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Preschool Autumn 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
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
All About Me Unit Back to School Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K
Going to school is an exciting event for young children. This ALL ABOUT ME Circle Time unit for Preschoolers is the perfect way to start a new school year. The unit includes complete lesson plans for 10 days of circle time, as well as additional literacy and math centers. All of the planning is done to make your life easier! It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Introduction "I Love School" - songs and movement activityMy Classroom - song and scavenger hunt activityChoices - 4 classroom ru
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PreK - K
Pumpkin Patch Dramatic Play
Pumpkin Patch Dramatic Play is a fun theme you can do in your pretend or dramatic play center! Perfect to do in the fall! 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 pumpkin patch 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
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PreK - K
Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
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
Fall Unit Autumn Lesson Plans Daily Circle Time Activities for Preschool Pre-K
This FALL (Autumn) CIRCLE TIME unit is perfect for preschoolers! It includes 10 days of complete lesson plans. Everything is done for you. Just print and teach these developmentally appropriate (ages 3-5) activities.10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - real photos and a "Fall-Not Fall" concept sortSigns of Fall - pocket chart activity and scavenger huntLeaves and Trees - song and class graphThings to do in Fall - song and sortApple Time - real photos, poem, and a sortSquirrels and Nuts - song,
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PreK - K
Also included in: Fall - Autumn Activities | BUNDLE for Preschool and Pre-K
Apples Unit September Lesson Plans Circle Time Activities for Preschool Pre-K
Learn all about APPLES with this complete unit that includes daily lesson plans, activities, and ideas that you’ll love to use to teach preschool and Pre-K students about apples. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier! It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, sing a song, name gameApples are Fruit - photos, labeling a picture, sing a songCooking with Apples - photos, carpet game, take a pollHow Apples Grow - photos, life cycle chart, concept sortExplori
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PreK - K
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
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
Pumpkins Unit Lesson Plans Fall Autumn October Activities for Preschool Pre-K
Circle Time lessons are done for you in this PUMPKIN PRESCHOOL UNIT! This unit of study is a fun way to welcome Autumn, October, and Halloween with the students in your preschool classroom!It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Pumpkins, Pumpkins - introduction, sensory activityPumpkin Patch - photos, song, class pollPumpkin Life Cycle - anchor chart, song, photosApples & Pumpkins - comparing & contrastingPumpkin Science - parts of a pumpkinJack-o-Lanterns - social-emotional recogni
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PreK - K
Fire Safety Week Bundle | Fire Safety Crafts | Fire Truck Craft
Celebrate Fire Safety Week with this adorable fire shaped fire safety rules booklet and fire truck craft!Your students will learn 11 fire safety rules using interactive activities. This fire safety thematic unit teaches all about fire safety prevention tips and tools. All shape book pages are black and white for easy prep.Plus, they will read and recognize sight words using the emergent reader and pocket chart sentences, use beginning sounds or word bank to label the parts of a fire truck, and s
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PreK - 1st
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
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}
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
Apple Unit and Johnny Appleseed Activities!
Learning all about apples has never been so much fun! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, printables, mini books, science explorations and so much more! This unit includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Apple Life Cycle poster3. "How Apples Grow" (8 mini book pages)4. "What's the Order?" apple life cycle printable5. "A is for Apple" Handwriting Practice printable6. Parts of an Apple poster7. "Parts of an Apple" original song8. "Parts of an Apple" cut
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PreK - K
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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