I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
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I teach young people with social communication difficulties, including autism.
I have worked in both primary and secondary mainstream ARCs and also specialist provision and I love my job!
I am slowly uploading resources that have worked well so check back every now and again.
If there are any resources or activities that you would like to see in my shop, feel free to message me. I love making resources!
A sheet for learners to state what they have done on their summer holidays. They could either write or use the images provided.
1 main sheet and 2 sheets of images with ideas. I have tried to make it inclusive and mindful that not everyone jets off abroad or has days out so have included things like McDonalds, walks, mobile phone, family pets, park.
**File 1: 2 Christmas themed worksheets. **
A) Children to look at the picture and identify if the character is left or right of the Christmas tree.
B) Children to look at the picture and identify if the character is in front or behind the Christmas tree.
File 2: 2 Christmas themed worksheets.
Cut and stick the Christmas characters, following instructions to place them left or right. There are 2 different worksheets, the 2nd has simpler language and the key word is highlighted. I also accidentally forgot to delete the first page which is a duplicate from File 1.
A selection of Little Red Riding Hood activities I used in literacy with my ASD class.
There is quite a lot here, all at quite a simple level - my learners were all at P Level to Reception / early Y1.
The activities are also suitable for mainstream children working at the above level, or older learners with SEN.
Resources used with my specialist ASD class while we were learning about St George (British Isles topic).
George and the Dragon Vocab - 6 A4 pages with varied activities focusing on the vocabulary of the story.
Pages 1 and 2 - ‘Key word bingo’ we were prelearning / reinforcing the words in the story. I stuck one of the ‘Key word bingo’ sheets in each of the children’s books.
Page 3 - these were the words in the bingo (calling cards). I cut these up and kept them in a basket. We ended our English lessons that week with a game of key word bingo using the strip stuck in their book. We just used counters as markers so we could replay. For more able pupils, if they had a picture I would ask them what the work meant or ask them to put it into a sentence. For less able pupils, I would repeat the word and give an explanation to reinforce understanding.
Page 4 - activity for a child with limited ability to read or write, instructions included on the page.
Page 5 - pictures of key words - learners to write a sentence using the key word.
Page 6 - missing word activity with visual cues.
George and the Dragon Vocab list - 1 A4 page containing vocab list (2 per page)
2 CVC activities I have used in my mixed age autism / social communication ARC. These would also be suitable for mainstream learners.
CVC words- word shape:10 A4 sheets, with 6 CVC cards on each page. Each card has a picture of the CVC word and, underneath, the shape of the letters that make up the word. I laminated these and used them in a variety of ways but they could also be used as worksheets.
CVC Write the Room - my class love these! I chop up the numbered cards and blue tac them around the classroom. The class go around with a clip board and the answer sheet (included). I usually do 2 different write the rooms at the same time so more able children do a different version. There are 12 numbered cards to complete and an answer sheet. These too have the word shape underneath to act as a visual cue. 4 A4 sheets in total.
Most of my learners have ADHD as well as their autism so moving around the classroom allowed for physical movement and was more engaging.
The words are: rat, wet, hot, cup, cap, jam, bed, car, net, lid, saw, bus.
Resources used in my ASD specialist provision class last year, this was a mixed age and ability class who found positional language very difficult to master, even with lots of practical lessons! The pictures used are coloured teddies as we had teddy counters in class. I’ve chosen the colours to match the counter colours so we could use physical teddies for children who needed a more concrete experience.
Teddy before / after - 3 A4 sheets. Two of these sheets have a line of teddies at the top, with an arrow to show the direction that they have lined up in. Children need to answer ‘before’ questions (e.g. ‘who is before orange teddy?’) As most of the children had limited literacy skills, I included a strip of teddies at the bottom of the sheet so they could cut and stick instead. This allowed for more independence.
The 3rd sheet was an extension for my more able children. Children had to use ‘before’ or ‘after’ correctly in sentences about the teddies.
Position Teddy - 5 A4 sheets.
Sheet 1: 3 lines of coloured teddies
Sheet 2: simple tables
Children are given one of the 3 teddy strips which they use to complete the table on sheet 2.
Sheet 3: black and white teddy strips to colour
Sheet 4 and 5: directions strips
Children are given a black and white strip and a sheet of directions (e.g. ‘Red teddy is 1st’ so the child colours the first teddy in their strip red)
I chopped and laminated these where appropriate (the teddy strips and instructions) so they were reuseable. They can also be left as they are and glued into books.
Together with some practical work, these activities covered maths lessons for over a week. If laminated, they are also good to come back to as one off refreshers, or for 1:1 or intervention work.
A hotchpotch of various resources I used with my ASD specialist provision class during a recent Under the Sea topic. My class were mixed ages and varied widely in ability (P4 to approx Y1/Y2 ability) so the resources reflect this. These resources are suitable for any age group who are working at this level, and also suitable for mainstream.
