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"The Napping House" Literacy Integration Lesson Plan
By Lara Hocheiser
Move and breathe through a childhood classic. The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood has been a favorite story in my classes for years, and with a librarian’s suggestion, I brought it to life through yoga for the first time in 2012. Now accompanied by our beautiful illustrations, we can use this yoga sequence to promote a lifelong love of learning, reading, and healthy habits.
Each of the characters in the story is paired with a yoga pose, and each page adds another character in order. As the sequence builds, the poses come together in a beautiful flow. Do the poses as you read, or read and then do the poses—whatever feels the best to you.
This lesson plan is a perfect resource for teachers, parents or clinicians who want bring the story to life with movement. We’ve included a story script and a list of poses so children can learn the yoga sequence.
The Napping House Literacy Integration is a 14-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
This download contains the following:
The Napping House Lesson Plan designed for kids ages 4-10
List of yoga poses, props and key themes that relate to the story
Story script to read along with The Napping House
Guided relaxation, meditation script, crafts, and group activities
The Napping House yoga sequence poster, with nine (9) poses
With love from my heart and my team to you!
Lara
By K3 Homeschool Foundations
Handwriting improves a student's ability to recall information, make connections between different concepts, and synthesize information in new ways!
My handwriting book includes:
When a student can produce the letters correctly and quickly, they will use less brain power when writing words and sentences!
Letter Sound and Keyword Flash Cards
By K3 Homeschool Foundations
These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.
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By K3 Homeschool Foundations
These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.
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I always have my kids create actions that go with the pictures. This allows them to be active while doing letter sounds! Research shows that adding movement to learning can also help in the retrieval and retention of information.
What Belongs? Rooms of the House Cut Sort & Paste Activities - Distance Learning
By Three Little Homeschoolers
Looking for fun, no-prep activities to add to your classroom or homeschool? These cut, sort, and paste activity worksheets are perfect for learning about the rooms of the house, practicing scissor skills, for sorting centers, as morning work or for early finishers, or for special education classrooms!
Part of the "What Belongs?" Series, the Rooms of the House unit covers 10 rooms found in a house. Each room comes with a full color sorting worksheet, two versions of the worksheet in black and white, plus a "what is missing" worksheet where students complete a picture. This set also includes multiple room sorting worksheets so students can compare two or four rooms at once. Please see the preview above for a look at all the included worksheets!
Includes activities for the following rooms: kitchen, living room, bathroom, dining room, bedroom, office, laundry room, baby nursery, garage, and backyard.
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*Total of 30 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*
This unit is part of the What Belongs? Series. Find all of the units in the series below or check out the all inclusive bundle to save 20%!
What Belongs? Holidays
What Belongs? Places/Habitats
What Belongs? Seasons
What Belongs? Rooms of the House
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What Belongs? Holidays - Cut Sort and Paste Activities - Year Long
By Three Little Homeschoolers
Looking for fun, no-prep activities to add to your classroom or homeschool? These cut, sort, and paste activity worksheets are perfect for practicing scissor skills, for sorting centers, as morning work or for early finishers, or as a fun supplement to holiday learning!
Part of the "What Belongs?" Series, the Holiday unit covers 15 holidays for full year learning. Each holiday comes with a full color sorting worksheet, two versions of the worksheet in black and white, plus a "what is missing" worksheet where students complete a holiday picture. This set also includes multiple holiday sorting worksheets so students can compare two or four holidays at once. Please see the preview above for a look at all the included worksheets!
Includes activities for the following holidays: Halloween, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day, Ramadan, Independence Day, and Canada Day.
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*Total of 39 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*
This unit is part of the What Belongs? Series. Find all of the units in the series below or check out the all inclusive bundle to save 20%!
What Belongs? Holidays
What Belongs? Places/Habitats
What Belongs? Seasons
What Belongs? Rooms of the House
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Winter Morning Work PreK & Kindergarten - 1st grade Bundle - No Prep
By Three Little Homeschoolers
This is a bundle of my Winter Morning Work PreK and Winter Morning Work Kindergarten & 1st Grade sets. These no-prep winter themed morning work activities can be used as morning work, for early finishers, or as fun activities to get your students excited for winter, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa! Buying the bundle saves you 20% off the price of the individual units!
