1st Grade Special Education Activities

6 shape sorting boards with different color and size shapes to match and sort.

Why do you need this?

These shape sorting boards help in teaching basic geometric concepts such as shape recognition, color recognition, and size differentiation.

How and when might you use this?

This activity could be used in a variety of ways such as:

· Learning centers

· Small group instruction to provide targeted support

· Math lessons on basic 2D shapes

· Independent work stations

For continued use I would recommend laminating this resource and using Velcro to move the jigsaw pieces around.

What is included?

Included are 6 boards showing the shapes circle, square, triangle, rectangle, pentagon and hexagon, each with 5 shapes to add.

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Workstation Velcro Sorting and Matching Activities

This product is perfect for kids who need help with their organization skills, kids with any special education needs or, for an early elementary class who is learning to follow steps. You can use this resource to set the steps on each student's desk or as a whole class using your classroom camera in both ENGLISH AND SPANISH!!

There are 36 cards in this product. It includes in both languges:

1. Name
2. Write
3. Match
4. Cross Out
5. Circle
6. Draw
7. Trace
8. Erase
9. Finger Space
10. Find
11. Search
12. Read
13. Think
14. Observe
15. Listen
16. Be Quiet
17. Be quiet and Listen
18. Check
19. Type
20. Count
21. Sort
22. Color
23. Paint
24. Cut
25. Highlight
26. Fold
27. Glue
28. Measure
29. Use a number line
30. Use a computer
31. Point
32. Undeline
33. Use Markers
34. Dab
35. Use a Ten Frame
36. Clean

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This Ultimate WHEN Question Bundle walks you through how to teach every type of WHEN question. Target Wh-Question language comprehension Goals by answering When Questions in the following ways: Time of the Day, Time on a Clock, Seasons, Holidays, Months, Days of the Week, Dates, Year, Cause & Effect, and more. Teaching scripts are included for the concepts that are tricky to explain. Teaching visuals can be paired with engaging task cards that were designed to elicit natural production of answers to all different WHEN questions.

The bundle includes Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Visuals, & Sentence Strips for the types of WHEN Question answers:

• Time of the Day - Morning, Afternoon, Night
• Time on a Clock
• Seasons
• Holidays
• Months
• Days of the Week
• Date
• Year
• Cause & Effect (using "when" in the answer)
• Before, After, While, During
• Past, Present, & Future Concepts
• Mixed Sentences

This resource was designed as a start-to-finish guide to teach all WHEN questions. Amazing resource for mixed groups and speech therapy/speech pathology observation. Wonderful ESL/ENL product to teach ELLs English Language Learners. Perfect for mixed speech therapy groups.

Alphabet uppercase & lowercase search and find worksheet is a no-preparation resource that students search for the assigned letter, both lowercase and uppercase. Students learn to trace letters with letter formation.

This worksheet is perfect for young learners who are just starting to explore the world of uppercase and lowercase alphabet letters.

what is included in this package:

Package 1:

- 26 pages of uppercase & lowercase letters in pdf

- 1 cover page

- An option to use EASEL by TeachShare as digital tool.

Package 2:

- 26 pages of uppercase letters in pdf

- 26 pages of lowercase letters in pdf

- An option to use EASEL by TeachShare as digital tool.

Alphabet Flash Cards Uppercase and Lowercase

These alphabet flash cards uppercase and lowercase are the perfect resource for teaching letter recognition, phonics, and fine motor skills. Each card includes clear and engaging designs for both uppercase and lowercase letters, helping young learners easily connect the two forms.

Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters

Brighten your learning space with these Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters, a perfect resource for teaching letter recognition and formation! Featuring clean, visually appealing designs, each poster displays both uppercase and lowercase letters with clear path-of-motion guides to help students master proper letter formation.

Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets

Make learning letters fun and engaging with this Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets! This resource is designed to help young learners develop essential handwriting skills while reinforcing letter recognition and formation.

Enhance fine motor skills with these adorable Woodland Animals Lacing Cards, perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners!

Contents:

This set of Woodland Animals Lacing Cards is a must-have for early childhood classrooms! Featuring 12 charming woodland creatures, each card is designed with easy-to-see dots to guide hole punching, making it simple for little hands to thread the string through. Whether you choose to print one animal per page or two, these lacing cards provide an engaging and educational activity that supports the development of fine motor skills.

