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Preschool science thematic unit plans for special education
Space Station Dramatic Play
Space Station Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center. A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Space Station in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, and make the props. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! This is a theme/unit designed for a preschool, pre-k, or kindergar
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Ocean - Ocean Animal Research Unit - Ocean Journal and Crafts
Splash into learning with this Ocean animal unit! This 115 page unit includes fact pages for ocean animals, full color images of ocean animals, blackline masters for interactive crafts, and an adorable scuba kid craft. This unit will be great and engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.These ocean animals are included in this unit:StarfishSea turtlesDolphinsWhalesOctopusSeahorseSharksOrca WhalesJellyfishStingraysCrabsAnimal Crafts:Starfish flipbook, Sea turtle craft, dolphin
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PreK - 3rd
Functional Life Skills Curriculum BUNDLE {for students with special needs}
What Are Life Skills? Life skills must be taught to students in special education to help them become independent and successful. Life skills instruction combines academic, daily living, occupational, and interpersonal skills to teach students how to live and work in the community. Trying to find time in our busy school day to fit in these lessons are really hard but we can try and practice them at school and home!Use this resource as your Life Skills Curriculum. You can use the activities inclu
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Apple Activities - All About Apples Unit with Crafts, Life Cycle, Graph & More!
This All About Apples unit is full of engaging apple activities and crafts for first grade or kindergarten students. Students will love the literacy and math activities and full-color nonfiction text that teaches them about the life cycle of an apple and the way apple trees change during the seasons. This resource includes:a full-color nonfiction text apples with real picturesvocabulary cardsapple life cycle printableThe Seasons of an apple tree printableapple map printableparts of an apple pri
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PreK - 1st
Bugs and Insects Theme, Insect Research Writing, Math and Craft Activities
Are you looking for an engaging insect unit for kindergarten or 1st grade? Have fun teaching math and literacy with a bugs & insects theme! This best-selling unit has recently been revised and is loaded with insect nonfiction texts, research writing and hands-on activities & crafts.What's included in this Insect Unit:All About Insects anchor chart and nonfiction bookInsect student fact bookBuild a Bug activityA Bug's Eye View activityAre You an Insect? Entomologist activity & poemG
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PreK - 1st
Hygiene & Healthy Habits: Hand Washing & Brushing Teeth-Dental Health {PreK & K}
Teach how proper hand washing and brushing your teeth keeps bodies happy and healthy! This unit is filled with supplemental activities to engage your students as you explore various hygiene and dental health related topics. In this unit, you will find hands on activities, experiments, songs, printables and so much more! Here's what is included:1. Recommended Book List2. Hand Washing Sign (in color & b/w)3. Hand Washing Steps Poster (in color & b/w)4. "How to Wash My Hands" (2 differentia
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PreK - K
Also included in: Healthy Habits BUNDLE: Hygiene, Nutrition & Food Groups {PreK & K}
Cooking & Craft Visual Recipes | 50 Seasonal Recipes & MORE | Speech Therapy
Thank you for checking out my Cooking & Craft Visual Recipe Pack!This pack will allow your clients or students to easily follow & make cooking and craft recipes. It is perfect for incorporating cooking into classroom lessons and group sessions. It can also be used as a cooking curriculum for your students throughout the year.There are 10 recipes for each season (fall, winter, spring, & summer). Additionally, it includes 10 recipes that can be used anytime throughout the year. *The re
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PreK - 9th
Farm Dramatic Play
Farm Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! A teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week and includes a book list. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Farm in your dramatic play center. Just print the labels, signs, craftivity patterns, and props. Then let the fun begin. This theme integrates social, math, language, literacy, science, and fine motor all into their play! This is a theme/unit designed for a preschoo
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Worm Science Investigation Unit