The two sets include puzzles, letter matching, tracing, cutting practice, connect the dots, mazes, sorting, counting, addition/subtraction, fill in the missing letter/number, and much more. Though these are geared for Prek through 1st grade, they include many different skill levels and will fit a range of students.
Included:
PreK Unit
*Total of 25 activities included*
Kinder and 1st Grade Unit
*Total of 30 activities included*
✱ Why not try before you buy? You can download a free sample of the seasonal PreK morning work and the Fall K-1 morning work to see if they'll fit into your classroom or homeschool. ✱
*There are some holiday activities (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year) but most pages are winter themed. If you're looking for holiday specific activities, check out my Winter Holidays and Christmas resources.
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Adaptive Books for Early Item Naming & Identification - for special education
By Until the Pieces Fit
Are you in search of effective materials to facilitate the foundational stages of item naming and identification for learners? This set comprises four distinct topics, each thoughtfully designed to provide optimal support during the learning process. With three progressive levels of difficulty for each topic, including errorless tasks, choices of 3, and choices of 8, our Adaptive Books are a versatile resource catering to diverse learning needs.
Print & Go Practice Worksheets: Complementing the adaptive books, each topic includes print-and-go practice worksheets. These worksheets allow learners to reinforce their understanding through independent practice. The combination of interactive books and practice worksheets ensures a well-rounded learning experience.
The Errorless Books introduce students to the item they are learning. Students are then provided an "I see" statement & have two pages for demonstrating understanding. Students are asked to point to the item & to circle the object. These are intended to be either printed and used or printed laminated & expo markers.
Choice of 3: The books with a choice of 3 follow the same format as the Errorless book; however, when asked to point to / circle the item, they have a selection of 3 items. These are intended to be either printed and used or printed laminated & expo markers.
Choice of 8 or 10: Adaptive books that need some prep work. All pages provide visual support and an "I see" statement. Students will remove the matching icon and place it on the page they read.
Vocabulary Words:
Book 1: Household items: house, silverware, bowl, tub, couch, stove, chair, table, rug, lamp, books
Book 2: Animals: fish, bird, goat, cat, chicken, pig, duck, cow, horse, dog, sheep, hamster
Book 3: toys: doll, football, truck, teddy bear, bubbles, ball, kite, balloon
Book 4: School Items: glue, backpack scissors, smart board, desk, teacher, pencil, crayons, bus
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!
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Adapted Books: Let's Get Ice cream & Counting PLUS activities! (Sped, ESY)
By Until the Pieces Fit
This set of adapted books focuses on ordering ice cream and counting scoops (#1-10). This is great summer, end of the year, or ESY! Followup activities allow for writing, play, and task cards. This is a perfect activity for students who love adapted books, and enjoy imaginative play!
What is included?
This set includes 2 adapted books & extension activities.
Book 1: Students will read about going to the ice cream shop and ordering some ice cream! This book includes 8 interactive pieces.
Book 2: Practice counting ice cream scoops with this interactive book. Numbers 1-10 are included (thereby there is 10 interactive pieces). Count the scoops and find the matching number.
Followup activities allow for additional practice with numbers 1-10, and imaginative play / communication practice.
Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for you students? Check out my growing bundle: Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for special education
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Baseball Adapted Books (opening day, colors, matching & how to play?)
By Until the Pieces Fit
Do your students love baseball? These Adaptive Books with a baseball theme will be a hit for sure!
4 books are included in this set: Opening day, Matching, colors and How do I throw, catch, and hit a baseball?
Opening Day: Students will enjoy a short story with opening day concepts. Check their understanding as they choose the correct icon to match the page.
Matching: Students will read different baseball vocabulary and select matching icons. Repetitive text: "What do you see? I see...". Each page includes a picture (bat, baseball, home plate, catcher, scoreboard, umpire, glove and field)
What color baseball hat do you see?: Students will read repetitive text "What color baseball hat do you see? I see...." Basic colors (red, white, blue, pink, green, yellow, purple) are included in this book.
How do you throw, catch and hit a baseball?: This book provides an introduction to throwing, catching and hitting a baseball. Read this story with your students then go outside and have some fun!