Why You'll Love This Product:

Teachers will love how easy these lacing cards are to prepare—just print, punch, and they’re ready to use! These woodland-themed cards not only capture students' imaginations but also provide essential practice in fine motor skills. Students will be thrilled to work with these cute animals, enjoying the process of lacing while building hand-eye coordination and dexterity. Plus, with the option to print in different formats, these cards are versatile and adaptable to any classroom setting.

Who This Product Is For:

• Preschool teachers looking for hands-on activities to support fine motor skill development.
• Kindergarten teachers needing an engaging, themed center activity.
• Homeschool parents seeking interactive learning tools for their young learners.
• Daycare providers wanting to introduce fine motor practice in a fun, easy-to-manage way.
• After-school programs that focus on skill-building through play-based learning activities.

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Have fun counting with Adapted Books. Work with your students on on counting #1-10, 1-1 correspondence, and number identification with this set of four books. This set also focuses on the color ORANGE - orange items, orange blocks, orange 10 frames!

These interactive books provide opportunities for students to identify and utilize numbers on each page. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year! They utilize limited color ink for easy printing.

Book 1: Counting Orange Blocks - Count the blocks from 1-10

Book 2: Counting Orange 10 Frames - Use 10 frames to identify how many!

Book 3: Counting Orange items - Count the items on each page (cars, stars, flowers and more!).

Book 4: Matching numbers 1-10 - Do your students need additional support recognizing numbers 1-10? This book is will provide perfect practice for number identification!

Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for your students? Then, check out my growing bundle! Now is the time to grab this bundle, as I am making many additional sets that will be included! 

Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for Special Education.

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Stop scrolling for your next art projects.  This year long art projects bundle has all of them - an entire school year of art projects plus 2 sub plans.  With cross-curricular lessons for elementary, projects are highly engaging and include project & material variations. 

This bundle contains 20 lessons (an astounding 94 projects) and 2 sub plans with projects for back to school, Hispanic Heritage Month, Day of the Dead,  Native American Heritage Month, winter, Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, & spring/summer.  Save your planning time and map out your entire school year of projects now. 

This year-long bundle includes:

• Step-by-step detailed instructions with photos for each project

• Project & material variations

• Cross-curricular and literacy connections 

• Fact sheets for Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, Native American Heritage Month, & Women’s History Month

• Over 650 pages of resources! 

All lessons include National Arts Standards & TEKS (Texas) while some projects include ideas for assessment, social and emotional learning, drawing guides, & templates. This is a great value for a vast variety of hands-on lessons for an entire year of teaching elementary art. 

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Discover the Alphabet Coloring Pages– an engaging and educational journey tailored for preschool and kindergarten students. This delightful book features beautifully designed alphabet letters in patterns, perfect for honing fine coloring skills. Each letter comes to life with a friendly animal companion, creating a fun and memorable way for young learners to master the ABCs while exploring the world of colors and animals. The dimensions are 8.5 x 8.5 inches, with a high-quality PDF format at 300 dpi.

Spark creativity and boost fine motor skills with our downloadable Playdough Play Mats! Perfect for classrooms, therapy sessions, and home use, this set includes 10 fun designed play mats that can be printed, laminated, and used repeatedly. These mats provide an engaging and educational activity that promotes creative play.

What's Included:

1. 10 Playdough Play Mats: A diverse collection of play mats featuring various themes and scenes designed to inspire creativity and imaginative play. Each mat offers a unique backdrop for children to explore and enhance their playdough creations.
2. High-Quality Digital Download: Instantly access high-resolution files that can be printed and laminated for durable, repeated use. Simply download, print, and laminate to create a lasting resource.

Bring endless creativity and skill-building fun to your learning environment with our Playdough Play Mats. Download today and watch as children delight in hours of imaginative and educational play!

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these bilingual English-Portuguese mathematic symbols.

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page. There are 113 important Math Symbols for a total of 8 pages. Check out the thumbnail and the preview of some pages in the pictures. They each feature the English and the Portuguese name of the math symbol in big, bold black letters. To help aid meaning, I've included clear illustrations of the symbols.

The 113 symbols included are: Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction, Equal, Approximately equal, Greater than, Less than, Greater than or equal, Less than or equal, Square brackets, Parentheses, Angle, Right angle, Curly brackets, Plus or minus, Not equal to, Square root, Percent, Infinity, Integral, Sum of, Equivalent to, Implies, For all, Belongs to, Pi, Empty set, Absolute value, Not belong to, Power, Fourth root, Cube Root, Per-mille, Equation, Function...and more

Use these 113 fun and colorful cards to explore math symbols in English and Portuguese - use them as flashcards, a bulletin board or wall display, a memory matching game, or the foundation for more difficult practice of your choice like recognizing math symbols and many more.

