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Students that have difficulty using traditional coloring methods like, crayons or markers, will enjoy the use of Dot Stamp markers as a new coloring tool. 

OT Therapeutic tip: This activity promotes eye hand coordination while using vision to guide the hand for accurate stamping on the circular dot. 

Please enjoy these Fall inspired characters as a fun, seasonal Dot Stamp marker activity! 

Thank you for downloading!

Elizabeth Johnston, OTR/L

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This Free Functional Numeracy Skills - Winter Counting Circle Card set is the perfect resource to get you started with task box activities in your classroom! Students count the number of winter images they see with a prompt. When they have mastered that level, they can count the number of winter images with no prompt.

These activities can be used with photo boxes, file folders, zipper pockets, plastic bins, or any other organizational system that you are using in your classroom.

Task box label included so that you can easily track and choose activities for students.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• Functional Job Skills - Filing Task Box Set
• American Money Identification Task Box Bundle
• Canadian Money Identification Task Box Bundle
• Colour Matching File Folder Task Box Set
• Life Skills Starter Pack for Special Education - Canadian Version
• Life Skills Starter Pack for Special Education - American Version

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In this set, there are 20 different Christmas themed puzzles. You get a count to 5 and a count to 10 puzzle with each theme for a total of 40 puzzles! Your students will love practicing counting with these colorful Christmas puzzles.

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This is a NO PREP resource!

This is an example from my Distance Learning Budget Unit

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In this form students will use a real-world example of a monthly budget and saving goal. Students will use their learned knowledge of incomes and expenses to identify these items in the monthly budget. Students will practice identifying and calculating the amount of money needed for the desired expense and calculating how much money will need to be saved each month in order to attain the expense. Students will also examine the given budget to calculate the individual total income, expenses, money saved, and identify additional ways for individuals to save.

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Budget Unit

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Calculating Discounts - Google Forms/ Slides

Reading Product Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Reading Medicine Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

Coupons Unit 2 Google Forms

Cooking Vocab Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Reading Nutrition Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Enhance language learning and make guessing games more fun with our free visual aid for describing nouns. This versatile digital download is perfect for educators, therapists, and parents seeking an engaging tool to help learners improve their descriptive language skills. Whether used in the classroom, during therapy sessions, or at home, this visual aid supports a variety of learning styles and educational activities.

What's Included:

1. Noun Description Visual: A colorful and easy-to-understand chart that breaks down the key aspects of describing nouns. Categories include size, shape, color, texture, and function, helping learners articulate detailed descriptions.
2. Interactive Use: Ideal for use during guessing games or descriptive exercises, this visual aid encourages learners to think critically and use precise language to describe objects, people, and places.

Boost your learners' descriptive language skills with our free visual aid for describing nouns. Download today and make language learning interactive, engaging, and fun!

This is a free sampler of my Vocabulary/World Wall Cards and includes pages from six of my Vocabulary resources: Transportation, Emotions and Feelings, Fall Holidays (Halloween is included here), Fruit, On the Farm, and Summer. This is a great way to try out the vocab/word wall cards to see if they're a good fit for your classroom or homeschool!

These are perfect for centers, flash cards, vocabulary word walls, and more! Low prep...just print, cut, and laminate. Also includes a write and wipe version of the cards so you can laminate them and use them in writing centers! The On the Farm and Summer pages are the "write and wipe" version and are perfect for working on prewriting. All full vocab sets comes with both a regular and write and wipe version of each card.

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This Free Functional Literacy Skills - Color and Shape Match set is the perfect resource to get you started with task boxes in your classroom! Students can match shapes and colors using 2 levels that are included in this Freebie.

These activities can be used with photo boxes, file folders, zipper pockets, plastic bins, or any other organizational system that you are using in your classrom.

Each of the two levels includes a task box label so that you can easily track and choose activities for students.

Other resources you may also enjoy:

• Functional Job Skills - Filing Task Box Set
• Functional Job Skills - Menu Math Money Skills Set
• Visual Schedule Set
• American Money Identification Task Box Bundle
• Canadian Money Identification Task Box Bundle
• Colour Matching File Folder Task Box Set
• Life Skills Starter Pack for Special Education - Canadian Version
• Life Skills Starter Pack for Special Education - American Version

Are you planning on using task boxes in your classroom this year? Check out my FREE 10 page guide to getting started with Task Boxes here!!

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It is time for Valentines! Enjoy the holidays with your students as you prepare them for a valentine party and discuss feelings.

Book 1: Read a story about valentines party with your students. They will answer comprehension questions & select the correct answer from a choice of 8 picture icons.

Book 2: Read the story with your students. Each feeling has a situation: "I can't wait for the party. I feel excited!" or "My stomach hurts. I feel sick".

