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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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 social story is a great read for students who may need some support with brushing their teeth. A lot of children struggle with brushing their teeth, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they are brushing their teeth. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your students to brush their teeth, 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;
♦ It is important to keep my teeth clean.
♦ I should brush my teeth in the morning.
♦ And I should brush my teeth in the night.
♦ Brushing my teeth helps to keep my mouth fresh and clean.
♦ When my teeth are dirty, I heed to brush them.
♦ First, I get my toothbrush.
♦ Next, I wet my toothbrush.
♦ Then, I get my toothpaste.
♦ I carefully put my toothpaste on my toothbrush.
♦ Then I use my toothbrush to brush all my teeth.
♦ I have to be very careful and clean them properly or I’ll get bad teeth!
♦ I can use floss to make my teeth extra clean!
♦ Once I’ve finished, I rinse my toothbrush under the tap.
♦ Look how clean my teeth are!
♦ The dentist will be very happy with my teeth!
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 is a huge classroom decor pack that will transform your setting into a beautiful bumble bee theme. This pack contains almost everything you could think of to set up your classroom into your bee theme, however if you think something extra should be included, please feel free to contact me.
Most parts of this resource are editable, however there are a few that are not. If the part isn't editable, it will state so below in the list of what is included.
Editable parts of this resource come in keynote and powerpoint formats. Non-editable parts come as PDF files. There are also a variety of different backgrounds included for your preference.
For a more in-depth look at what the pages included look like, please click the preview option underneath the cover image of this resource to scroll through and get more a clear idea of what is included.
This classroom decor pack includes the following:
♦ Alphabet Posters non-editable PDF
♦ Binder Covers and Spines
♦ Birthdays Posters
♦ Book Marks
♦ Calendar Squares
♦ Circle Labels
- bags, clipboards, pencils, crayons, erasers, glue, glue sticks, lined paper, markers, note books, paintbrushes, paperclips, pens, pins, rulers, scissors, sharpeners, staplers, tape, pencils
♦ Class Jobs
- caboose, calendar helper, cleaner, door monitor, librarian, line leader, lunch monitor, messenger, pencil monitor, table wiper, teachers assistant, technician, attendance monitor, bathroom monitor, board cleaner, chair stacker, litter monitor, paper monitor, plant monitor, pledge leader, recycling monitor, substitute, sweeper, weather reporter, computer helper, first aid helper, sanitizer monitor, homework monitor, journal helper, vest helper, mat helper, messages helper, pet helper, bell ringer, sink helper, snack helper.
♦ Days of the Week
♦ Folder Labels
♦ Groups and Leaders
♦ Hall Passes
- girls bathroom pass, boys bathroom pass, nurses pass, hall pass.
♦ Long Labels
- same as above labels
♦ Lower Case Bunting non-editable PDF
♦ Monthly Calendar
♦ Months of the Year
♦ Name Plates
- Comes with alphabet - including highlighted vowels, left/right reminders and number line to 20. Also comes with handwriting lines - students can either handwrite their names onto the name tags or you can add them on ready to print.
♦ Name Plates
- Blank space for you to add text/image as you wish.
♦ Newsletters
- Comes with and without monthly toppers.
♦ Number Bunting non-editable PDF
- 0-50
♦ Number Posters non-editable PDF
- Posters with number, number name and matching ten frame. 0-20.
♦ Rectangle Labels
- same as above labels
♦ Reward Coupons
- sit with a friend, use any pen, no homework, bring a toy to sc
This social story is a great read for students who may need some support with going to the Doctor. A lot of children struggle with going to the Doctor, it may cause them anxiety and they may not even understand why they are going there or what to expect - mostly worried about pain. Hopefully, this social story will help encourage your child(ren)/students to go their to the Doctor, 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;
♦ This is a Doctor. Doctors help people who are sick.
♦ I have to go to the Doctors surgery to see the Doctor.
♦ I give the reception my name.
♦ I may have to wait in the waiting room.
♦ When my name is called, I will go into the Doctor’s room.
♦ I may have to stand on scales to have my weight checked.
♦ I may stand by a tall ruler to measure how tall I am.
♦ I may have my blood pressure taken through a strap on my arm.
♦ I may have to have a shot, this may hurt a little bit but it’s quick!
♦ The Doctor will ask how I am feeling.
♦ If I don’t feel well, I can tell the Doctor or show the Doctor.
♦ The Doctor will use special equipment to look in my ears.
♦ The Doctor will look in my throat and use an object to push down my tongue.
♦ The Doctor may use a stethoscope to listen to my heartbeat.
♦ The Doctor can use the stethoscope to listen to my lungs too. I have to do some deep breaths.
♦ If I am hurting anywhere the Doctor will check there too.
♦ The Doctor may check my eyes with a test.
♦ I may have my hearing checked too.
♦ When I am finished, I can say goodbye!
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 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