These books do require some prep work, however once you have them made you can reuse for years to come! I have utilized adaptive books with students who have a wide range of skills & they can be an excellent motivator. I hope you enjoy and please reach out with any questions!!
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Summer Adapted Books (interactive & adaptive food, clothing, activities, colors)
By Until the Pieces Fit
Adaptive Books with a summertime theme cover topics of food, colors, activities, and clothing
Book 1: Let's Go on a Picnic
Students will listen to a repetitive text & select the right food from a choice of 8 items. Each page states, "We/I like to eat," identifies a food, and provides picture support. Follow up with discussions by having students determine if they also like each item mentioned. Foods included: drink, hamburger, hotdog, tomato, watermelon, smores, corn on the cob, and ice cream.
Book 2: Summertime Colors
Students will listen to a story with repetitive text ("I see a") and identify the item. The items are focused on summer & 10 different colors. An excellent book for practicing color recognition.
Book 3: Things to Do in the Summer
This book has vibrant colors to enhance the feeling of summer. A variety of activities are represented in this book. Students will continue developing high-frequency words with the repetitive text "I like to." Activities include baseball, catching bugs, fishing, picnics, swimming, having a lemonade stand, and bubbles.
Book 4: What to Wear in the Summer
This book has students selecting the correct items of clothing for each situation presented. Each page has "I want to," followed by "so I need." For example, students will select sunny days, swimming, and gardening items.
Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for you students? Check out my growing bundle: Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for special education
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Winter Adapted Books (4 Interactive & adaptive books matching, clothing, & more
By Until the Pieces Fit
Adaptive Books with a theme of winter cover fun topics, such as colors, activities, and clothing. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!
These adaptive books are created with various students in mind, as our classrooms can be diverse! I have also found even my most reluctant readers are more eager to participate in learning activities when I pull out interactive activities such as these books. While the books have eight icons to use as choices, you can adapt by providing less when reading and asking follow-up questions.
Book 1: Wintertime Fun
Students will listen to a short story using repetitive text paired with actions. The sentence will read, "In the winter, I like to...". After reading the sentences, have students select the correct action: sledding, ice hockey, snow angels, snowboarding, riding a ski lift, snowy nights, ice skating & building a snowman.
Book 2: Colorful Winter
Students will listen to a story with repetitive text ("I see a") and identify the item. The items are focused on winter items. An excellent book for practicing color recognition.
Book 3: Clothing we wear
I have provided two levels with a focus on the clothing we wear. The first level is supported with a corresponding picture so students can match the items. The second level is only words.
Book 4: Snow Day
This short story concerns the school being called off due to too much snow. There are ten interactive pages in this book.
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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Social Skills in special education Following directions adapted book & activity
By Until the Pieces Fit
Adaptive Books & followup materials focused on following directions.
Following Directions: Adaptive books are interactive, as students will match the corresponding icon to each page. The books 2 levels and they are in color and in black and white. Level 1: short paragraph about different scenarios in which students need to follow directions (bathroom, dismissal, computer, work, snack, recess, & games. Level 2: book contains repetitive text "I will listen to my teacher when ....".
Following Directions Supplemental worksheets: Print and go worksheets! They are designed for student who need additional practice with simple directions. Use these during direct instruction & after reading the adaptive stories.
•Match direction to picture
•Match picture to picture
•Following directions with colors
•Following directions with positions.
These books do require some prep work, however once you have them made you can reuse for years to come! I have utilized adaptive books with students who have a wide range of skills & they can be an excellent motivator. I hope you enjoy and please reach out with any questions!!
Basic Colors 4 Adapted Books for special education or preschool
By Until the Pieces Fit
This set of books includes 5 Adaptive Books focusing on color identification. All books have a choice of 8 manipulative pieces. However, differentiation is easy, as you will provide fewer options if needed. The books include colorful grasshoppers, turtles, heroes, & Fish. These books require some prep work; however, once they are laminated & velcroed, they provide extended and repeated practice.
Books 1 & 2: Colorful Grasshoppers & Where is Grasshopper helps students identify colors and place colored grasshoppers in specific locations (under, on, behind, beside, and between).