Heart feelings pictures: 8 picture cards with a heart feeling & identify the feeling. Included feelings: excited, worried, sad, jealous, surprised, sick, angry, happy.

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Designed with precision and care, these worksheets are specially crafted to help children master the art of tracing basic shapes while enhancing their hand-eye coordination. Ideal for parents, teachers, and therapists, this resource simplifies the learning process and encourages repeated practice, ensuring early learners grasp the fundamental shapes with confidence.

Key Features:

Comprehensive Shape Collection: Our worksheets feature all essential shapes – circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, and diamonds – carefully arranged on two pages. Each shape is presented clearly, allowing children to focus on mastering one shape at a time or progressing to more complex patterns.

Reusable and Eco-Friendly: Professionals can laminate these worksheets, transforming them into durable, wipe-clean surfaces. This eco-friendly approach not only promotes sustainability but also allows for repeated use, making them perfect for classrooms, therapy sessions, or home learning environments.

Expertly Designed for Early Learners: The tracing lines are thoughtfully crafted to guide little hands, promoting proper pencil grip and control. Children will enjoy the engaging process of tracing, boosting their confidence and enthusiasm for learning.

Note: This product includes digital files suitable for printing and laminating. Upon purchase, you will receive instant access to the downloadable worksheets, allowing for immediate use and endless learning possibilities.

This Fall Pumpkin-Themed Errorless File Folder Game is designed for early learners and special education classrooms, offering an engaging, no-fail learning experience. Perfect for students with autism and other developmental needs, this resource uses the principles of errorless learning to build confidence and essential skills in a structured, supportive environment.

What’s Included:

• Colorful pumpkin task cards

• Two types of worksheets:

  • Table format: Pumpkins are placed in clearly defined boxes, helping students match colors and shapes in an organized manner.
  • Randomly placed pumpkins: A more flexible layout where students can freely attach pumpkins, reinforcing the idea that there are no wrong answers.

• Both worksheets include optional gray dots to guide pumpkin placement with Velcro.

Key Features and Benefits:

• No Wrong Answers: Designed with errorless learning in mind, this activity allows students to practice matching and attaching pumpkins without the pressure of making mistakes. Every response is correct, boosting their confidence and enthusiasm for learning.
• Left-to-Right Task Completion: The activity encourages students to complete tasks in a left-to-right sequence, an important foundation for literacy and math development.
• Hands-On, Tactile Learning: The use of laminated file folder games with Velcro and detachable pumpkin cards makes this a fun, interactive way for students to engage in the activity. It promotes fine motor skills and sensory involvement.

How to Use and Prepare:

1. Print and Laminate the colorful pumpkin task cards and corresponding worksheets with pumpkin outlines for durability.
2. Add Velcro: Attach Velcro dots to the back of the colorful pumpkins and on the worksheet. For worksheets with gray dots, place the Velcro over these dots to guide students on where to attach the pumpkins.
3. Organize: Set up the worksheets in a file folder and store the detachable pumpkins in a clear pouch or pocket for easy access and storage.
4. Use: Introduce the activity by guiding students to detach and reattach the pumpkins, explaining that there is no wrong way to complete the task. Whether used for independent work or as part of a group activity, this file folder game promotes success and engagement.

This resource is ideal for special education teachers, therapists, or parents seeking a structured, error-free activity that supports early learners in building essential skills through hands-on, interactive play.

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You can reproduce the pages for classroom use only. The fonts I used are free for personal use. Duplication of this resource for commercial purposes or for the entire school is strictly forbidden.

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Are writing sentences a struggle for your students? This winter-themed sample set provides an enjoyable and meaningful way for students to learn how to write complete sentences. By cutting and pasting scrambled words, students can form complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation. Pictures and sight words are included to help guide students in constructing the sentences, and there is also space to practice writing the sentences independently. As a teacher, this engaging worksheet set is a valuable addition to enhance your instructional toolkit for teaching pre-writing and writing skills.

Remedial activities, small group lessons, introduction to reading or spelling, as well as functional ELA time are great ways to incorporate these worksheets. These worksheets are in both color and black and white for easier printing.

This is a great addition to any early elementary ELA curriculum, ELL/ESOL as well as Functional ELA curriculum for life skills (any age)! This is also a great addition to a homeschool writing unit!

❀ What's Included:

3 3-Letter Winter Worksheets in Color

❀ How To Use:

Whole Group Instruction

Small Group Remediation

Individual Packets

Progress Monitoring (Reading Key Words from Flash Cards or you can circle challenging words on the worksheets)

❀ Other Resources You Might Like :

Winter Sentence Scramble Worksheets 3 - 7 Word Sentences with Flash Cards

Summer Crossword / Word Search Sight Word Puzzle Worksheets (3 Levels)

Summer Sight Word Vocabulary Scramble Literacy Worksheets

Earth Day Math, ELA, Vocabulary & Sight Word Resources - All In One Bundle

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Use this FREE data collection form to gather data on what tangible items or activities are motivating for your students! This data helps you determine areas of interest, ideas for social skills/ play skills time, and creating a token economy or choice board with reinforcements that are motivating for your student! Great to use during play or play centers at the beginning of the year within a special education classroom. This can also be used throughout the school year when more motivators are needed!

