SCISSOR AND TRACING TASK CARDS for early learners There are a total of 52 scissor and tracing cards as well as 6 blank cards for student to create their own tracing and scissor lines should they wish. There is a variety of foundational shapes and formations ranging from straight to curved lines and everything in between needed for your child or students to develop pre-writing and skills. These are bright, colourful and engaging cards which are great for early learners to develop and strengthen their fine motor skills. LAMINATE THESE TASK CARDS TO USE OVER AND OVER!

This Mini-Lesson utilizes a reflective framework to explore anger. Throughout this mini-lesson students will be requested to reflect on the following topics: What is anger? Difference between anger and aggression Consequences of behaviour Anger Awareness – Exploring Triggers Presentation of Anger including clues and warning signs Thoughts, feelings, - behaviours and physical presentations Costs and Benefits of Anger This is a great resource for students who need to explore and address their anger!

This is a great way to introduce the concepts of “bucket filling” for the beginning of the year or reminders of self-care and positive and empowering learning environments. There are a total of 60 cards which includes a particular behaviour and on each card the student is asked to reflect on the situation and choose whether it is a Bucket Filler or a Bucket Dipper. The student may require some reflective questioning should they need prompting as to how and why a behaviour may be a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. These cards are created to facilitate conversation, discussion and insight. This resource includes 60 cards which has a narrative of what is happening in the situation, as well as 60 cards without the narrative to encourage the student to really reflect on the situation. Let’s all be bucket fillers!

Sensory-Based Leisure Activities handout are activities that children enjoy, find relaxing and/or stimulating which are associated with the following senses: Touch Smell Hear Sight Movement These activities can be implemented at home and/or in the classroom environment and are categorised within the various senses domains. This document also includes information regarding what is an object of reference and how these can be utilized for skill development and communication. This document also explains cues that can support your child’s understanding (ie: auditory cues, gesture cues, olfactory cues, routine cues, tactual cues, visual cues). To supplement these activities a communication dictionary template (blank and editable) has been included for individualised responses.

This resource is great for preschoolers, kindergarten, children with autism and special needs. Learning to be able to isolate, distinguish and learn categories are vital for language development and executive functioning. This set includes 84 visual cards which students are encouraged to differentiate between the five various food groups. Meat and Protein Vegetables and Fruits Junk Food Dairy Breads and Grains Simply cut out the visual cards and food group categorizing buckets and away you go! There is a lot of versatility in utilizing this activity so you are only limited by your imagination. This activity can be completed individually, in small or whole group settings. Please check out some of our BEST SELLERS! Remember – Please follow our STORE! Thank you!

So often I hear teachers, parents and therapists ask about where and how to start teaching children how to write. We are often questioning how to fix poor letter formation habits and how to address pencil grasp issues. This is a 26 page document which highlights the key aspects to consider when teaching a child to handwrite. For example, how to hold a pencil/pen, seating position, techniques and strategies to initiate handwriting and build upon the current skills. This document also highlights various iPad applications to support the find motor skills and handwriting development. This is a great easy instructional document which includes numerous material and can be used by other Occupational Therpists, Speech Therapists, Teachers, Allied Health Professionals and Parents! Give your child the best start in life :)

This project is a creative and beautiful way to acknowledge and encourage a kindness mindset within a school or education setting. It is encouraging for the school community to see the tree grow as kindness and good deeds continue to be added to the tree over tree. This helps to foster a positive, encouraging, constructive environment to help build growth mindset, personal character and reduce bullying. This is a great initiative for a whole class or entire school approach to bring about systemic change. This resource includes: What is a Kindness Tree? Plant a Seed of Kindness Poster Kindness Quotes Kindness Pledge Ways you can show Kindness My Kindness Checklist for Students Create your own Kindness Tree templates (tree, leaves, hands, apples, hearts and additional decorations) Extra Notes page

Fine motor skills are achieved when children learn to use their smaller muscles, like muscles in the hands, fingers, and wrists. Children use their fine motor skills when writing, holding small items, buttoning clothing, turning pages, eating, cutting with scissors, and using computer keyboards. This Activity-A-Day Calendar is for a two week period which is great for school holidays or an intense short term intervention. This program is aimed at supporting sensory modulation and integration, specifically utilizing tactile stimulating activities. How does it work? Simply print out the calendars and put them on the fridge. Each day includes various fun activities that can be completed with your child. It literally is as simple as that! Therapy made fun and easy!

These worksheets includes 10 Comprehension and Reflection Worksheets to help further your students understanding of key life skills about personal safety. Each page includes a mini-informative narrative about a safety situation. On each page there are three comprehension and reflective questions to help support the student to reflect on the risks, explore decision making, consequences and gain insight into the situation. Each worksheet explores a different scenario where the following safety themes are explored. They include: 1.Safety around appliances 2.Fire safety 3.Safety with medicines 4.Pool safety 5.Keeping secrets – (i.e. - don’t keep secrets) 6.Wearing helmets 7.Water safety 8.Road safety 9.If you get lost, stay where you are! 10.Do not share personal information online Each page can be used as a stand-alone worksheet or as a companion and supplement to your lesson.

