I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
I love to share activities, resources, classroom management, behavior management and, sensory ideas for autism and special education teachers and classrooms.
This resource contains 47 different task cards where students have to follow the instructions at the top of the task card to complete the action. Comes in 2 different types; find the food to feed the monkey and feed the food to a colour/color monkey. Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
These task cards are a fun way to have your students work on a variety of different skills such as; reading and following instructions, colour/color recognition, food recognition etc.
The best part about these task cards are that students can self-correct or change their answer without worrying about the answer they previously chose.
Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms - color/colour.
I see zoo animals, symbol book, sentence building, animal photographs
A great sentence building activity which comes complete with symbols.
17 animals included.
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 first page.
This book is real life photographs of zoo animals.
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 68 different task cards where students have to look at the times on the individual task cards and work out which image doesn't belong to the theme of the others.
This is a great way for students to work on their category sorting skills. I highly recommend cutting out each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting, as well as being re-usable through the year.
Great for time fillers, end of lessons, focussing periods or just general addition to lessons.
Comes with answer key for your quick reference.
This Summer themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Summer word searches and also a vocabulary poster that includes all the vocabulary used through all the word searches.
This resource includes;
♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 11 (8 words)
♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 6 (16 words)
♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Summer theme word searches
♦ Vocabulary poster with all the words from the word searches
♦ Answer keys
These worksheets come in b/w for ink friendly printing and are appropriate for all spelling types - UK/US etc. The worksheets require no prep, simply print and hand out. These are great time fillers, literacy centres, or even to be left on sub days. They provide a different way for students to pay close attention to detail and encourages the recognition of letters and vocabulary.
This resource contains 10 different 'Halloween' themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions.
Each scenery image comes with:
♦ non-verbal question/recording cards
♦ verbal question/recording cards
to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress.
The wh- questions are; who, what, where.
10 questions included for each scene = 90 questions in total.
A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques.
This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
This resource contains 7 different 'Autumn / Fall' themed scenery images accompanied with two different types of recording sheets/questions.
Each scenery image comes with:
♦ non-verbal question/recording cards
♦ verbal question/recording cards
to suit individual student needs. The question/recording cards also come with space to record two different dates to track student progress.
The wh- questions are; who, what, where.
10 questions included for each scene = 70 questions in total.
A great way to improve student understanding, attention to detail and question/answering techniques.
This resources comes in col option only - no b/w option.
This activity is great to take part with small or large groups. All themes are linked to the theme of Christmas. 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 Halloween bingo activity is great to take part with small or large groups. All themes are linked to the theme of Halloween. 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.
11 different boards in total - up to 11 players during one game.
I would recommend laminating each board individually for them to be stronger and longer lasting but this is personal choice.
These Halloween themed fact or opinion task cards are a great way to get your students thinking and working on fact/opinion statements while continuing the theme of Halloween.
Sorting facts from opinions can be a hard skill for many of our students to grasp, so by making it fun with this activity is a great way for us to encourage our students to work on these skills.
40 different task cards included.
The cards come in both col and b/w option for your preference.
This Christmas 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 2 different options of numbers 1-10 and 1-20 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 Christmas and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Christmas 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.
This Guy Fawkes 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 2 different options of numbers 1-10 and 1-20 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 Guy Fawkes and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your Bonfire Night 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.
These turkey themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red turkey” “yellow turkey” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “turkey is red” “turkey is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the turkey is red” “the turkey is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These fox themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red fox” “yellow fox” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “fox is red” “fox is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the fox is red” “the fox is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These seal themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red seal” “yellow seal” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “seal is red” “seal is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the seal is red” “the seal is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
These flamingo themed adapted books are a great way for students to work on their colour recognition / color recognition skills. These adapted books are also a great way for students to work on their vocabulary, language, recognition and sentence building skills.
There are 4 different level sentence building books included and all vocabulary/images are of different color dogs.
The levels included are;
♦ Level 1 - One box/symbol for students to fill in - “red” “yellow” “green” etc.
♦ Level 2 - Two boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “red flamingo” “yellow flamingo” etc
♦ Level 3 - Three boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “flamingo is red” “flamingo is yellow” etc.
♦ Level 4 - Four boxes/symbols for students to fill in - “the flamingo is red” “the flamingo is yellow” etc.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
These books are great to help students build up and work on their sentences. It encourages students to select the correct words(symbols) to match the picture they are looking at as well as being able to place them in the correct order to build an appropriate sentence.