These surveys are perfect for special education elementary and early childhood age students with the following needs:

• Intellectual Disabilities
• Autism

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Baseball themed counting clip cards & numbers to 20. Print and laminate the cards to use as stations, warmup work, counting practice, independence or morning desk work.

My students enjoy using expo markers to circle their numbers or use clothes pins to provided additional fine motor strength practice. There are many ways to use the cards - print and provide a hole punch, dauber, or stamps. Just have fun counting and learning!

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Free Resource - Numbers 1-20 NO PREP (writing, counting, money & more)

Spring Short Vowel CVC - Word Blending, Segmenting & Building

FREE Count the Ice Cream Scoops File Folder Activity! Practice counting numbers 1-10. Perfect for math centers in your elementary and special education classrooms this Summer!

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This FREEBIE is perfect for special education, preschool, or kindergarten teachers looking for engaging activities for the first day or first week of school. This activity is part of a bigger bundle with an ENTIRE WEEK of BACK-TO-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES!!

BACK TO SCHOOL BUNDLE

This bundle includes:

A Back-To-School book

An Adapted Back-To-School book

Comprehension Activities

Vocabulary Cards

Sorting

Adding

Tracing

Matching

Coloring

Cutting

and so much more!!!

Addition to 20: Back to School Theme WorksheetEngage your students in a fun and educational learning experience with this comprehensive worksheet pack!
Designed for Grades 1-3, this resource offers 15 pages of exciting addition problems themed around the back-to-school season. With a total of 300 questions and their corresponding answers.
Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or homeschooling, this worksheet pack reinforces essential math skills in an engaging way. Watch as your students' confidence in addition grows while they have a blast solving problems featuring their favorite school supplies!
Key features:
15 pages of varied exercises

• 300 addition problems up to 20
• Aligned with Grade 1-3 curriculum
• Engaging back-to-school theme
• Includes answer key for easy assessment

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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This match-select-name basketball book and flash cards FREEBIE can be used in your classroom for students who are struggling with phonics.

This freebie can be used with a reading intervention method developed by Patricia Oelwein. There has been a significant amount of research done on the efficacy of this method. It is shown to be beneficial for students with exceptionalities including Down’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder who are struggling to learn to read using phonics.

There are four stages in the method:

1 - Acquisition (Matching, Selecting, Naming)

2 - Fluency (Practice and Review)

3 - Transfer (Use of new fonts and coloured paper)

4 - Generalization (Ability to read the words in any context/format)

Literacy Skill Development for Students with Special Learning Needs, Broun, L.

The resources included in this freebie can help you get started with the acquisition stage of this method.

This product includes:

▪️ Student book - basketball themed

▪️ Flash cards for each word in the book

▪️ Images that are selected so as to be applicable to older and younger students

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6 File Folder Games

File folder games allow students opportunities to learn to through play. Communication and appropriate interactions are important skills they will need throughout life.

This set provides 6 different activities, however they each follow the same general rules, expectations, and idea. I use this with my kiddos that need practice turn taking, losing (students may lose a desired game piece), cooperation, following directions, matching and so much more. The games are easy in nature, however highly addictive for the competitive kids. This allows for opportunities with students in differing abilities.

The themes for the games are:

Fill the Wagon

Make a cake

Buggy Day

Laundry

Moon Walk

Ice Cream

Rules (some differences in games - this example is the Fill the wagon rules).

Contents & Prep:

• Print/Laminate 1 mat per person, use a expo marker to personalize wagons.  Each player will collect their items in their wagon.
• Print and laminate 4 dogs, 4 flowers, 4 ice cream, 4 bubbles, 1 book, 1 leaf pile - place them in the middle of the game board. 
• Print the game board and glue/laminate to a file folder
• Print and prepare dice (or use your own dice)

*For easy storage of game pieces attach an envelope to the back of the file folder prior to lamination.  Make a small slice in the lamination to release the top of the envelope.  Attach velcro to close.  

Object:  Be the first to collect all the items except the leaf pile in your wagon.   If you have the books or the leaf pile and someone else lands on it you have to give it to the other player.  

Choose your player:  Once you have chosen your player, place them on the board any spot will do!

Directions:  

1. Roll the dice and move your player.
2. Collect the pieces as you go and place them in your wagon.   You may only get one of each item!  
3. The first person to collect 1 dog, 1 flower, 1 ice cream, 1 bubble and the books wins!

For 2-4 players

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