Other English - Portuguese resources:

• Classroom Vocabulary Flash Cards
• Action Verbs ESL Vocabulary Flashcards
• Numbers ESL Flash Cards

English - Portuguese Bundle:

• English-Portuguese ESL Vocabulary Flashcards (Growing Bundle)

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other words to add to this set.

Note: This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.

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These Spring Things Vocabulary cards are a great option to teach your learners about Spring vocabulary using flash cards. This printable includes real photos about things or objects related to Spring. These Spring Vocabulary flash cards are a great resource for a vocabulary building activity, matching games or speech therapy. These can also be used as Spring 3-part vocabulary cards.

The printable includes 35 Spring Vocabulary flash cards.

• This printable is part of the Kindergarten Spring Math and Literacy Centers.

*Check out the preview for a look inside the packet*

What is included in this printable?

- 35 Spring Flashcards (word and photo)

- 35 Photo cards

- 35 Word labels

Words included in this packet:

• Ladybug
• Birdfeeder
• Rabbit
• Tree
• Lamb
• Wheelbarrow of flowers
• Duckling
• Birdhouse
• Umbrella
• Fence
• Chick
• Bee
• Tulip
• Caterpillar
• Flower
• Mushroom
• Rain boot
• Watering can
• Rainbow
• Rain
• Grass
• Hand fork
• Kite
• Leaf
• Pinwheel
• Picnic
• Seeds
• Snail
• Spade
• Sun
• Frog
• Flower trough
• Butterfly
• Deer
• Fawn

How to use this packet?

• Print, laminate and cut apart the pages to create the cards.
• The photo card can be used as a control card or to display in a writing center or pocket chart.
• The second set can be cut apart to create the photo cards and the word labels.
• Learners will match the word cards to the photos. They can use the control for a self-checking option.

Looking for more Spring Printables? Check out these.

1. Spring Alphabet Match-up
2. Spring Number Match-up
3. Rhyming Caterpillar
4. Build a Spring Sentence
5. Spring Mystery Puzzles

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he children's activity involves a learning exercise aimed at teaching children about different types of nouns. In this activity, children are presented with pictures, and their task is to identify and categorize the nouns depicted in the images into four main categories: Animal, Person, Place, or Thing. The goal is to enhance the children's understanding of nouns and their ability to recognize and classify them based on the visual representations provided in the pictures.

Looking for a fun way to teach FAMILY vocabulary and to practice defining family members? Then this product is just for you! It’s perfect for elementary EFL / ESL students as well as for native English classes at grade levels 1 - 5. Low prep, just print out and cut.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

♥ 3 Family trees

• from the perspective of a child
• from the perspective of a parent
• from the perspective of a grandparent
• blank family trees for students to fill in

♥ Family Members I Have Who Has Game

• contains 20 cards
• students need to match the definitions with the right family member
• the cards in the pdf are in order = you can use the pdf as an answer key

♥ Family Members Board Game

• print on A4 / letter-sized paper
• for a larger format, print on two A4 / letter-sized sheets of papers and then tape them together

BOARD GAME DIRECTIONS:

• Everyone starts in the blue section.
• Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their tokens along the game board.
• As you land on each blue space, form a sentence with ".... is Sam's...".
• Once you reach the end of the blue path, turn around and proceed along the orange spaces.
• This time, create sentences with "Sam is his/her...".
• If a player can't form a correct sentence on their turn, they do not move forward.

**VOCABULARY COVERED IN THIS PRODUCT: ***grandparents, *grandpa, *grandma, *parents, *father, *mother, *brother, *sister, *uncle, *aunt, *cousins, *daughter, *son, *niece, *nephew, *grandchildren, *granddaughter, *grandson

Options for use:

**☻**Vocabulary Review

☻Pair Work

☻Group Work

☻Stations

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Looking for community worker cards with detailed descriptions? Our collection features a wide array of cards highlighting the essential roles of community workers. From nurses to firefighters, each card provides a brief overview of the duties and responsibilities of these vital individuals. Perfect for educators, parents, and anyone interested in learning more about the important work of community workers. Shop now for the perfect teaching tool or gift for the aspiring community worker in your life!

