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 visual communication fan is a great way for your students to communicate with you where they are in pain. Many of our students struggle to explain where they feel pain - or where is hurting. This visual, symbol supported fan is going to help aide with the communication barriers - and get your student the help that they need.
There are a range of different body parts included on this fan, and you can put them together with a keyring and keep on you at all times. Visuals are very important to your autism and special education students. By having them portable, and on the go, it means that we can continue our communication outside of the classroom.
Body parts included are;
arm
head (boy)
head (girl)
ear
eye
finger
foot
knee
ankle
leg
lips
nose
shoulders
stomach
teeth
thumb
toe
tongue
hand
wrist
I highly recommend cutting out each of the individual fan pieces, laminating them then hole punching the bottom and attaching to a keyring so that they can be used to show students quickly and easily.
These initial letter task cards are a fun addition to your body unit to continue learning with your students. Your students will love learning about the different parts of their body, while also working on their initial letter and sounds skills.
Each task card contains a different body part with a word prompt underneath. But, the first letter of the word is missing! Students have to sound out the body part they see, work out the initial letter and choose it from a choice of 3 possibilities on the right hand side of the task card.
This is a fun and engaging way for your students to continue working on body part recognition skills in a hands-on way. To make this activity work on your students fine motor skills too - use clothing pegs for students to choose their answers.
These puzzles will be a great addition to your body unit and a fun way for your students to work on their initial letter recognition skills.
The task cards come in both col. and b/w option for your printing preference and there are a total of 20 different task cards included.
This pet adapted book is a great way for students to work on learning about different pets and being able to match the image symbol to the correct page and photograph of the pet. This adapted book will allow your students to learn more about the different pets that people keep at home with them.
This adapted book uses photos of different pets - and for this reason, comes in col. option only for printing. This is a great way to encourage students to pay close attention to detail and to become more familiar with sentence structure and symbols.
The pets included are;
• turtle
• rabbit
• cat
• chinchilla
• dog
• fish
• parrot
• snake
Instructions
• Cut out, laminate and bind each of the pages together to make this into a book.
• Cut out and laminate each of the individual symbols.
• Print and laminate the base board (last page in PDF file)
• Put velcro onto the blank boxes on the pages in the adapted book and onto the back of the symbols. Also put velcro onto the base board.
• Store symbols on the base board. When students work their way through the book they will choose the symbol that they need from the base board and then put it onto the page in the adapted book.
The vocabulary is suitable for American or British classrooms. (Color, Colour etc.)
This Martin Luther King Jr themed emergent reader book is a great way for students to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr in a simplified way. It also allows students to work on their reading, writing and fine motor skills.
The book comes in 1/2 page size meaning there are 2 pages per 1 actual page and would look great put together as mini book for your students to put together, so that they can read through to find out more about Martin’s life.
This resource is suitable for both spellings; colour/color etc.
The book comes in both b/w and col. option for your printing preference.
These space task cards are a fun way for your students to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills. Each task card contains a fine motor line for your students to follow along with 2 space themed images. These will be a great, hands on addition to your space unit.
There are 18 different task cards included in this pack, giving your students plenty of opportunities to work on their fine motor skills. The task cards come in both col. and b/w for your printing preference.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future.
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their fine motor and attention to detail skills during Spring. Students need to look at the the different puzzle pieces, paying close attention to detail, and match the jigsaw halves together. When the halves are put together, they will form a Spring themed image.
There are 20 different puzzles included in this pack and they will be a great addition to your Spring activities and centers.
Your students will love working on their fine motor and attention skills with these fun and engaging Spring themed puzzles. I recommend laminating all of the puzzle pieces included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
Print out the puzzle pieces.
Cut the puzzles in half and laminate them.
Lay them out for your students to piece the puzzle pieces together.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Your students will love working on their counting skills with these St Patrick’s Day task cards. These task cards are a fun and engaging addition to your St Patrick’s Day activities.
There are 3 different task cards included, they are;
What comes before? (Counting backwards)
What comes next? (Counting forwards)
What comes before and after? (Counting forwards and backwards)
These task cards are a hands-on way for your students to work on their important counting skills in math centers or at independent work stations. The task cards go from numbers 0-100 and all are counting forwards/backwards in 1s.
Each of the different task card types included are split into 3 different PDF folders, making it easy for you to keep the corresponding task cards together.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
These wh question task cards are perfect to add some Spring fun into your speech therapy sessions. There are 18 different spring 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.
