Descriptive Writing Unit: Ice Cream Sundaes (Printable PDF)
This simple unit is highly visual, and provides the necessary support for your students to be able to make choices, sequence the activity and write about it. We like to finish the unit with an ice-cream sundae party where each student makes the ice-cream sundae they described. This is a great way to encourage your students to pay attention to the details! 😉
Details
11 Page PDF
Students will first get to choose which flavor ice cream, syrup flavor, and toppings they would like on their sundae by using visual supports and a sentence starter.
Then they get to "build" their sundaes step-by-step by using the cut-out picture cards.
To complete the activity, students will write a sentence describing what they chose to include in their sundae and how it tasted.
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Grocery Store Shopping Lists Mega Bundle (Interactive Digital Sets + Printable PDF's)
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This set includes 7 sets of Shopping Lists Activities that mimic different grocery story aisles.
🍎 Fruits and Vegetables🥫 Canned Foods🍟 Chips and Snacks🍦 Ice-Cream🥤 Drinks and Sodas 🥣 Cereal🛒 Mixed Foods
Included Digital Activities:
Watch the video below to see one of the digital versions in action! + printables make it quick and easy for techies and non techies alike...
Shopping List -175 Shopping Lists with Printable Hands-On Manipulatives + Visual Supports: Drag and drop virtual activity
Shopping Lists: Reading - 175 Written Orders Shopping Lists with Printable Hands-On Manipulatives + Visual Supports: Drag and drop virtual activity
Included Printable Activities:
"Is this what's on the list?: Yes/no" - 175 task cards
""What's wrong with this basket?" (choose the food that shouldn't be there)" - 175 task cards
"What's missing from the list?" (choose the item that is missing) - 175 task cards
Shopping List: 175 Shopping Lists with Printable Hands-On Manipulatives + Visual Supports
Shopping List: Reading 175 Written Lists with Printable Hands-On Manipulatives
Digital Setup:
You can get started with the interactive digital versions 💻 in a matter of SECONDS.
The PDF download contains the links to the digital version as well as the print option. This set can also be printed and used as a hands-on task bin.
Digital Versions are saved on Google Slides™
You can use this on either a computer, Chromebook or tablet.
This video walks you through the steps to getting this setup and into your student's hands!
Everything is ready to go- your students can be using these in just a few minutes.
Cafeteria: Sensory Social Story (Printable PDF)
Includes a 14-page book that will get your students ready to successfully eat in the cafeteria. Our sensory social stories are great for students that are working on participating in all school activities.
Sensory strategies can help students cope with situations they wouldn’t be able to handle otherwise.Read these books to let students know what to expect and what strategies are available to them.
Waiting In Line: Sensory Social Story (Printable PDF)
Includes a 19-page book that will get your students ready to successfully wait in line.
Our sensory social stories are great for students that are working on participating in all school activities.
Sensory strategies can help students cope with situations they wouldn’t be able to handle otherwise.Read these books to let students know what to expect and what strategies are available to them.
AAC Play Companions Core Vocabulary (Printable PDF)
This set of play companions will help you to teach your students to engage in play in a natural and fun atmosphere.
Many of our students benefit from visuals, so why not use visuals to teach play skills?!? That’s the idea behind this visual companion set.
An adult models the play task by using a visual support that is carefully disguised as part of the play (Doctor’s notes, Parent’s To-Do List, etc).
When it’s the student’s turn they have the same visual support available to them. They simply check off the tasks as they go!
Visual supports mean less prompting and more INDEPENDENCE! Oh, and the visual supports are also paired with core vocabulary phrases appropriate for each play task. Let’s get them talking! Let’s get them playing!
We can all agree that teaching play skills is SOOO important. But why does it have to be so hard? Well . . . NOW IT DOESN’T have to be!!!
Details
50 Page PDF Download
Doctor Play:
Use the “Doctor’s Notes” and a toy doctor kit to perform “check ups” on peers.
Pet Play:
Choose a pet and take care of all its basic needs with the “Pet Owner’s To-Do List”.
