Tag: Visuals for Autism

Playdough Activity Mats for Preschool & Special Education

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I use Visual Communication for my non verbal and students with minimal verbal skills in my classroom, and am always looking for ways to incorporate as much of these skills as I can in my daily activities.

I designed this functional activity to practice Picture Communication in my playdough activities to make it more meaningful. My Kiddos can use visuals to request colors and tools they will need to complete these simple dough activity mats.

My Young learners can practice their colour and shape skills as well as initiate communication with these handy activity mats and visuals!

In my Playdough Activity Mats  product Iv’e included :-

5 Playdough Mats

2 Boards for visuals

I want Visual

11 visuals needed to complete the playdough tasks.

My Daily Planner Binder – Back to School for Kids with Autism

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On the first day back to school I always introduce my Interactive Planner Binder to keep my young learners focused and motivated! Its full of visual strategies to help them plan their day, choose they’re reinforcer and stay in the area where they need to work.

I laminated the ones i made but you could easily place them in a pocket folder and use a dry wipe marker.

I’ve incorporated pages for my new students to jot down their name, grade and class, followed by their teachers name, their friends name, things they like and things they don’t.

There are pages with the days of the week for them to practice and tick off what day it is and same for seasons.

Having a schedule is so important so I’ve added spaces where i can write the order of the day and they can tick off as they go though it, handy to keep them on track!

Working for cards and reward choice keep them motivated!

Reminders of what to do when they feel angry, “first and then” when they get frustrated and what “I need” visuals for them to choose from.

Teaching Play Skills

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My Cook Book will Teach play skills using visual instructions.

Home pretend play visuals for cooking and Communication. Students with Autism/Special Education often find pretend play difficult. I’ve found that using visuals and sequencing the lesson will assist in developing these play skills within your student.

Visuals and recipes Included

How to make a Beef burger

How to make a Hot dog

How to make fries

This Cook Book is designed for students who have limited play and verbal skills.

  • The visuals assists in the early stages of pretend play
  • learn the sequence of pretend play
  • Enable students to engage in play
  • They’re able to practice steps with common play food.
  • Can use visuals to request what they want to make, what they will need and practice vocabulary.

To make up the Cook Book

  • Cut out pages
  • laminate and bind
  • cut out visuals and laminate

Back to School – All About me

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A resource to help you get to know new students and for them to practice
sharing information about themselves.

These simple All about me passport pages are perfect for kids in pre-k, kindergarten and Special Education, I use these with my new students yearly and are a great way to start my morning lesson, especially now that I’ve popped them in a binder to use over and over again!

This interactive resource allows my kids with limited reading and writing skills use the visuals to share a few important things about themselves.  

I love getting to know my new kids and this activity binder make it quick and easy to find out their likes and dislikes and assess the visual learners basic skills!

I’ve adapt this activity for kids into 2 different levels of learning, one with pictures and the other with just the word. Included in these pages are:-

Name space (students can practice their name )
My gender is
My hair colour is
My eye colour is
My favorite colour
My favorite pet
My favorite toy
My favorite food
My favorite drink
My favorite snack
I know my shapes
I know my colours
I know my numbers
This is me (where your student can draw himself)

All About me

It is part of my All about me bundle in my TPT store.

Reduce Frustration with Calm Down Strategies

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Visual supports can help reduce frustration by giving non verbal students a way to Communicate. Having a variety of activities that are available in class and being able to ask for what is wanted can help reduce behavior throughout the day.

This is why I always keep a selection of visual choices handy in my calm down area, ready for when problems arise! Struggling students are able to find the visual displayed on a board that will help them reduce these emotions to carry on learning.

I display only the visuals that are available to the students on given days and a wider choice throughout the week.

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