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St Patrick's Day Fine Motor Skill Task Cards
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St Patrick's Day Fine Motor Skill Task Cards

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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.
Counting Task Cards, St Patrick's Day
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Counting Task Cards, St Patrick's Day

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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.
Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day
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Colour Matching, St Patrick's Day

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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. ** 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.
Spring Initial Letter Task Cards
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Spring Initial Letter Task Cards

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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. ** 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.
St Patrick's Day Initial Letter Task Cards
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St Patrick's Day Initial Letter Task Cards

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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.
Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day
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Letter Formation, St Patrick's Day

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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.
Autism Independent Work Tasks for March
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Autism Independent Work Tasks for March

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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.
Presidents Day Write the Room American Presidents
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Presidents Day Write the Room American Presidents

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Make Presidents Day fun and engaging with this write the room activity. Get your students moving and hunting for the different American Presidents cards. This is a great addition to your Presidents Day activities, as well as giving your students the chance to work on their reading and writing skills and learning about different American Presidents. 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 American Presidents and all images can be seen in the preview of this resource. This will be an excellent addition to your American Presidents 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.
2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day
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2D Shape Recognition, St Patrick's Day

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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.
Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day
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Missing Words in a Sentence, St Patrick's Day

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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.
Halloween Fine Motor Skills Task Cards
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Halloween Fine Motor Skills Task Cards

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These Halloween fine motor skill task cards are a great way for students to work on their pre handwriting skills while continuing the theme of Halloween. This pack includes 38 different task cards. Each task card includes one type of fine motor/pre handwriting skill and a Halloween image. Each page comes with 4 task cards on, I recommend printing them out and cutting them individually. Laminate them to prolong the use of them - you will be able to use them over and over. These are great to help students improve their handwriting/fine motor skills/pen control. Set them up ready then store them away, ready to pull out whenever you need them. These are great time fillers or extras for your literacy centres.
Halloween: Spelling and Handwriting Task Cards
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Halloween: Spelling and Handwriting Task Cards

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This resource is a great way for your students to work on their spelling and handwriting skills, plus it's linked to the theme of Halloween. Each page comes with two task cards on it with the same image/vocabulary. One task card is for spelling or handwriting - it comes with a prompt above so students can either use the included letters to match them or they can write in the boxes underneath to work on their handwriting skills. The second task card on the page is for students to work on their handwriting by having a prompt underneath, this is where students will overwrite the word. The task cards come in b/w and col option for your preference. ♦ Task Card 1: Students have a picture, prompt and then cut out letters to match to the words or use the prompt above to work on their handwriting in the boxes below. ♦ Task Card 2: Students over write the Halloween word. This activity does require you to do a bit of cutting and laminating but it is well worth it and will be long-lasting and beneficial to your pupils. Cut out the task cards and laminate them as your 'base'. Then cut out the individual letters and laminate these. I recommend laminating as they will last longer but if you want to use as a cut/paste activity with your students these will also be great.
Diwali Ten Frame Task Cards
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Diwali Ten Frame Task Cards

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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.
Christmas Number Puzzles, Counting to 10
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Christmas Number Puzzles, Counting to 10

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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.
Halloween Task Card Activity Bundle
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Halloween Task Card Activity Bundle

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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.
Halloween Addition Task Cards
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Halloween Addition Task Cards

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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.
Guy Fawkes Flashcard Story, Bonfire Night
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Guy Fawkes Flashcard Story, Bonfire Night

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This download includes a 12 page mini story book of the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot. Each mini page, is half an actual page size, meaning you cut each page in half. I recommend laminating each page individually and then binding together to make a book - it'll also make it stronger and longer lasting for you. It has been simplified into a short story, with bright, eye-catching graphics. This download comes in colour/color or black and white option. Perfect for a special needs/autistic class or pre-k/k.
Halloween Activities - Candy Corn Game Initial Letter
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Halloween Activities - Candy Corn Game Initial Letter

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This resource is great for practising alphabet and initial letter recognition skills and is perfect to keep it linked to the theme of Halloween. There are two candy corn puzzles per page and a puzzle for each letter of the alphabet. It comes in col and b/w option for your preference. Cut out each piece of the candy corn, laminate and spread out across the floor, get your students to match the pieces together to build letter/pic candy corns! Students have to match Upper Case, Lower Case and a picture.
Halloween Word Puzzle Activities
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Halloween Word Puzzle Activities

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This resource contains 17 different Halloween word puzzles. Each word puzzle is to be cut into individual strips so that students have to figure out the puzzles to make vocabulary linked to the theme of Halloween. Each puzzle contains contains an image and the matching word. This is a great activity to tie into your Halloween unit, students will love working on their spelling with this fun activity, plus it comes in b/w for ink friendly printing!
Diwali Word Search Activity
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Diwali Word Search Activity

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This Diwali themed word search pack contains 2 different levels of word search worksheets, blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Diwali word searches and also vocabulary posters that include all the vocabulary used through all the word searches. This resource includes; ♦ Level 1 word search worksheets x 8 (8 words) ♦ Level 2 word search worksheets x 4 (16 words) ♦ Level 1 and Level 2 blank word search worksheets for students to make their own Diwali theme word searches ♦ Vocabulary posters 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.