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.
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.
This activity contains 12 different mystery puzzles in the theme of Food. The mystery puzzles are a great way for students to work on their number skills as well as paying close attention to detail, following instructions and colour / color recognition.
This resource is suitable for both spelling options of - colour and color.
Included are finished examples of how the puzzles should look when completed for you to have examples on hand as well as using as answer sheets for you to check students work.
At the bottom of each page are instructions for students to colour / color certain numbers in certain colours / colors. At the end of the activity students are able to write what they can see at the bottom of the page.
This resource contains 40 task cards related to the theme of UK money. These task cards are a great way for students to work on their money recognition skills.Please note that this resource only contains UK coins/money.
There are 4 task cards per page, I recommend cutting these out individually and laminating so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable throughout the School year.
This comes with instructions on the first page for you to be able to get the most out of this resource.
The task cards come in col and bw for your preference.
The task cards come in different ability levels enabling you to differentiate to individual abilities;
♦ individual coin recognition - choose correct answer from 3
♦ adding up 2 coins
♦ adding up 4 coins
♦ writing individual coin value
This activity includes bingo cards to help encourage students to keep learning about the different coins and their values. This resource contains UK / British coins.
The first page of this PDF is the instructions so you are able to get the most out of the activity when using in your classroom.
The whole thing comes as black and white for ink friendly printing.
There are 3 different sets of bingo card, each set comes in word or picture option.
The sets are;
♦ 1p - 10p
♦ 10p - 20p
♦ 1p - 20p
There are 5 different bingo cards per option.
This resource has been updated to include the new £1 coins released in 2017.
Included in this are also 3 different types of flashcards if you want to hold these up during the game;
♦ picture/coin with prompt
♦ picture/coin with no prompt
♦ word
These are optional and are only used if you want to use them.
There are also different picture/coin options to make up sets i.e
10p and 5p for 15p or 5p, 5p and 5p for 15p etc.
This resource contains a themed adapted work folder that targets a range of different skills for your students while following a fun construction / transport theme.
★ Over 30 activities included. ★
This resource also comes with 2 different types of recording sheets for you to use if you wish to track students results and progress over time.
This resource comes in both spelling options of colour and color.
The activities included in this folder are;
♦ Fine motor - draw in the lines
♦ Spelling your name
♦ Colour matching cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching colour cars to colour names in parking spaces
♦ Matching road signs
♦ Matching lowercase letter cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching uppercase letters cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching uppercase to lowercase letters cars to parking spaces
♦ Reading tools
♦ Spelling tools
♦ Matching 2D shapes cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching real life 2D shapes cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching 2D shapes to shape names cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching numbers 0-9 cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching numbers 0-20 cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching numbers 0-10 to number names cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching numbers 0-20 to number names cars to parking spaces
♦ Matching identical tools
♦ Matching identical vehicles
♦ Matching numbers to amount of vehicles cars to parking spaces
♦ Sorting vehicles vs tools
♦ Sorting color vehicles
♦ Wh- questions scene
♦ Spelling CVC word bricks
♦ Look and graph
♦ Sorting vehicles - land, sea and air
♦ Matching vehicle halves
♦ Matching vehicles to words
This resource includes task cards with ten frames 0 - 10. Students have to count how many leeks are in the ten frame and then select the correct answer out of 3 choices on the bottom of the task card.
Come in color/colour and black and white option.
Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file.
2 task cards come on each page.
I recommend cutting and laminating each task card individually, by laminating the task cards you will find they are stronger and longer lasting. This means you can use them year in, year out for your students, just pulling them out of the cupboard and you can wipe them clean after your students have finished with them!
Great for number/counting practice especially for St. David’s time
This resource is a fun and engaging activity that will have your students enjoying learning about their coins/money. Simply print out the individual 'flys' and flashcards, show the flashcard to the pupil(s) and give them a fly swatter and they have to swat the fly with the matching coin/price tag!
There are two different 'flys' included in this pack - ones with the image of a coin and ones with just a price tag i.e '2p' There are flashcards that come with just the price tag again and with the coin and price underneath it written.
I highly recommend cutting out and laminating each of the individual pieces so that they will be stronger and longer lasting. You will also need to purchase/find a fly swatter for students to use in this activity.