Restaurant Play:
Take orders from peers and serve up meals with the “Waiter’s Notes” and menu.
Train Play:
Use language to set up a train track and direct traffic.
Baby Play:
Use the Parent’s “To-Do List” to take care of baby’s basic needs.
This set also includes BONUS scripts for lunch and recess times!
Break times are fantastic learning opportunities! Get your students using functional communication and core vocabulary during social moments.
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Nursery Rhymes Emergent Readers + Comprehension Bundle (Printable PDF)
Introducing the Nursery Rhymes Emergent Reader Bundle - a selection of classic rhymes rewritten using core vocabulary, designed to help students build language, reading, and reading comprehension skills.
This bundle includes versions of 11 popular nursery rhymes, each adapted to make use of sight words and other high-frequency words.
Reading these familiar rhymes will help to boost confidence and expand your students' reading abilities. So let's get started with some classic fun that helps young readers grow!
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22 Emergent Readers
Level 1: Nursery Rhyme Song Reader
Level 2: Nursery Rhyme Core Word (aka sight words) version
Reading Comprehension Accompaniment
Visuals for Characters
Visuals for Settings
Story Event Sequencing Task
Visual Comprehension Questions
Nursery Rhymes:
Mary had a Little Lamb
The Wheels on the Bus
Jack and Jill
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Humpty Dumpty
The Five Little Ducks
On Top of Spaghetti
5 Little Monkeys
Sing a Song of Six Pence
Old MacDonald
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Use on your iPad/ tablet to save on printing costs.
Project the book for the entire class to see, and avoid printing anything.
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Fine Motor Skill Builder Monthly Themed BUNDLE: 11 Pack (Printable PDF)
Fine motor skills builder bundle. This MEGA bundle includes over 700 pages of monthly themed fine motor skills builders. These are a great way to build up your students fine motor skills during independent workstations!
This set was created by an occupational therapist and is what she uses to build up her students fine motor skills.
Great for centers and rotations, or independent work.
Monthly Themes
August: Back to School
September: Fall
October: Halloween
November: Thanksgiving
December: Holiday
January: Winter
February: Valentine's Day
March: St. Patricks Day
April: Easter Bunny/ Spring
May: Spring
June/ July: Summer
Follow the Shopping List: Fruits and Veggies (Interactive Digital + Printable PDF)
These interactive shopping list activities are the perfect grab and go life skills training task.
Includes all REAL PICTURES so it is appropriate for all ages, no kiddish clip art graphics!
Included Digital Activities:
Shopping List: 25 lists with Visual Supports drag and drop virtual activity to add the items to the basket.
Shopping List: 25 Written lists with drag and drop virtual activity to add the items to the basket.
Included Printable Activities:
"Is this on the list?" - 25 task cards
"What's missing from the list?" - 25 task cards
"What's wrong with this basket?" - 25 task cards
Shopping List + Visual Supports: 25 Shopping Lists + Printable Hands-On Manipulatives. Students follow the list and place the items into the basket.
Shopping List: Reading 25 Written Lists: 25 Shopping Lists + Printable Hands-On Manipulatives. Students read each list and place the items into the basket.
Digital Setup:
The PDF download contains the links to the digital version as well as the print option. This set can also be printed and used as a hands-on task bin.
Digital Versions are saved on Google Slides™
AAC CORE Words: "Here, There" Set (Printable PDF includes Books + Games + Word Work)
Here and There “2 Words for 2 Weeks,” a series of instructional activities and suggestions for using target core vocabulary words with our students. Why “here” and “there”? These words are powerful for our students because here/ there can be used for many communicative functions.
Includes
This packet is HUGE! It provides a full 2 weeks of instructional materials if you are completing tasks daily. With CORE language the focus is on getting students to truly develop their language, by understanding the words and how they are used across multiple settings and environments.
Everything you need to get started is included in this packet! :) Happy teaching!
Core Vocabulary Language Books
Come Here! (12 pages) - this adorable book has your students finding dogs making not the best choices, their job is to tell the dog to "Come here!" before he creates more of a mess!