Book 3: Friendly Fish provides students with visual prompting to support matching colors. Students will match the Fish to the correct color.
Book 4: Hero Friends utilizes repetitive text "We need a hero wearing _____." Students will select the correct superhero on each page.
Book 5: A slow turtle allows students to place the correct color turtle by the water. Students can also practice letter formation by tracing words within this book.
Check out my other resources! If you utilize a lot of adaptive books (or wish to) you may want to see my growing bundle. I am constantly adding materials to this set! Looking for something specific - please email me at untilthepiecesfit2@gmail.com
Adaptive Books special education - Wh questions "Who" & "What"
Adaptive books - Seasons Bundle
Growing Bundle Adaptive Books: seasons, animals, social (Until the Pieces fit)
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Back to School Adapted books for special education
By Until the Pieces Fit
Adaptive Books with a back to school theme cover fun topics such as going back to school, what do you do in school and jobs we do at school. I have also included cards & editable name tags to use for job assignments. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!
Book 1: Back to school
Students will listen to a short story going back to school & what we can expect during the school day. Expected behaviors are also introduced such as stay with the class, walk in the hallway & follow my teacher directions. This story is colorful.
Book 2: What do you do at school?
Students will listen to a story talking about different areas at school & expected behaviors. Areas include: hallway, arrival, art, classroom, PE, cafeteria & recess.
Book 3: Jobs in my classroom
This book identifies 8 jobs to be completed in the classroom. These jobs include:
*book 3 also comes with cards you can post to your bulletin board. These cards contain short descriptions as well. Assign jobs to students by attaching editable student names to each task.
Do you love adaptive books & want a lot of options for your students? Then, check out my growing bundle: Growing Bundle! Adaptive / Interactive Books for Special Education.
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Farm Animals Adapted Books (Interactive identify sounds, I see, positional)
By Until the Pieces Fit
Do your students love farm animals? They will love these adaptive books featuring 8 different farm animals.
Book 1: Students will select the correct animal and place them in the correct place using positional words (in front, on, beside etc.). This book uses the most color to make the positional placement of the animals more exciting.
Book 2: Read to your students making animal noises! What animal says "oink, oink", or "cluck, cluck". Students will use the interactive pieces to select the correct anima.
Book 3: I see a " farm animal". Students will see the animal and match using the interactive pieces.
Boom Cards! It is free to set up a boom account & your students will love them. I find them rewarding and enjoyed even by my most reluctant learners. I am including 2 Boom cards (I see & animal noises).
*Books 2 & 3 use minimal color to save on your printer! A helpful hint that I learned while obtaining my masters - HP has a printer program which ships color & BW cartridges for a minimal cost each month!
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Christmas Adapted books of simple shapes for Special Education (9 books)
By Until the Pieces Fit
This set includes 9 Adaptive Books working on Shapes. The books have a Christmas time theme that is sure to make learning shapes fun! Students can learn and practice finding octagon, hexagon, trapezoid, square, oval, heart, circle, triangle, and star.
Each book contains Winter/Christmas themed shapes. Shapes include: Christmas trees, snowmen, Yeti, candy, reindeer, penguin, cookies, gingerbread, presents and snow globes.
Each page is in color, however the pictures are small to make printing easier.
These books do require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year! They utilize limited color ink for easy printing.
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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Spring Adapted Books (weather, matching, activities & colors) special education
By Until the Pieces Fit
Your student will enjoy these Adaptive Books with a spring time theme. The four books cover topics of flower colors, springtime actions, weather & basic matching.
Book 1: Spring Flowers
Have fun working with colors and spring flowers. Each page features small flowers that correspond with the color being discussed. Colors included: blue, green, orange, purple, white, pink, red, pink & orange.
Book 2:Spring Actions
This book includes two options, a color and low-color version. This book encourages children to explore and learn about various activities and actions associated with the spring season.
Actions included: fly a kite, pick a flower, ride a wagon, play in the rain, plant my garden, play soccer, blow bubbles, build (a birdhouse).
Book 3: Spring Weather
This interactive storybook that engages students in discussions about different types of weather that occur in spring. It also includes a unique perspective from my home state, Ohio, where snow can still occur during this season.