This activity is a great way to get students active, moving and having fun while learning about money. This resource only contains UK coins.
This resource is a fun and engaging activity for students to work on their coin recognition and sorting skills. All the coins included in this pack are UK coins.
There is one gum ball machine per coin i.e 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. Students simply sort real coins (or the printable coins included in this pack) into the correct gum ball machines.
The resource comes in b/w and col option for your preference.
This resource contains 24 pages of Father's Day activities as well as a 2 different covers - one Dad version and one Grandad version.
Comes in b/w option for ink friendly printing.
It's very low prep - print out what you need and then put together as a book either before or after the students have completed the worksheets.
This download comes in American (color) and British/Canadian (colour) spellings in two separate documents.
The activities included in this work book are:
♦ Color by Number / Colour by Number
♦ Labelling activity
♦ Sight Word Tracing; 5 words from Pre Primer
♦ Sight Word Tracing; 5 words from Primer
♦ Sight Word Tracing; 5 words from First
♦ Sight Word Tracing; 5 words from Second
♦ Sight Word Tracing; 5 words from Third
♦ Vocabulary spelling
♦ Ten Frame - Read and fill in
♦ Ten Frame - Count and write
♦ Roll and Trace
♦ 'Your Dad' - 4 things about your dad with picture included.
♦ 'Your Dad' - 4 things about your dad with space to draw.
♦ 'Your Grandad' - 4 things about your granddad with picture included.
♦ 'Your Grandad' - 4 things about your grandad with space to draw.
♦ Missing letters of the alphabet
♦ Interviewing your Dad
♦ Interviewing your Grandad
♦ Fine Motor Skills Practice
♦ Word search
♦ 'All about my Dad' - drawing space and questions to answer.
♦ 'All about my Grandad' - drawing space and questions to answer.
♦ Matching baby animals to parents
♦ Father's Day writing prompt - with space to draw.
As you can see there are so many activities included in this work book that will make your students absolutely love the lead up to Father's Day!
They will have so much fun working on these activities that they won't even realise they are learning!
This resource is a fun and engaging activity for students to work on their coin recognition and money making skills. Students simply read the price tag that is on the piggy bank and use real coins or coins provided in this pack to make up the amount that it says.
There are flashcards for price tags from £0.01 right up to £3. This resource is a great way to get students thinking and adding money.
I highly recommend cutting out and laminating each of the individual flashcards that you will be using, the coins (if you are using these instead of real coins) and a few copies of the pig (so that you have multiple copies so multiple pupils can work at one time if you want). This can be done as small group activities, a full class activity or even 1:1 work for working on money targets.
Comes in col and and b/w option for your preference.
This resource contains UK coins.
This Halloween themed color / colouring sorting activity is a great, and interactive way for students to work on their color sorting skills while continuing the theme of Halloween.
This resource contains 10 different colours for students to match the correct images / colors into.
The colours / colors included are:
♦ Blue
♦ Brown
♦ Grey / Gray
♦ Green
♦ Orange
♦ Pink
♦ Purple
♦ Red
♦ White
♦ Yellow
This resource comes with both spelling options of grey/gray.
There are 6 items to match for each card. I recommend laminating each of the individual parts so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable.
This download includes task cards with ten frames 0 - 10. Students have to count how many candles are in the ten frame and then select the correct answer out of 3 choices on the bottom of the task card.
Come in color/colour and black and white option.
All graphics are linked to the theme of Diwali.
Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file.
2 task cards come on each page.
I recommend cutting and laminating each task card individually, by laminating the task cards you will find they are stronger and longer lasting. This means you can use them year in, year out for your students, just pulling them out of the cupboard and you can wipe them clean after your students have finished with them!
Great for number/counting practice especially for the theme of Diwali.
This Christmas themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their math, number, counting, fine motor and problem solving skills. As well as all these skills, this activity will provide your students with the opportunity to look at images of Christmas and use these as a talking point.
The puzzles come in 3 different difficulty levels;
• Level 1 - 0-3
• Level 2 - 0-5
• Level 3 - 0-10
There is a range of ways that these can be used in your classroom such as;
• Print out the b/w puzzles, cut them up and hand them out to your students. Have your students put the puzzles together, sticking them onto a piece of paper/into their work book, then colour them in.