Instructions
• Print out the level books that you want to use
• Levels 1 + 2 - cut the pages into half, laminate them, then put together as a book.
• Levels 3 + 4 - laminate the pages, then put together as a book.
• Cut out the symbols individually, then laminate.
• Put velcro onto the back of each of the symbols and onto the symbol boxes.
• The blank board on the last page of each pack is your symbol base board. Laminate this and add velcro. This is where students will store their symbols.
This Goldilocks adapted book is a great way for students to read through the story of Goldilocks and take part, in an interactive way, by finding the matching symbols for each part of the story. This is a great way to involve your students more in their reading, and also to get them working on their sentence recognition skills. This will in turn, help them work on their sentence building and language skills.
Comes in col and b/w option for your preference.
This is great for a Spec Ed or Autism Classroom / working with Spec Ed or students with Autism. It’s a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to deal, become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
This letter recognition game is a great way for your students to work on their letter skills in a fun and engaging way. Students have to look at the upper case letter on the frying pan and then find the matching lower case letter on an egg, putting the egg into the correct frying pan.
To make this activity extra fun, use a spatula for your students to pick up the eggs with and put them into the frying pan!
This includes an activity for every letter of the alphabet and there are a number of ways that this can be used in your learning environment;
• 1:1 work stations
• Group work centers
• Literacy stations
• Hide the ‘eggs’ in a sensory train for students to dig out and match to the clouds
This activity will also provide a great language activity, encouraging students to sound out the letters. You can also use this to encourage them to think of words that start with this letter.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the pieces individually to make them stronger and prolong the use of them. These are an excellent addition to your classroom to see if students are able to recognise and match their upper and lower case letters.
This I Have, Who Has Game, is a fun way for students to work on so many different skills, while continuously learning about the different Community Helpers. There are 37 different community helpers included in this pack, which come in both col and b/w option for your printing preferences. The cards come in random order to ensure that students are constantly paying attention and engaged in the activity.
Community Helpers included are:
♦ Judge
♦ Fisherman
♦ Air Hostess
♦ Farmer
♦ Cleaner
♦ Crossing Guard
♦ Dentist
♦ Garbage Collector
♦ Detective
♦ Forest Ranger
♦ Hairdresser
♦ Businesswoman
♦ Construction Work
♦ Firefighter
♦ Lifeguard
♦ Mechanic
♦ Plumber
♦ Bell Boy
♦ Doctor
♦ Nurse
♦ Chef
♦ Pilot
♦ News Reporter
♦ Mailman
♦ Oil Worker
♦ Astronaut
♦ Policeman
♦ Soldier
♦ Businessman
♦ Ski Guide
♦ Teacher
♦ Policewoman
♦ Vet
♦ Zookeeper
♦ Waiter
♦ Tour Guide
♦ Waitress
Instructions
• Print out each of the pages included
• Cut out and laminate each of the individual cards so that they will be stronger and longer lasting.
• Hand out the cards to each of your students - you can have up to 38 players. If you have less players than this, some students can have more than 1 card (or staff members can get included).
• Start with the ‘start here’ card and then have your students read out their cards. EG) I have the first card, who has a judge?" the next student who has the judge card will respond with “I have a judge, who has a fisherman?” etc. and this carries on throughout the whole game.
This game is going to be lots of fun for your students to get involved with while working on their community helpers skills.
Appropriate for American and British/Canadian etc. classrooms.
Transform your cvc word centers with this fun and engaging cvc spelling activity. Your students will love working on their spelling skills with this hands-on St Patrick’s themed activity. Students use the matching gold coin letters to spell out the cvc words shown on the pot of gold.
The resource comes with one ‘main page’ which I recommend laminating. This page is your base. You simply put the cvc image/word on top of the empty pot of gold on the page. Learners look at the image and use the gold coin letters to spell the word.
This is a great hands on resource for your students to work on their spelling skills. It also helps bring to some St Patrick’s fun into your learning environment.
This resource comes in 2 difficult levels.
Level 1 - the cvc images have a word prompt
Level 2 - the cvc images do not have a word prompt
The CVC words included;
• car
• cat
• dam
• ham
• pan
• wag
• bed
• den
• hen
• net
• pen
• wet
• dig
• fin
• hit
• lid
• pig
• pit
• dog
• fox
• hop
• log
• mop
• top
• bun
• cub
• gum
• hut
• mud
• sun