There are 10 files included:
L is for lighthouse - simple level, tracing ‘l’ and colouring items that start with ‘l’
S is for starfish - as above but ‘s’
Sea Creatures - match photo to image (simple reasoning / develop generalising)
Lighthouse Facts - 2 A4 worksheets for basic lighthouse facts. 1 page is words only, 2nd sheet is supported by symbols.
Lighthouse Factsheet - very similar to above but slightly prettier - used in a previous year with a group who were more able and could manage with more visual distraction.
Lighthouse intro - basic powerpoint
Draw and label a lighthouse - simple A4 sheet
Starfish ‘eat’ or ‘live’ sorting sheet
Starfish fact sheet - A4 sheet for learners to complete
Under the sea describing words - topic related pictures, learners needed to find a describing word for each picture (e.g. ______ boat ) 2 copies per A4 page
I used these as a TEACCH workstation task in my autism classroom to support my learners reading skills and comprehension, together with their reasoning skills. Cards include topics such as facts, pronouns and prepositions.
Learners identify yes or no by attaching a clothes peg to the correct answer. Alternatively, if laminated using gloss laminating pouches, they could circle the correct answer with a whiteboard marker.
Children read the word and attach clothes peg onto the appropriate picture. To reduce the possibility of guess work, many of the pictures are of items which are similar to the word if read incorrectly, for example ‘scare’ shows pictures for ‘scar’, ‘scare’ and ‘share’.
Three sets of cards are in pack, 15 cards in each set, so 45 cards in total. Cards need trimmed and ideally laminated.
I designed these for my learners with autism / ADHD as a more interactive way to practice reading, but they are also suitable for KS1 / SEN.
Children read the word and attach clothes peg onto the appropriate picture. To reduce the possibility of guess work, many of the pictures are of items which are similar to the word if read incorrectly, for example ‘feel’ shows pictures for ‘fall’, ‘feel’ and ‘feet’.
Three sets of cards are in pack, 15 cards in each set. Cards need trimmed and ideally laminated.
I designed these for my learners with autism / ADHD as a more interactive way to practice reading, but they are also suitable for KS1 / SEN.
Sorting activity, used as a workstation task but could also be used 1 to 1 or for small group work. Used to develop reasoning and reading comprehension.
Children sort fact cards into ‘truth’ and ‘lie’. Cards best laminated so they last - I blue tac the truth / lie cards onto 2 plastic containers to give more structure to the activity.
Question cards, children to clip a clothes peg onto the correct answer (yes or no). Some questions are literal, others require reasoning / knowledge of concepts such as biggest / youngest, prepositions, colours or general knowledge.
4 baseboards and 16 cards (best laminated to make the resource last longer). Baseboards each showing 4 items. Pupils use the accompanying cards to identify which items go together (e.g. head goes with cap). Boards and cards are colour coded to ensure that the sets don’t get mixed up.
I used these as workstation tasks / morning jobs but they could also be printed and used as worksheets.
Designed for children with autism / social communication difficulties to develop reasoning / logical thinking and for the child to begin to make connections. Can be extended by asking the child / young person to explain their reasoning.
Phonic peg cards - children attach a clothes peg to the correct sound.
Sounds included:
ck, th, ch, ir, sh, er, ur
3 cards for each sound, apart from ‘sh’ which has 9 cards.
27 cards in total. Best laminated so cards stay intact with repeated use.
Practical activity, could be used as independent task.
Designed for SEN group but equally appropriate for mainstream.
Sorting task designed for students with autism / SEN
This is designed to be used in different ways depending on ability level:
* cut and laminate cards, students sort into 'autumn' and 'winter' baskets.
* students write 'autumn' and 'winter' in books, they then cut and paste pictures under the correct heading.
* students write headings in book then use chart to write each fact into their books
* students write headings in book then use chart to write sentences, using each fact in a sentence.
One sheet to introduce the idea of writing lists.
One sheet to support children to use the information from the list to write a sentence. This sheet ties in with Robin's Winter Song which we are beginning after half term but doesn't need reference to the book - it could just be an independent list of what animals eat.
Designed for KS2 children with significant SEN / autism.
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Presenting your Learning and Classroom Weather Chart suitable for classroom routines and expectations.
Various ‘About Me’ activities including a game, booklet and craft activity.
‘My Summer Holiday’ structured worksheet to support recall of holiday activities.
Activities designed for learners with SEN, including autism but also suitable for mainstream class.
Book review template designed to support KS1 narrative intervention work (who, where, when, what happened). Used with a small group of KS1/KS2 learners with autism but also useful for mainstream learners who are beginning to learn the key elements of a story.
4 worksheets - 3 of these require learners to label pictures using positional language (e.g. behind, in front, under etc) 1 worksheet requires learners to correctly label coloured flowers.
Used for learners in autism provision but also suitable for mainstream KS1, EAL or older learners with SEN.