This project is a great way for students to learn about their family heritage and gain a better sense of where they came from. Students are encouraged to create their own family tree and conduct their own research of their family. This resource includes templates, worksheets and all of the resources that is needed to create their own family tree. An example family tree and questions has been included to support children’s understanding of family trees and how different family members relate to each other. This resource includes: What is a family and a family tree? Family Quote Poster Definitions: Heritage, Ancestry, Tradition Exploring Family Trees (hypothetical family tree and questions) Exploring Your Own Family My Family Tree Template My Family Interview Questions Other Questions (you might want to ask family) Create your own Family Tree Templates (tree, leaves, labels, blank templates, family member visuals)

Many today suffer with a damaged sense of self. Some individuals have such profound self-esteem deficits that they have internalized the belief that they are bad and that their future is hopeless. The goal of enhancing self-esteem for these students is not an easy one, but it is an important component of any successful treatment program. This workbook has been developed to help students to develop the tools to help individuals focus on their strengths and abilities, promote feelings of self-worth, encourage a more optimistic attitude and install a hope for their future. This 38 page workbook addresses important issues that are relevant in relation to increasing self-esteem, understanding feelings, bullying and anger management. This workbook is designed so that the child has an opportunity to reflect on who they are, including to gain further insights into self-esteem, feelings, bullying and anger management. Some activities are also whole-class activities to encourage self-esteem and empowerment, encouraging all children to isolate and express the things that they like and admire in the others in a very fun way.

These cards are a fun way for teenagers to self reflect on the more deeper and meaningful aspects to life from thoughts, feelings, self-care, emotions, friendships, relationships, goals, priorities. They can be powerful and support the student to explore more than just the skin deep conversations that are generally generated. If you are looking for shallow conversation starters…than these are not for you! This is a set of 52 cards and their implementation is as versatile as your imagination. They can be utilized individually, pairs, group or even as a whole class approach. My students love them! They express that these help them to really think about who they are, what they want and what is important to and for them. These cards help develop a growth mindset mentality as opposed to a fixed mindset. They also support students so develop understanding, empathy and compassion for themselves and others.

This File Folder is a great concrete way for students to explore Helpful and Unhelpful Coping Skills. Students are encouraged to match and sort the various Coping Skills and reflect on whether they are Helpful or Unhelpful. This resource is versatile and can be used as a quick reference guide, a sort and match activity lesson, within individual or small group sessions or even as a supplement to your SEL lessons! Laminate and glue this resource to a file folder for repeated use and longevity. You will need scissors, glue and a file folder. Alternatively, you can assemble this resource using hook and look adhesive dots. Simply apply these to the page templates of Helpful and Unhelpful Coping Skills and use the sorting cards to encourage students to differentiate and reflect on the various skills. This resource includes the following: About this Resource Reflection time Title Pages for the File Folder Answer Keys Sorting Templates Coping Skill Cards in Colour Black and White Coping Skill Cards for Colouring Version Create your own Choices Template Back Cover Option – “I have Helpful Coping Skills” poster and Colouring page.

This comprehensive resource explores: What is Stress and Anxiety? Types of Normal Stress and High Stress Situations Individual Triggers Physical Symptoms of Anxiety Reflective Activities and Worksheets What is a Worry Monster? Everything you need to build your own “Worry Monster” This intervention helps students personify and project their worries onto their own monster that they create with the therapeutic aim to reflect and gain insight. Although this isn’t a directive/skills-based intervention, this mini-lesson has been successful at supporting students who experience stress and anxiety. This intervention helps to create a sense of personal awareness and insight into their own states of stress and anxiety. The Worry Monster can also act as an outlet so that the Worry Monster can hold onto the stress and anxiety, helping to compartmentalize the stress and anxiety so that the student doesn’t have to. This therapeutic intervention requires the therapist to be very curious and unconditionally accepting of the Worry Monster that the student creates and imagines. Remember the vital role of empathy and at the end of the intervention thank the student for sharing what they would look like as a monster to support integration.