Where is it? Here it is? Find the Elf (22 Pages)- Your students can partner up with this book having one of them practice reading/ asking the question "Where is it?" while the other finds the elf and says "Here it is."
Look There Fairy (25 pages) Another look and find book, but this time your student will practice saying "Look there" to direct another person's attention to the location of a fairy hidden in the images.
I Want to go... There (13 pages) Your student will be able to express their desire by choosing a location they'd rather go. The question is asked, "Where do you want to go," and they can respond with, "I want to go there" and indicate their choice. The later pages in the book show something/ someone and 2 habitats, your student will indicate where it should be. (ex: a baby: in a crib or on a rollercoaster)
Here/ There Game (13 Pages)
Where does it go? Practice putting everyday household items away with this Here/ There Mat Game. Students draw a card and place it on the mat where it belongs. (ex: plate goes in the kitchen). When they place it down they should say "here" or "there."
11 Word Work No Prep Pages
Information about CORE language, and where to find support to begin the process of going CORE with your students.
This packet is based on a selection of core vocabulary, or the highest frequency words in speech and writing. Remarkably, these seemingly simple words make up roughly 80% of what we say!
They can be used and combined for a full variety of communicative functions (such as initiation, termination, commenting, requesting, asking, interjecting and directing others). Teaching core vocabulary allows students the chance to do more than just get their needs and wants met, but to develop authentic language skills!
Modeling and repetition are important parts of core vocabulary learning and instruction.
You may notice that some products contain repetitive refrains or frequent repetitions of the same core words.
This is done with the intent of getting the most repetition and practice possible while still having fun!
Great for Independent Work Station
Core Suggestions
Suggestions for using core vocabulary communications boards/ AAC Devices:
1) It’s okay to be slow! Your students will need the extra time to find icons and follow your models, so going slow is only beneficial!
2) Model, model, model. Students learn by watching you use the core board/ device and hearing you speak the words. If your student is hesitant about touching the board at first, then for now you can settle for letting them attend to you using the board. This can be a nice introduction to the idea that the boards are there for communication.
3) You are NOT limited to only using the words “stop” and ‘go.” These words should be the focus of the next two weeks, but feel free to be modeling words and phrases as appropriate in all settings. Also, when you are modeling use of the board you do not need to touch an icon for every single word that you say. For example, you may tell a student “Look at your work,” but the only icon you touch might be “look.”
4) Everybody should be on board. All staff members who interact with the students should get familiar using the core board. This is now a way that we can all communicate with each other.
Emergent Reader "I see... Farm Animals" (Printable PDF)
Builds Confidence In Your Early Readers
Differentiating is a breeze, when you have the right materials.
Earliest readers can use the visual supports at the bottom of each page to find success right away.
Looking for more books? Click here to checkout the full set of "I see Animals" readers.
How it Works
The student can either read the sentence strip at the bottom of the page, or use the adaptable pieces to match the corresponding pictures to create a sentence.
Ex: I see a horse. I see a pig and a horse. I see a goat next to a pig.
What's Included
12 MB | 102 pages Zip File
Includes 3 Easy Reader Books (with 2 versions of each)
A total of 6 easy readers are included in this set. Each set comes with a completed sentence strip at the bottom and a version where the animals are left blank.
I see a _______.
I see a _______ next to a _________.
I see a _______ and a ________.
Text Only
Picture/ Word Pieces Sentence Strip
Farm Animals: goat, cow, pig, chicken, donkey, horse, turkey, duck, sheep, rabbit, dog
The Wheels on the Bus Nursery Rhyme Emergent Reader + Reading Comprehension (Printable PDF)
Introducing the The Wheels on the Bus Rhyme Emergent Reader + Reading Comprehension! This reader is adapted from classic nursery rhymes, rewritten with core vocabulary (aka sight words) for easier reading.
The simplified language makes it perfect for students just starting to build their reading skills. Plus, the included reading comprehension questions help to further develop their understanding of the story.