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My 3-digit and 4-digit addition worksheets with word problems are designed with spacious layouts and inclusive features for optimal student accessibility.

Tired of modifying resources? My worksheets are tailor-made for special education students, providing ample space for writing and inclusive features to support diverse learning needs.

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Twenty five activities that focus on National Disabilities Awareness Month and creating safe learning environments for students with disabilities. Includes engaging activities and coloring handouts:

Calendar

Text Messages

Be a Scientist...cure diseases

Cake Decorating

Read the Eye Chart

One Way to Help Others

Three ways to help during NHM

Be Safe and Aware coloring sheets

Celebrate NDAM coloring sheets

Hospital

Giving Grandma

Decorate a Wheelchair

Help make a classroom more accessible

Handicap Sign--Design your own placard

Free Help Ticket to give to others

and more...

Excellent discussion starters and great reinforcement for National Disabilities Awareness Month.

This resource focuses on money math and real-world problems, making it ideal for teaching functional math skills in special education settings. It includes engaging task cards and colorful grocery flyers that help students practice budgeting and decision-making in a fun and practical way.

Who Is It For?

• This resource is designed for students in elementary and middle school.
• It is perfect for math lessons that focus on real-world skills, budgeting, and decision-making.

What Does It Include? Three Colorful Catalogues:

• Back-to-School Snacks: A selection of fun and healthy snack items for the school year.
• Holiday Treats: A variety of festive snacks perfect for celebrations.
• Spring/Summer Picnic: Refreshing and tasty items for outdoor picnics.
• Math Task Cards:

1. Each theme comes with a set of task cards to practice math skills.
2. Task cards target a variety of difficulty levels, so students can work at their own pace.

• Answer Keys: Each set of task cards includes an answer key to help you quickly check students' work.

How Can It Be Used?

• Use the catalogues as a reference for students to choose items and practice budgeting.
• The task cards can be used in class as a group activity, in pairs, or for independent work.
• You can assign specific cards based on students' skill levels or allow students to choose their own.

When Can It Be Used?

• These resources can be used throughout the school year, with each theme corresponding to different seasons and occasions.
• Perfect for math centers, group projects, or homework assignments.

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Phonics skills-based differentiated "Guess Who Game" for Vowel Pairs

Get ready to supercharge your students' phonemic awareness with this incredible printable PDF game! Designed specifically for long vowel sounds review, this game is the perfect tool to help your students practice identifying and reading long vowel sounds in CVVC and CVCe words.

With its engaging and interactive format, this game will keep your students fully engaged and motivated as they work to master these important skills. Whether you're a teacher looking for a fun and effective way to reinforce long vowel sounds, or a parent looking to help your child improve their reading skills, this game is the perfect solution.

So why wait? Give your students the gift of phonemic awareness mastery with this amazing printable PDF game today!

Engage your elementary school ELA students by using this phonics game to practice reading words with vowel pairs. Ideas for differentiation and prompting are included to ensure the game is suitable for students of all academic levels. This game also includes three levels of word difficulty- from simple words to multi-syllabic words. The sets of cards are notated with different colored inner borders so you can easily tell them apart.

This activity is perfect for elementary school reading and ELA centers, elementary school reading and ELA lesson plans, small group instruction, extra help sessions, early finishers, group/partner work, classroom competitions, individual practice, and so much more. 

What's included

• 72 "word pile" cards- 24 for each level
• 72 red board inserts- 24 for each level
• 72 blue board inserts- 24 for each level
• 40 question prompts
• Directions for five different ways to play (for individual players, two players, or small group)
• Guess Who game board linked here (NOT INCLUDED IN DOWNLOAD)

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Quickly and easily create up to 60 flashcards with this user friendly PDF tool! Create fluency cards to target basic or advanced phonics skills, numeral recognition, math operations, and more! Create individual flashcards sets to target each student’s specific areas of need!

Simply enter letters, numbers, words, or equations, into the form fields on the first page and create flash cards perfectly formatted for printing! 

Cards are beautifully designed with a double line border around each and no spaces between for efficient laminating and cutting! Print 12 cards per page, up to 60 cards per set! 

Use over and over again!

Quick and easy prep…

1. Enter text to be displayed on each card on the master list page!
2. Print perfectly formatted cards!

Includes a button to quickly RESET the form so it’s ready in seconds!

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