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Functional Vocabulary - Household Items *BUNDLE!*

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"I hurt..." PCS communication board

By Essentials for Autism

This product is a communication tool for students with autism or for students who use alternative means of communication through use of picture communication symbols. Use this product when a student gets hurt at school. It can be used both in the

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Vocational Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Graphic Organizers, School Nurse Documents

$2.50

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Soft Skills for the Workplace Unit

By Essentials for Autism

This product is for individuals who have the potential to gain and maintain employment. It addresses necessary soft skills and MORE. This 199 page document is sure to give you plenty of resources for vocational education for your transition students

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, Vocational Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

$12.00

Digital Download PDF (98.71 MB)

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Identifying Household Items

By Essentials for Autism

Product includes: 40 labeled flashcards of common household items 40 "find the ___" flashcards, field of 2 picture responses 17 "which is found ___" flashcards, field of 2 picture responses

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (18.02 MB)

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Count & Color - Quantities 0-5

By Essentials for Autism

Given a number and set of 5 images, students' task is to color only the amount of images to match the number. Five worksheets included. Same format, different number orders, different images. FREE DOWNLOAD!Looking for more resources for working with

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4b, K.CC.B.5

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.92 MB)

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Feelings/Emotions -6 Differentiated Activities (focus on happy,sad,angry,scared)

By Essentials for Autism

*72 pages*-preview would not allow for many pages*This product is great for young students or students of any age in special education or autism classrooms. Focused on 4 basic emotions, there are a variety of activites included, for varying ability

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills, School Counseling

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

$4.00

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Functional Vocabulary - Household Items *BUNDLE!*

By Essentials for Autism

This bundle is perfect for a special education and/or life skills classroom focusing on learning functional vocabulary. It would perfectly accompany a full unit on household items. A great supplement to similar units such as laundry, cooking, or

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Task Cards

CCSS:

L.K.4a, L.K.5a, L.K.5c

$10.00

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Identifying Healthcare/Doctor's Visit Vocabulary - No Writing Required

By Essentials for Autism

Functional-Life-Skills-Vocabulary!!!This product uses 20 different vocabulary words related to healthcare and/or visiting the doctor. It provides a flashcard for EACH vocabulary word. (20) Given a word and asked to point to the __, with two picture

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Flash Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.L.6

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (2.07 MB)

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$Pet Themed Kindergarten Math Worksheets Nearly-No Writing Needed!$

Pet Themed Kindergarten Math Worksheets Nearly-No Writing Needed!

By Essentials for Autism

Great for morning work or math independent work! This product includes 19 different math worksheets that cover 10 different kindergarten common core objectives including: 1. Color and count 2. Sorting into 2 categories 3. Counting to find the

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Numbers, Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Handouts, Assessment, Centers

$2.50

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Sorting Household Objects - Inside vs. Outside the House (File Folder Activity)

By Essentials for Autism

-Two photos are displayed: 1 Photo of an inside of a home & 1 Photo of an outside of a home-Students are given 12 small pictures to represents objects that either match appropriately inside or outside the home. -Their task is to correct identify

Subjects:

Special Education

Grades:

PreK, 5^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

K.MD.B.3

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (4.71 MB)

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50 Simple Sorting Activity Pages - 5 levels differing difficulty, 10 per level

By Essentials for Autism

I had noticed that hundreds of users had downloaded one of my freebies that is a very simple sorting page of sorting cats and dogs. I decided to expand upon that idea and to put 50 of these together in a product to help teachers to have plenty of

Subjects:

Other (Math), Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

K.MD.B.3

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (80.98 MB)

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Puzzle piece themed CLASSROOM LABELS for autism classrooms

By Essentials for Autism

This product includes 27 classroom labels for autism classrooms. This product is editable when downloaded, so teachers are able to CUSTOMIZE as needed. Labels included are: Center #1, #2 and #3 Independent Work Area Computer Station Break

Subjects:

Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Posters

$2.00

Digital Download PPTX (1.22 MB)

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Counting 1-10 Flipbook to Collect IEP Data

By Essentials for Autism

This product makes it easier to take data for an IEP goal related to counting or identifying sets/quantities from 1-10. INSTRUCTIONS:Laminate each page.Place velcro on each dotted square.Bind & create flip book.This product can be useful during

