Special Resources teaching resources for Canada
Table Manners Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Fifteen illustrated first-person pages follow a meal from washing hands to asking to leave the table, giving one table-manners rule per page — closed-mouth chewing, cutlery, pacing, "pardon me" after a burp, and no slurping.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Table Manners, Polite
Teasing Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story defines teasing, contrasts how it feels to the teaser versus the person teased, and gives a five-question self-check to use before speaking.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Teasing, Social Skills, Empathy, Respect, Communication, Tease Stories, Teasing Stories
Telling the Truth Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a child through recognizing what a lie is, how lying affects friends' feelings, and a closing commitment to tell the truth instead.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Telling The Truth, Autism
What I Can and Cannot Control Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Twenty cut-and-paste phrase cards, such as my behaviour, the weather, and other people's feelings, are sorted by students under two headings for a locus-of-control SEL activity, provided in four spelling and layout variants.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags CBT, SEN, Counselling, Control, Anger, Self-awareness, Coping Skills, Stress Management, Mindfulness
Time on Task Data Sheets - Two Observation Forms
, Not Grade Specific,
Structured observation grids let a teacher track a target student's on-task, off-task, and redirected behaviour against a peer in 10-second intervals.
Author Good Human Project
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Tags Data Tracking, Data Collection, Tracking Time, Observation, Special Education Forms
Top or Bottom Pictures Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Top or Bottom Pictures Worksheet concentrates on two positional words through an animal-and-rocket scene. Learners look at where each animal appears relative to the rocket and complete the response with top or bottom. Reusing the same reference object keeps the spatial relationship consistent while the animal positions change. The blank response lines require the positional word to be written rather than chosen from a list.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Have Fun Teaching
Private Body Time – Social Story for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
A nine-page illustrated social story sets out one privacy rule in plain first-person language: private time belongs somewhere private, not at school or in front of others. Each of nine illustrated pages restates one plain rule in first-person language, so a young reader learns that private time belongs somewhere private and alone.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Social Story About Touching Yourself, Touching Self, Public Masturbation Story, Public Masturbation Stories
Traffic Light Feelings – SEL Self-Regulation Lesson
, Not Grade Specific,
In this 7-slide Google Slides Lesson Presentation, students will learn about the Traffic Light Feelings. This is a self-regulation tool that helps students identify when they are being unsafe, have a big emotion, and need to stop. Red feelings are feelings that are BIG such as really angry, scared, unsafe, or out of control. Students will learn the phrase STOP, SLOW AND GO strategy. The yellow light represents feelings that are silly, excited, worried, stressed, or frustrated. The green light represents feelings that are good for class, with peers in the class or when they need to focus on a task. There is a sorting activity with 18 sorting cards. Some of the scenarios on the cards are; kids who are too excited and silly with their parent, a child who is very upset and visibly crying, 2 kids arguing, 2 kids fighting, a child who is calm, a child who is reading, a child who is proud about graduating, a child who is raising their hand, a child in their own personal space bubble, a child who is frustrated about breaking a toy, a child who is thinking, a child who is running from a crocodile, children who are jumping in excitement, a child scared about talking in front of an audience, etc. First, you can show the 7 slide presentation with animations throughout the presentation. Next, the students will work in partners/group to do the sorting activity. They will get a sorting sheet and 18 cards. Print off a sorting sheet and 18 cards for each partnership/group. Lastly, invite students back at their own desk to colour in their traffic light colouring sheet and think of the different feelings represented in each light. There are 7 slides in the presentation for the class and there are 5 slides that contain the sorting activity, sorting cards, and colouring sheet. For a wonderful extension activity, check out my Boom Deck about Traffic Light Feelings with audio here: https://teachsimple.com/product/sel-boom-deck-traffic-light-feelings-with-audio
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Self-regulation, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling, Social Skills, Handout, Sorting Activity, Special Education, Self-awareness, Feelings
Using an Inside Voice Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person illustrated story walks a child through why and when to use a quiet inside voice in the classroom, paired with adult tips for reading it aloud.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Inside Voice, Behavior Management, Classroom Management, Social Narrative, Social Story, Loud Voice, Shouting, Quiet Voice
Vocabulary with Flash Cards | Crossword Wordsearch Anagram AIRPORT
, Not Grade Specific,
Nineteen airport-travel words, from gate and passport to customs and landing, are practiced across anagram, picture multiple-choice, word search, and crossword puzzles plus a set of flash cards.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Tags Flash Cards, Esl, Thematic Vocabulary, Word Wall, Independent Work, Centers, Writing Expository, Community, Airport, Words Aside
Vocabulary with Flash Cards | Crossword Wordsearch Anagram COMPUTER
, Not Grade Specific,
Fifteen computer vocabulary words are practiced across nine game formats — anagrams, matching, multiple choice, word search, a shaped puzzle, and a crossword — plus flash card word labels, with no answer key included.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Tags Flash Cards, Esl, Thematic Vocabulary, Word Wall, Independent Work, Centers, Writing Expository, Occupational Therapy, Computer, Words Aside
Voice Level Chart – 5 Volumes + Sorting Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
A five-level numbered voice volume scale, from Screaming Voice to Voice Off, is presented as a classroom reference chart.
Author Suzuki Speech Therapy
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Tags Voice Level Chart, Classroom Management, Voice Management Printable, Classroom Chart, Voice Chart
Voice Volume Thermometer Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
The activity teaches voice regulation through a five-position thermometer and a collection of everyday scenarios. Learners distinguish very quiet, quiet, conversational, and overly loud levels, then consider settings such as a library, lesson, small group, shop line, bank, playground, and emergency. Several thermometer designs repeat the same scale for different display preferences. The scenario work asks children to match volume with context rather than treating one level as appropriate everywhere.
Author Socially Skilled Kids
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Tags Voice Volume, Worksheets, Social Skills, Special Education, Volume Thermometer
Walking on the Stairs Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Four stair rules - walk and never run, face forwards, take one step at a time, never jump - are given a page each in a first-person social story that opens with why stairs matter and closes on not getting hurt.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Safety, Stairs, Social Skills, Autism Awareness, Teaching Resource
Wearing Glasses Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Wearing glasses is talked through in a first-person picture story titled "I Wear My Glasses", eleven short pages moving from why glasses help to the feeling of not wanting them, with two marked spaces for photographs of the child and of familiar people who wear glasses.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Stories, Autism, SEN, Glasses, Social Narrative
Who Has the Lab Equipment? – Interactive Science + Chemistry Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Who Has the Lab Equipment? uses a call-and-response card chain to practice science-tool vocabulary. Three levels progress from simple-font terms with pictures, through mixed term-and-image prompts, to a more demanding version. Each set contains thirty cards, for ninety cards overall. Preparation guidance covers printing, optional lamination, cutting, shuffling, and distribution. During play, students listen for the item named on another card and respond with the matching tool, reinforcing both recognition and attentive participation.
Author Lernfitness
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Tags Game, Educational Card Games, Chemistry, Lab, Biology, Laboratory Equipment, Lab Tools, Physics, STEM Science Matching Game, Who Has It?
Word Search Templates, EDITABLE
, Not Grade Specific,
Two word-search puzzle templates -- one filled and one blank/editable -- are included.
Author Socially Skilled Kids
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Tags Word Search, Templates, Vocabulary, Speech Therapy, Word List