This is a fun, engaging, creative and non-threatening intervention which is great for students to explore emotional regulation, anger management, reflective practice and self care. What to do? 1.Encourage students to explore each of the 24 realistic scenarios on each page and reflect on how that scenario would make them feel. This also encourages empathy, compassion and consideration into the feelings and actions of others as they resonate with each scenario. 2.The next step is for the students to explore the “Self-Care Ingredients” list and tick what self-care strategy they could employ and use for that particular scenario. This helps students to reflect, explore and gain insight into their own feelings and behaviours. 3.Students then put those ingredients into the “blender” which is located on each page to cement the lesson. There are 24 visuals for already developed self-care strategies which students can utilize. There are an addition 12 blank visual cards for students to explore some of their own individual and unique self-care strategies that work for them. 4.Lastly, students can create a name for that particular self-care smoothie. This heightens the learning outcomes and students become more likely to explore and employ these self-care strategies within their everyday life. NOTE – There is a COMPLETED example page so students can see this resource in action!

9 Pages worth of key tips and strategies to reduce the intensity of challenging behaviours and prevent the behaviours from escalating. This is a great resource for teachers, clinicians, therapists and allied health staff in developing Behaviour Support Plans and/or other plans to support the reduction of challenging behaviour. Document includes key strategies for how to respond to challenging behaviours. This package includes information around: What are reactive strategies (including information about antecedent control) How to reduce risks (personal risks, environmental factors and individual risks) Personal space and body posture considerations Interactional guidelines (before and during behaviours) How to neutralise the situation Meeting needs or refocusing their attention Key Points to remember… Great for teachers and parents!

Creative Intervention to support anxious children to let go of their worries with the help of their worry tree. This project is a creative way for children to identify and acknowledge their anxieties. Sometimes we all carry around worries. They might be about school, home, friendships or even changes in our life. This activity encourages children to think about their worries and put them on their own worry tree. They can write down all of their worries and put them on the tree so that they don’t need to carry these worries around with them anymore. When the worries have been placed on the tree, it opens up discussion around strategies and ways that they can cope with that worry. This resource includes: What is a Worry Tree My Worries (What do I want to talk about) worksheet When I feel Worried Brainstorm Coping Skills Poster Rainbow Breathing Breathing & Concentration Exercise Mindful Senses Create your own Worry Tree Template (tree, leaves, butterflies, birds) Extra Notes Page WHAT TO DO If you have a worry all you have to do is to write your worry on a leaf. Use some glue and glue your worry on the tree. Your tree will keep it safe until you have explored your worry with someone and thought of some coping strategies. As time goes by, you can use the butterflies and birds to take the worries away!

This resource is great for preschoolers, kindergarten, children with autism and special needs. Learning to be able to isolate, distinguish and learn categories are vital for language development and executive functioning. Simply cut out the visual cards and categorising buckets and away you go! There is a lot of versatility in utilizing this activity so you are only limited by your imagination. Should using the whole set be overwhelming, you can start off small by starting with only a couple of categories and then work on building more categories into the activity over time. This activity can be completed individually, in small or whole group settings. There are over 84 visuals included which can be categories into various categories including: body parts school family food weather chores animals community helpers shapes home and much more… "I have used this resource multiple times both as a Speech Therapist and Special Needs Teacher and it has been invaluable in supporting language development, sentence building and learning fundamentals including category building. Highly recommend. This resource will be in my toolbox for years to come!" Please check out some of our BEST SELLERS! Remember – Please follow our STORE! Thank you!

Creative Intervention to support anxious children to let go of their worries with the help of their worry tree. This project is a creative way for children to identify and acknowledge their anxieties. Sometimes we all carry around worries. They might be about school, home, friendships or even changes in our life. This activity encourages children to think about their worries and put them on their own worry tree. They can write down all of their worries and put them on the tree so that they don’t need to carry these worries around with them anymore. When the worries have been placed on the tree, it opens up discussion around strategies and ways that they can cope with that worry. This resource includes: What is a Worry Tree My Worries (What do I want to talk about) worksheet When I feel Worried Brainstorm Coping Skills Poster Rainbow Breathing Breathing & Concentration Exercise Mindful Senses Create your own Worry Tree Template (tree, leaves, butterflies, birds) Extra Notes Page WHAT TO DO If you have a worry all you have to do is to write your worry on a leaf. Use some glue and glue your worry on the tree. Your tree will keep it safe until you have explored your worry with someone and thought of some coping strategies. As time goes by, you can use the butterflies and birds to take the worries away!

This managing my emotions hands-on and fun mini-lesson helps students to develop emotional literacy by learning to identify their emotions, isolate why they feel that way and learn healthy and constructive ways to manage them. This mini-lesson includes the following: POSTERS -Emotions Wheel - Coloured Visual Clipart Poster -Emotions Wheel - Coloured Written Word Poster -Emotions Wheel - Black and White Colouring Page EMOTIONS WHEEL OVERLAY -Template to create your own Emotions Wheel -Photo Example of completed wheel WORKSHEETS -Worksheets to support students to become more aware of their own emotions, potential triggers as well as building emotional literacy. COPING SKILLS -Exploring uncomfortable emotions -Coping Skills Poster -Create your own Coping Skills Poster