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Emergent Readers
Emergent Reader of The Wheels on the Bus
The Wheels on the Bus Nursery Rhyme Song Version
Reading Comprehension Accompaniment
Visuals for Characters
Visuals for Settings
An Event Sequencing Task
Visual Comprehension Questions
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Use on your iPad/ tablet to save on printing costs.
Project the book for the entire class to see, and avoid printing anything.
P.S. If you like this book you might want to check out our Fairy Tale bundle. Get 30% off when you purchase the full set.
Visual Recipe: Microwave Pancakes (Printable PDF)
Visual Recipe designed to increase independence for special education students. The single page step-by-step images provide your students with the visual supports they need to cook independently! Step by step visuals with simple sentence supports readers and non-readers alike.Quick and simple microwave recipe allows each student to follow their steps and make their own. Requires only 4 ingredients
Pancake Mix
Milk
Butter
Syrup
Includes
1 page of necessary items1 page of ingredients 12 pages step by step instructions1 instruction per pageShopping List Recipe Writing pages where students can copy down the instructionsBook can be printed or used on a tablet, projector, etc.
"I Like... I Don't Like..." Opinions Adapted Book (Printable PDF + Interactive Digital + File Folder)
Practice identifying likes and dislikes while working on beginning writing skills and sentences structure.
The book has 14 pages, and the student will match the corresponding pictures to the sentence strip, creating opinion sentences with ease. (Ex: I don't like to eat broccoli.)
File Folder Companion- has the same 14 food choices + 6 other food options, your students will match the foods to the page (like or don't like)
Included
10 MB PDF | 20 pages
14-page book
+ Digital Drag and Drop Version
Picture and word pieces for writing sentences
Writing worksheet to copy down the sentences they've created
File Folder Companion Set
Instructions of set up and all picture pieces are included!
After students finish writing the book I like to have them practice copying down the sentences they have made.
This is a great way to have students work on forming their own opinions, especially for students with minimal verbal skills, as well as getting students to use proper sentence structure.
Emergent Reader Transportation Vehicles (Printable PDF)
Builds Confidence In Your Early Readers
Differentiating is a breeze, when you have the right materials.
Earliest readers can use the visual supports at the bottom of each page to find success right away.
Hands-On Sentence Strips Make these readers irresistibly interactive.
49 MB|199 pages Zip File
Includes 3 Easy Reader Books (with 3 versions of each) A total of 9 easy readers are included in this set.
Each set comes with a visual supports sentence strip at the bottom, fill in the blank (vehicles), as well as a text only version.I see a _______. I see a _______ next to a _________. I see a _______ and a ________.
Your student can either read the sentence strip at the bottom of the page, Use the adaptable pieces to fill in the blanks, or match the corresponding pictures to create a sentence.
Limited Time Bonus: 2 Spanish and 2 Filipino Readers
Vehicles/ Transportation: School Bus, Bus, Airplane, Boat, Truck, Fire Truck, Garbage Truck, Helicopter, Semi-Truck, Motorcycle, Racecar, car, ambulance, police car, train, and ship.
Emergent Reader Fairy Tale BUNDLE + Reading Comprehension (Printable PDF's)
This fairy tale story set was created to bring the joy of fairy tales to all students.
Each is told with simple, high frequency, functional language. Your emergent readers will light up when they realize they can read these familiar tales independently.
Includes: 17 Emergent/ Easy Readers + Reading Comprehensions Questions
Level 1 Readers: This version of each fairytale has been adapted based on a selection of core vocabulary/sight words, or the highest frequency words in speech and writing.
Level 2 Readers: This version of each fairytale has been adapted for early/ emergent readers.
Story Accompaniment: Our story accompaniments provide the visual supports to improve reading comprehension.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Sequencing of Story Events
Characters/ Setting Visual Supports
BONUS: Spin a Fairytale Set has your students spinning and creating their own fairytales.
Included
Alice in WonderlandThe Gingerbread ManLittle Red Riding Hood RumpelstiltskinThe 3 Little PigsThe Princess and the PeaThe Jungle Book The Little MermaidSleeping Beauty