Wiggly, slimy and moving inch by inch into your student's world....This unit is filled with supplemental activities to engage your students as you explore the exciting life of a worm. In this unit, you will find: hands on activities, printables, arts and crafts, and so much more! "All About Worms" includes:1. Recommended book list 2. All About Earthworms mini book3. What Do Worms Need? printable 4. Parts of an Earthworm printable 5. Types of Worms poster6. Comparing Worms Venn Diagram 7. Earthwo
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Thematic Units for PreK & Kindergarten MEGA BUNDLE
Autism & Play: Themed Visual Supports For Special Education
Parents and educators often create goals for autism and play. Autistic children's play skills develop differently than neurotypical play skills. This is not bad or wrong, it's just different. This resource will help you support your students or child in expanding their play skills, as well as addressing other goal areas during themed play activities.This resource is full of visual supports that will allow you to target specific language, social, and pre-academic skills with your child or student
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PreK - 1st
Themed Adapted Board Books For Special Education
Create more engagement with books for your young 3-5 year old preschool students! Many children with language delays, or attention issues have difficulty listening to stories. By adding visual supports to adapt your books, you can increase engagement! ⭐️ Adapted books are so valuable! For our littlest learners or students who have difficulty maintaining attention when the teacher is reading, adapted books can help. By giving busy little hands something to hold on to (the picture), and a predicta
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PreK - 1st
Thanksgiving Food Activities for Autism and Special Education
This packet includes three hands-on activities that are sure to get students excited for Thanksgiving! These differentiated Thanksgiving activities can be used in any classroom, but the clear visuals make this an especially beneficial resource for students with autism or other disabilities. (Save money when you buy this resource as part of my Thanksgiving Bundle for Autism & Special Education!)The activities included are:My Thanksgiving Plate/TableStudents can choose meal items to place on t
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Thanksgiving Bundle for Autism and Special Education
All About Owls Unit, Owl Craft, Writing Template, Owl Pellet Activities & More
Are you looking for an all about owls themed unit? Check out this set full of hands-on science, math activities, writing templates, crafts and more! This K/1 unit is perfect for the month of October or November; these engaging activities will teach your students all about owls and review a variety of math and literacy skills.This best-selling unit has been completely revised, with new activities added and others revamped.What's included:All About Owls nonfiction text with real photosAll About
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PreK - 1st
Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme STEM Activities
Students will be delighted and challenged to complete these 8 different Fairy Tale and Nursery Rhyme themed STEM activities! These are perfect for students to work on whole group, in a small group, or even as a fun and engaging move on activity! This pack includes STEAM activities from:♦ The Three Pigs - House Building Challenge♦ The Three Pigs - Huff and Puff Challenge ♦ The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Bridge Building Challenge ♦ Little Miss Muffet - Spider Web Building Challenge♦ Jack Be Nimbl
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PreK - 1st
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Giraffes Can't Dance Book Companion Activities Speech and Language Therapy
Speech therapy jungle style! Language and articulation activities perfect for zoo themes too. Packed with story comprehension activities, yes/no and wh questions, multiple meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and more. This set includes ready-to-go activities for a variety of levels from PK to early elementary so you can use one wonderful storybook across your caseload!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~➤SKILLS TARGETED:• Phonological Awareness- rhyme, syllable counting, initial sound
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PreK - 3rd
Constellation Cards/Activity
This is a great activity for your youngsters when studying outer space and the solar system! It can be used as a math unit (counting stars), history (the origin of constellations and their importance), or science (constellations in general!).These can also be scaled down and pasted into an interactive notebook or used as matching cards.There are two constellations on each page, for a total of 6 constellations with varying degrees of difficulty. The constellations included are:-The Big Dipper-Leo
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PreK - 3rd
Also included in: SPACE BUNDLE