Subjects:

Math, Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Centers

$3.00

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INTERACTIVE: Identifying Body Parts, field of 2 - Google Slides

By Essentials for Autism

Note: I have upgraded this product to be a digital product. It downloads from Google Docs to your Google Docs, to easily be seen in Google Slides. I'm very excited to upload my first google slide product to TPT! I hope this helps engage students

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

$4.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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10 Errorless File Folder Activities

By Essentials for Autism

These file folders are ERRORLESS. The task is simple: for students to move the items from page 1 onto the spots designated on page 2. No sorting or separating by color, etc. This is the first step in students learning to complete a file folder

Subjects:

Other (Math), Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Centers

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (19.41 MB)

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Cut, glue, & sort - CATS and DOGS

By Essentials for Autism

Use for individual work related to pets AND/OR reading the CVC words "cat" and "dog" practicing using scissors, etc. Great for pre-k or kindergarten. Also good for students with autism, any age!Because this is such a popular download, I created a

Subjects:

Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.14 MB)

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$"I see _ fish" Book - for counting quantities up to 10 (IE$

"I see _ fish" Book - for counting quantities up to 10 (IEP goals or basic math)

By Essentials for Autism

Students customize the title page by coloring and writing (or having a helper) write their name on the front.Each page shows a fish bowl with a number of fish inside. From 1-10 in order. Sentence "I see __ fish" on each page. 'See' has two eyes

Subjects:

Math, Special Education, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4a

$0.75

Digital Download PDF (2.77 MB)

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Life Cycle of a Frog - 5 file folder activities

By Essentials for Autism

Activities cover 1:1 correspondence, sorting by color, matching, determining which picture is 'different' given a set of pictures, ordinal numbers, and the stages the life cycle of a frog.

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Special Education, Problem Solving

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Centers

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (18.90 MB)

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Number Words as Sight Words - 25 worksheets -limited writing easily modified

By Essentials for Autism

Objectives Include:-identifying written number word-matching written word to same written word-matching written word to corresponding numeral25 Different worksheets - color answer, circling answer choices, cut and sort, draw a line to signify a

Subjects:

Reading, Math, Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.3c

$2.50

Digital Download PDF (18.18 MB)

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ABC Tracing Worksheets with Visual & Auditory Cues - (print to practice at home)

By Essentials for Autism

***IMPORTANT NOTE: Thumbnails are not showing the letters showing up as dashed/traceable. In the printable product, the letters are dashed in order to be traced.***One worksheet for each letter of the alphabet.Includes color coded cues for first,

Subjects:

Writing, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

L.K.1a

$4.00

Digital Download PPTX (31.89 MB)

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My Book of Opposites - for 1 time or repeated use (10 pairs included)

By Essentials for Autism

This book introduces 10 pairs of opposites and then allows students to cut and glue in the answer when given 1 half of the pair. For example, 1 page introduces hot, next page introduces cold, page after that states that hot and cold are opposites

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Special Education

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$1.25

Digital Download PDF (31.33 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Wide Range of Experience -1:1 Instructor in home through Autism Waiver (1 year) -Lead Teacher Autism Self-Contained Classroom, grades 3-5, IEP case manager (3years) -Lead Teacher Autism Kindergarten Inclusion, IEP case manager (2 years) -Lead Teacher Kindergarten Inclusion + Resource Teacher for Grades K-2, IEP case manager (2 years) -Pre Employment Transition Skills Instructor, taught in high school classrooms in various schools with varying ability levels, focused entirely on post-secondary transition (1 year) -Supervisor for Adult Day Program focused on Pre-Employment and Community Integration (1 year) -Supports Coordinator for Adult Autism Waiver (current) -Special Olympics Volunteer Coach for 10+ years

MY TEACHING STYLE

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

-Bachelors in Special Education at Towson University, MD. -Job Coach Certified (ACRES)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Former Autism Teacher Now Full Time SAHM, & Part Time SC for the Adult Autism Waiver. Remain dedicated to creating materials helpful for life skills classrooms, students with autism, and general education/special education pre-k age.