• Print out the puzzles, cut them up and laminate them. Use them as a center activity where your students have to look at the numbers on the bottom of each puzzle piece, put them into numerical order to make the puzzle.
• Print out two copies of each puzzle (one copy can be b/w), laminate one as a full puzzle (i recommend the b/w one) and then cut out the puzzle pieces on the other puzzle. Laminate the puzzle pieces. Have your students match the individual pieces onto the completed puzzle. This provides a lower ability option for students struggling.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
This Halloween themed bundle is packed full of different task card activities that target a variety of different skills for students to work on, while being quick to grab and hand out throughout the day, being re-usble each year and introducing the theme of Halloween into your learning environment.
There are a HUGE amount of different task cards included in this bundle which you and your students are sure to love. This pack also contains editable 'titles' to use in the front of storage boxes where you can write the activities that can be found in that storage box. I store these in photo keeper boxes, making them quick to grab out and go, then work my way through the different boxes so students get a chance at working on a variety of different activities.
You can use these cards as 1:1 work, group centre work or even as full class activities. Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This activity includes 20 different addition flashcards. All images and vocabulary are linked to the theme of Halloween.
This come with 2 levels of difficulty. Students can either use flashcards 1-10 or 1-20, depending upon which you think is most suitable to your students.
There are 2 different recording sheets to accommodate the 2 different levels. One uses 1-10 and one uses 1-20.
All flashcards are ready numbered. Each flashcard contains an addition sum with room for the students to write their answer underneath.
An answer key is provided on the bottom two pages of the recording sheet PDF file.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. This download includes two PDF documents - one for the flashcards and one for the recording sheets.
I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual flashcards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
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 addition to 10 and addition to 20 skills.
This pumpkin themed 2D shape task card activity is a great way for your students to work on their shape recognition skills, while introducing the theme of autumn/fall/halloween into your learning environment.
This activity includes 9 different task cards. Each task card contains an image of a pumpkin in a different 2D shape. Then, there are simple 2D shapes for you to cut out, which students match to the pumpkin task cards- or you can use real shapes that you have already, in your classroom.
Instructions are also included on first pages of each PDF document. I would highly recommend laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger, therefore longer lasting.
This is a great way to keep students motivated and engaged while working on their ten frame counting skills. Comes in both b/w and col option for your printing preference.
This frog themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. This resource can either be used as a simple colour matching activity where students have to match the same colour frog to the lily pad, or you can use the instruction task cards included. The instruction task cards contain a small instruction (with symbol support) for students to read/listen to and then follow. For example ‘put 3 blue frogs on the green lily pad.’ The task cards are a great way to see if your students are not only able to read the instruction, but to also take meaning and understanding from it and know what to do next.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
• Print out the lily pad pages and laminate them.
• Print out the frogs, cut them out individually and laminate them.
• Print out the task cards if using and laminate them.
• Students can then either match the colour frogs to the matching lily pad or use the instruction task cards to complete the activity.
This umbrella and rain drop themed activity is a great way for your students to work on their colour sorting / color sorting skills. Students have to find the rain drops (you can either have these out or hidden in a messy tray for them to find) and then match them to the same colour umbrella.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
Instructions
• Print out the umbrella pages and laminate them.
• Print out the raindrops, cut them out individually and laminate them.
• Students can then match the colour raindrops to the matching umbrella.
This download includes task cards with ten frames 0 - 10.
Students have to count how many stars are in the ten frame and then select the correct answer out of 3 choices on the bottom of the task card.
Come in color/colour or black and white option.
Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file. 2 task cards come on each page.
I recommend cutting and laminating each task card individually, by laminating the task cards you will find they are stronger and longer lasting. This means you can use them year in, year out for your students, just pulling them out of the cupboard and you can wipe them clean after your students have finished with them!
Great for number/counting practice especially for Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night.
This shark themed activity contains 12 different task cards where students have to match the shape that the shark is to the 2D shape underneath out of 2 choices.
This resource comes in both col and b/w option for your preference and comes at 2 task cards per page.
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.
This is a great addition to your shark week unit, as well as being a different way for students to work on their 2D shape skills.
2d shapes included are;
• circle
• square
• triangle
• trapezoid
• oval
• pentagon
• hexagon
• octagon
• rectangle
• diamond
• star
• heart