These farm task cards are a fun way for your students to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills. Each task card contains a fine motor line for your students to follow along with 2 farm themed images. These will be a great, hands on addition to your farm unit.
There are 18 different task cards included in this pack, giving your students plenty of opportunities to work on their fine motor skills. The task cards come in both col. and b/w for your printing preference.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the task cards so that they will be stronger, longer lasting and re-usable in the future.
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their color recognition / color recognition and fine motor skills skills during the run up to St Patrick’s Day. Students need to match the same color pom poms to the leprechaun on the task card.
Your students will love finding the different color pom poms to the leprechauns. You can also use giant tweezers to pick up the pom poms to work on fine motor skills.
I recommend laminating all of the task cards included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
Instructions
Print out the task cards.
Cut and laminate the task cards.
Have the same color pom poms available for your students to match them to the correct color task card/leprechaun.
The colors included are;
Black
Blue (light)
Brown
Grey/Gray
Green
Orange
Pink
Purple
Blue (dark)
Red
White
Yellow
The task cards come in both spelling options i.e color/colour, grey/gray. These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together. You will need to have matching color pom poms to use this activity.
Your students will love working on their number and counting skills with these St Patrick’s Day missing number task cards. Each task card contains 3 gold coins, with 1 or 2 numbers missing. The numbers go from 0-100 and will encourage your students to count forwards/backwards and from different numbers - not just 0.
This is a great way to see if your students are able to carry their counting skills across into a different activity. This is a great resource to add to your St Patrick’s Day activities.
Instructions
• Print out each of the task cards.
• Cut out and laminate the individual task cards.
• Place these in your math center with a dry wipe pen and have your students write their answers down on each of the blank coins.
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 recognition skills and being able to match uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. 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 a St Patrick’s themed yeti holding a sign with either an uppercase or lowercase letter on it. Students then have to match the two pieces together to match the uppercase and lowercase letters.
Your students will love working on their letter recognition 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 watch your students work on their letter recognition skills, by matching the uppercase and lowercase letters together.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
Your students will love working on their pattern recognition skills with these hands-on and engaging St Patrick’s Day task cards. These task cards are the perfect addition to your math centers and St Patrick’s Day activities. Students will need to pay close attention to detail to each of the task cards, recognising the pattern and using the included images to finish off each of the patterns.
There are 2 different level task cards included in this pack for you to be able to differentiate for your individual students abilities. Level 1 contains patterns of 4, level 2 contains patterns of 5. There are a total of 24 different task cards included.
The task cards will each have spots missing. These are for students to fill in with the included pieces and continue the pattern.
Your students will love working on their pattern 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 all of the pages included.
Cut out and laminate each of the individual pattern task cards and the missing image pieces.
Lay the task cards out in your math centers and watch your students work on their pattern skills.
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 number formation, counting and ten frame skills. The task cards included are from numbers 0-10.
First, students form the number on the top of the task card. Then, they count out the amount of manipulative or mini erasers to place into the ten frame on the task card. Your students can also use dry-wipe pen for this.
The ten frames are all blank on these task cards. Meaning your students use a manipulative or dry wipe pen to fill in the ten frames for the same number that is shown on the task card.
I recommend cutting out and laminating each of the individual task cards so that they will be stronger and longer-lasting.
The task cards come in both col. and b/w option for your printing preference. Instructions are included on the first page of PDF file. 2 task cards come on each page to minimise your printing.
These task cards fit perfectly into photo storage boxes - making it easy for you to stay organised and keep all the pieces together.
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.
These hands-on task cards are a fun and engaging way for your students to work on their counting and number recognition skills. The task cards included are from numbers 0-10.
There are 3 different types of counting opportunities included on the task cards;
How many pieces of candy in the jar?
How many shamrocks in the field?
How many gold coins in the pot?
Your students will love working on their counting skills with these engaging and hands-on task cards. They are also the perfect addition to your St Patrick’s Day activities and math centers. There are 33 different task cards included in this pack, giving your students plenty of opportunity to work on their counting skills.
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 provide your students with a dry wipe pen or clothing peg for your students to choose their answer.
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.
This activity is a fun, interactive and engaging way for your students to work on their initial sound and letter skills while celebrating St Patrick’s Day. 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 20 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 St Patrick’s themed task cards. I recommend laminating all of the task cards included. This will make them stronger, longer lasting and reusable in the future.
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.
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.