduce or work on animal habitats.

This training pack is a great resource for you to use to gain new ideas and strategies to use within your classroom for your Autism and Special Education students. There are over 80 pages included and all are packed with information, strategies and programmes that you can use within your classroom. Just some of the pages included are; ♦ Autism - Be Aware ♦ What is Autism? ♦ What is Fragile X? ♦ How is Autism Diagnosed? ♦ What Should I Look For? ♦ I Need Help! ♦ Transition ♦ Visuals ♦ Behaviour Management ♦ Toileting ♦ Eating ♦ What Can You Put Into Place? ♦ Training to Attend ♦ Social Stories ♦ Incorporating Sensory ♦ Music Therapy ♦ Using Your 5 Senses ♦ Sensory Stories ♦ Sensory Breaks ♦ Sensory Toys ♦ Cooking ♦ Parental Communication ♦ iPad Apps ♦ Reinforcers - When and What to Use. ♦ Work Stations ♦ Communicating ♦ Adapted Work Activities ♦ On a Budget ♦ Famous Faces ♦ Helpful Links This resource is perfect for any professional who is working with students diagnosed with Autism or with Special Needs. The pack is full of different activities, strategies, information and programs that you can introduce into your learning environment and provide a positive learning approach for your student(s).

This resource contains a Sentence Building / Adapted Book liked to the theme of Community Helpers. This resource comes complete with symbols. This resource includes 18 different community helpers. The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from. Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students.

This resource contains a sentence building / adapted book based on the theme of Farm Animals. The book includes 12 different animals and comes complete with symbols to use to complete the book. The symbols come on a separate page. I recommend laminating the pages with empty boxes and pictures on then binding into a book. Cut out the symbol boxes individually and laminate. You can either have these spread out on a board/table for students to choose from or stick them muddled up on the back of the page in front for students to choose from. Brilliant for building sentences with children who need symbols for prompts. Also great for non-verbal students. Instructions are included on the first page for you to get the best use out of this resource with your students. This book contains real life photographs of farm animals.

This resource contains 23 different comprehension activities linked to the theme of different stories from the Bible. Each activity comes with 1 x story page and 1 x questions page. There is a short amount of information provided on each page and then 4 questions on another page - you can see examples in preview/thumbnail pictures. All stories are linked to the individual bible stories included. They are not word for word, they have been simplified into short passages/stories to keep them engaging for students. This is great for students to be able to read a passage and recall details from it, answering relevant questions. It is related to Stories from the Bible to give a twist on the usual comprehension activities. This activity is a great way for you to introduce the Bible into your teaching. Comes in black and white for ink friendly printing. The images are eye catching and appropriate for young students who will find them engaging. Bible Stories Include: ♦ Adam & Eve ♦ Daniel in the Lions Den ♦ David & Goliath ♦ Jonah & the Whale ♦ Joseph & the Colourful Coat / Joseph & the Colorful Coat ♦ Noah's Ark Comes with contents page on page 2 so you are able to quickly find what pages/stories you are looking for.

This is a communication book, created with symbols to provide students with an extra aide to communicate their needs and wishes with those around them. Every day we look around for different visual prompts i.e road signs, shopping lists. These help us to go through our daily lives. Many people diagnosed with autism are thought to learn best visually. By providing this communication book you are providing your student(s) with a visual aide. This communication book will also help your students to work on their vocabulary, language development and ability to process information. Most importantly, this resource is fantastic for promoting yours students independence and life skills. Anyone can benefit potentially from using a communication book or similar visual aide, regardless of age or ability. Each communication book can be personalised and differentiated to suit individual needs. It has different pages for different categories including; ♦ snack ♦ choice ♦ people ♦ colors ♦ colours ♦ numbers. More pages can be added to suit you and your student(s) individual needs and levels of communication. This pack also includes numerous symbols for you to use in the book. Included is also a walkthrough PDF directing you on how to use the book, what way to put it together etc. This download comes as a PDF file. It comes with an option of 4 different covers to choose from. Each page also comes in 2 different options for you to choose from; • border • full colour/color. There are 2 spellings of the 'colours/color' page to suit different spelling i.e American/UK etc. Contains 26 pages.

This is a great visual resource to support and encourage students when taking part in different activities throughout the day. It comes with a variety of different 'boards' for your preference on which to use as well as 68 symbols to accompany the resource. The boards included come in both b/w and col option. There is a contents page included so you are aware of what you are printing in the PDF document. Included are: First, Then board b/w Now, Next board b/w First, Next, Then board b/w Now, Next, Then board b/w First, Then, Last board b/w First, Then board col Now, Next board col First, Next, Then board col Now, Next, Then board col First, Then Last board col Visuals/Symbols I highly recommend cutting out and laminating the individual pieces so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. There are also brief instructions included on the first page of the PDF, however this is a quick and simple resource to put together that will work wonders with you and your students throughout the year. This resource comes with some choice symbols, if you feel there is something that you desperately need please feel free to contact me through the 'Ask a question' tab as a request and I will try my best to add it. Contains 16 pages.

This resource contains 7 different, short story, sequencing jigsaws. Students simply read the short story then use the information that they have read to figure out which order to place the image into the jigsaw. All the jigsaws comes in b/w option and col option for your preference. The stories are; ★ Today we are going to the water park. Mom says for us to put our stuff next to the palm tree so we can find it easier. First, I run to the giant octopus who shoots water out. Then, I go down the giant slide. Finally, before we go home, I have a shower. ★ We are having a water fight today, so I’ve filled a bucket with water bombs. First, I pick up a green water bomb, then throw it at my friend, it hits him and explodes on his chest. He throws an orange water bomb back at me, so I try to run away from it! ★ Today, we are going to the beach. When we arrive, I sit on the sand, playing with my baby brother, but then he starts to eat it! I can see my brother looking in the rock pools for different animals, I go over to see him, and he shows me a crab that he’s found! ★ We are going to the surf shop today! There are so many nice surf boards, but finally I choose an orange one. Once we are finished, the sun is still shining, so mom takes me down to the beach and I get to surf on my new board in the sea for a little while. ★ Today is my first day at Monster School, when we get into class, the teacher gives us all a pencil each, then tells us to sit at our desks and write our names on a piece of paper. Once we have finished writing, we get to ready some books. For snack time, I choose a red apple. ★ My new teacher walks into class, he wears square glasses and has yellow hair. He tells us that today, we have a lot of work to do. First, we are going to read a story, then we are going to do some writing. Finally, before home time, we get to do some typing on the computers. ★ Our teacher stands at the front of the class with a giant chalkboard. We lay on the floor, watching her draw pictures for the alphabet. Next, the teacher reads us a story, afterwards, we work in pairs to re-write the parts of the story we liked best.

This resource contains 6 different color/colour sorting worksheets that can be laminated and re-used as part of a binder pack or as worksheets for students to cut and stick. There are 6 cols included; red, green, yellow, purple, blue and orange. ★ The pages come in b/w and col option but the photos only come in col option. ★ A great way to see if students are able to recognise different col objects and sort them into the correct col. Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms - color/colour.