Weather included: sunny, partly cloudy, snow, stormy, lightening, tornado, rainbow, cloudy
Book 4: Spring Matching
This book provides students an opportunity to match pictures of items we may see in the spring. Items include: flowers, rain, umbrella, partly cloudy, basket, nest of eggs, flowers
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Adapted Books Halloween 2D Shapes for Special Education
By Until the Pieces Fit
Adaptive Books with a theme of Halloween & Shapes. Four themes are included: ghosts, Frankenstein, candy corn and jack-o-lanterns. Each set includes an adaptive book with visual support and an adaptive book without visual support for 8 books! 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: Ghost - circle, heart, hexagon, parallelogram, rectangle, star, pentagon, square
Book 2: Jack-o-lantern - trapezoid, triangle, square, star, rectangle, heart, circle, rhombus
Book 3: Frankenstein - circle, star, crescent, square, heart, triangle, rectangle, oval
Book 4: Candy Corn - circle, star, crescent, square, heart, triangle, rectangle, oval
This set is available in both my shape bundle & my all inclusive growing bundle!
Check out the shape bundle here:Adapted Books - Shapes Growing Bundle (seasons & holidays)
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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Fall Adapted Books Bundle (Thanksgiving, pumpkin mini unit, #1-10 & fall)
By Until the Pieces Fit
Fall adapted books covering a pumpkin mini unit, counting #1-10, Fall, & Thanksgiving. This bundle includes 13 adapted books & extension activities (*extension activities only in the mini unit). A bit of prep is required, however they can be used year after year. I have always found adapted books with interactive pieces something that all my kiddos enjoy.
What is included:
Pumpkin Mini Unit
Book 1: Visiting a Pumpkin patch
Introduce vocabulary related to a pumpkin patch then read a story. The story needs some prep work prior, but can be used again and again & is adapted to support student learning.Students will read a story about visiting a pumpkin patch. Followup with a story map, ordering by size, sorting by size & clip cards
Book 2: How to carve a jack-o-lantern
Introduce vocabulary related to carving a jack-o-lantern then read the story. The story needs some prep work prior, but can be used again and again & is adapted to support student learning. Follow up by completing steps to carve a pumpkin, designing a pumpkin art & writing prompts.
Fall Counting #1-10
Book 1: Counting chipmunks: Students will count to 10 with some adorable chipmunks. They are all in festive fall clothing, or holding fall items.
Book 2: Counting fall leaves: Count the colorful fall leaves in this adapted book!
Book 3: Counting spiders - Spiders are hanging everywhere! Count them and find the corresponding numbers.
Book 4: School Monsters - Count the monsters on each page. How many do you see?
Fall Adapted Books
Book 1: Leaves are Falling
Students will listen to a short story about fall days & what we can expect during this season. An adorable bear ends our short story raking and playing in the colorful fall leaves. This story is colorful.
Book 2: Colorful Fall
Students will listen to a story with repetitive text ("I see a") and identify the item. The items are focused on fall & 8 different colors. An excellent book for practicing color recognition.
Book 3: Fun in the Fall
A variety of activities are represented in this book. Students will continue developing high-frequency words with the repetitive text "In the fall, I like to." Activities include hiking, school, bake sale, football, picking apples, picking pumpkins, carving pumpkins & a bond fire with smores.
Book 4: Fall Clothing
This book has students selecting the correct items of clothing. This book is Each page has "I want to," followed by "so I need." For example, students will select sunny days, swimming, and gardening items.
Thanksgiving
Book 1: Thanksgiving Day Parade
Students will listen to a short story about parade. The book has colorful pictures (but easy on that printer!) showing students what they can expect to see. They will see a big city, news reporters, big balloons, floats, bands & end the parade with you know who...Santa!
Book 2: Yummy Food
This story uses a repetitive text ("I like") and identifies the food. Traditional Thanksgiving foods are included: pumpkin pie, stuffing, apple pie, turkey, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, & dinner rolls
Book 3: I am Thankful
A variety of activities are represented in this book. What might you be thankful for? Pets, teachers, family, favorite foods, games, homes and birthdays.
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