Healthy Habits BUNDLE: Hygiene, Nutrition & Food Groups {PreK & K}
HEALTHY EATING:1. Recommended Book List2. The Five Food Groups Mini Book3. I'm a Healthy Eater Song4. Sorting Food Groups Center: headers, flashcards, and sorting mats (Dairy, Fruits, Grains, Protein, Vegetables)5. "My Healthy Plate" Poster6. "Draw a Healthy Meal" Printable7. "My Healthy Plate" Craftivity and Templates8. "I'm a School Chef"...creating a balanced meal9. School Lunch Sorting: cut and paste activity10. Fruit and Veggie Survey (survey question headers, fruit & veggie cards with
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PreK - K
Visual Art Projects (Level 1) - For Preschool Autism & Special Education
Do you have students who have difficulty paying attention to art projects? Do the adults end up doing most of the project? Nobody wants that!Do your students avoid touching anything messy (don't want to touch things like paint)? Mine too! That's why these projects don't require touching any "yucky" sensory materials. The projects do not require cutting, assembling, or multiple steps.This visual art resource will make your art projects super predictable, short and sweet, while reducing the need t
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PreK - 1st
All About Apples Craft, Apple Investigation Science Activities, Apple Life Cycle
Learn all about apples with these 20 interactive apple activities and adorable apple craft! You can easily integrate science, math, literacy and social studies into your nonfiction apple research, as your students learn about the life cycle of an apple, parts of an apple, uses of an apple, seasons of an apple tree and where to grow an apple tree. They will also taste test each color apple and graph their classmates' favorites, as well as use their five senses to describe an apple.Apple Investig
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PreK - 2nd
Ladybug Unit: All About Ladybugs and the Ladybug Life Cycle
Your students will LOVE learning all about ladybugs with this fun nonfiction unit! They will love the real-life pictures, crafts, and writing! You'll love how everything you need for an engaging science or nonfiction literacy unit is in one place! You can also find this unit in my K-1 Science for the Year Bundle!What's Included?Nonfiction BookWriting and Graphic OrganizersPaper Reader (2 levels)All About Ladybugs Flip Book CraftLadybugs Can, Have, AreLadybugs KWLLadybug LabelingLadybug Labeling
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Science and Nonfiction Units for the Year Bundle
Functional Life Skills Curriculum {Personal Care & Hygiene} Digital & Printable
Functional Life Skills Curriculum {Personal Care & Hygiene}What Are Life Skills? Life skills must be taught to students in special education to help them become independent and successful. Life skills instruction combines academic, daily living, occupational, and interpersonal skills to teach students how to live and work in the community. Trying to find time in our busy school day to fit in these lessons are really hard but we can try and practice them at school and home!Use this resource a
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Arctic Animals and Antarctic Animals Research Unit - Journal Crafts and Books
Are you learning about Penguins, Polar Bears, Walrus and other Arctic Animals? This 200 page unit includes fact pages for arctic animals, full color images of arctic animals, blackline masters for interactive crafts, and informational student readers about each animal. This unit will be great and engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.The animals are included in this unit:*Polar Bears*Penguins*Harp Seals*Puffins*Snowy Owls*Walrus*Narwhals*Penguins*Arctic FoxCaffeine and Kind
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PreK - 1st
Dinosaur Coloring Pages
This pack is a great addition to your dinosaur unit! These fun coloring pages are great to put at a station. I had my students water color them and they came out amazing! This coloring pack includes:** = TWO versions- ** Dinosaurs (all in one)- ** Stegosaurus- ** Pterodactyl & Triceratops- ** Parasaurolophus & Brachiosaurus- ** Tyrannosaurus Rex- Dinosaur Fossils- Stegosaurus Bones- Pterodactyl Bones- Triceratops Bones- Brachiosaurus Bones- Pterodactyl Bones- T-Rex Bones
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Dinosaur BUNDLE
Grab N' Go Push-in Speech and Language Activities {25 THEMES!}
Looking for a themed resource you can use with your speech students as you push into their classroom? Then you need to snag this Grab N' Go Push-in Speech and Language Themed Activity resource! Use this tool to quickly assess and monitor student progress throughout the year.This themed resource can be easily implemented during push-in, circle time, centers, or in-class therapy sessions. The provided visuals are perfect for review and added support while working on various language skills.THIS RE
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PreK - 2nd
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