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Special Educational Needs Activities

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Letter T Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs teaching resource preview
Tracing & pencil control

Letter T Phonics and Writing Centers with Real Photographs

Use full-page alphabet posters/cards for reference, trace laminated tracing cards, complete beginning-sound clip cards, match/sort small picture cards, and sort pictures into 'Starts with T' / 'Does not start with T' categories.

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Pre-K–K
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Pom Pom Cooking Sensory Table teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tables

Pom Pom Cooking Sensory Table

Use a cookbook to count out a specified number of pom-pom 'ingredients' (by color) for each recipe (e.g. Crumb Cake, Muffin, Pie, Strudel, Cinnamon Roll, Pizza, Cookie, Cake, Popcorn); use food-reference cards (Eggs, Milk, Tomatoes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Lemons, Sugar, Sprinkles, Apples) to add…

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29 pages
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Pre-K–K
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Letter Z Puzzles teaching resource preview
Cut, fold & glueTracing & pencil control

Letter Z Puzzles

Practice letter Z recognition, letter formation, and fine motor skills by assembling cut-and-glue puzzles.

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Pre-K–K
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The Poky Little Puppy Activity Guide: Sense of Touch teaching resource preview
Touch & hands-on exploration

The Poky Little Puppy Activity Guide: Sense of Touch

Discuss story-related questions about touch, play a 'What's In The Box' guessing game feeling hidden objects, then trace descriptive touch words (soft, slimy, rough, prickly, smooth, fluffy) on a worksheet and color pictures.

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Pre-K–1
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Letter of the Week Letter G Printables Activity Pack Phonics Worksheet teaching resource preview
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Letter of the Week Letter G Printables Activity Pack Phonics Worksheet

Trace, color, sort, cut-and-glue, solve mazes/puzzles, spin a letter spinner, connect dot-to-dot, assemble a booklet/flipbook/crown/bracelet/finger puppet, identify beginning sounds, and read/write short words in the -ag/-eg/-ig word families plus a small set of sight words (would, make, like, him, into).

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Pre-K–1
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50+ Phonics Exercise Sheets (s,a,t) teaching resource preview
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50+ Phonics Exercise Sheets (s,a,t)

Find/identify the target sound, color or dot matching letters/pictures, trace and practice writing the letter, complete cut-and-paste and color-by-letter activities.

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Pre-K–1
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Alphabet Hunt Sensory Table teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tablesLetters & numbers

Alphabet Hunt Sensory Table

Hunt for uppercase or lowercase letter magnets hidden in a sensory table filler (sand, rice, beans, etc.), place found letters on a chart, read a mini alphabet book about objects starting with each letter, and write down the letters found on a response sheet.

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Pre-K–K
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Letter N Flip Book teaching resource preview
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Letter N Flip Book

Circle/square capital vs lowercase N in a directions activity, find N letters in a seek-and-find grid, color pictures that start with N, cut and paste letter examples, trace and write the letter, and identify N beginning-sound words.

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Pre-K–K
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Ocean in A Bottle Activity teaching resource preview
Touch & hands-on exploration

Ocean in A Bottle Activity

Gather materials, follow numbered instructions to layer sand, water, food colouring, seashells, and plastic sea animals in a bottle, then answer a short reflection question about which animals they added.

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1–8
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Broccoli Vegetable Fun Activity Pack teaching resource preview
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Broccoli Vegetable Fun Activity Pack

Complete a dot-to-dot puzzle to reveal a picture of broccoli; complete a cut-and-paste puzzle activity to assemble a broccoli image on an outline (or complete an equivalent digital version using Google Slides or PowerPoint); trace/copy provided sentences about broccoli facts; and complete one fill-in-the-blank…

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Pre-K, 1–4
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Family Sensory Table teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tables

Family Sensory Table

Students build a house in the sensory table using kinetic sand/popsicle sticks/Lincoln logs/plastic cups and family counters; read a 'Home for Our Family' mini book; use word reference cards; complete a writing response sheet drawing the home they built.

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Pre-K–K
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Letter S Flip Book teaching resource preview
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Letter S Flip Book

Circle capital S's and put a square around lowercase s's; find and circle S's in a 'Seek and Find' grid; color pictures that start with S ('Find and Color'); cut and paste letter S examples from magazines or provided letters ('Cut and Paste'); trace and write the letter ('Trace and Write'); color pictures starting…

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Pre-K–K
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My Name Tree Craft Activity teaching resource preview
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My Name Tree Craft Activity

A back-to-school craft activity that helps students practice letter recognition, fine motor skills, and name writing while making a keepsake tree craft.

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Pre-K–4
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Mindfulness Cards for Kids teaching resource preview
Movement & calming

Mindfulness Cards for Kids

Follow the step-by-step instructions on an individual card to practice a mindfulness exercise, e.g. Positive Breath (rub hands together, place on chest, take a deep breath while thinking a positive thought), Flower Breath (hold hands in a Lotus Mudra shape and blow into them), Mindful Breath (four-count inhale/exhale…

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1–5
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Letter of the Week Letter K Printables Activity Pack Phonics Alphabet teaching resource preview
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Letter of the Week Letter K Printables Activity Pack Phonics Alphabet

Trace/write uppercase and lowercase K; identify, sort, and color the letter K; complete letter mazes, connect-the-dots, cut-and-glue, bingo-dab, geoboard, and color-by-code activities; make Kite and Kangaroo crafts (stick puppets, finger puppets); practice reading/writing '-ack, -ick' word-family and '-a, -i' vowel…

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Pre-K–1
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Sensory Boxes - Letter Boxes teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tablesTouch & hands-on exploration

Sensory Boxes - Letter Boxes

Students draw a letter card, say the letter aloud, and use a finger to draw/trace the letter shape in a box filled with sand, salt, or colored rice.

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Pre-K–3
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Farm Sensory Table teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tables

Farm Sensory Table

Build a farm scene in a sensory bin using animal and fence toys, read/sing an 'Old MacDonald' mini book about farm animal sounds, use word reference cards, and complete a writing response sheet drawing the farm they built

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Pre-K–K
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Do you want to build a Snowman? Activity Pack teaching resource preview
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Do you want to build a Snowman? Activity Pack

Complete a planning page, a cut-and-match accessories activity, a sequenced snowman-building craft (using ordinal words first/next/third...), a read-and-color page, and a match/cut/paste sequencing page; some pages require writing/tracing sentences.

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Pre-K–2
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"Stellaluna" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
Themed sensory collections

"Stellaluna" | Picture Book Study

Answer classroom discussion/comprehension questions about the story, participate in craft/creative-response activities (e.g., bat puppet, sensory table, hanging bats), watch supplemental videos, and read a nonfiction passage about fruit bats.

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Pre-K–1
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"How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?" | Picture Book Study teaching resource preview
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"How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?" | Picture Book Study

Answer teacher-led discussion questions about the story; complete story-matching, story-pattern, tracing, story-jigsaw, story-crown, character-traits, story-elements, comparing-stories, and drawing/response activities; sequence the story (First/Next/Then/Last); write/draw about the book; watch linked YouTube videos…

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Pre-K–1
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Bugs Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview
Sensory bins & tablesThemed sensory collections

Bugs Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities: sensory table play with plastic bugs/dirt, art projects (flyswatter painting, thumbprint insects, button bugs, class caterpillar, etc.), and related circle-time/vocabulary discussion.

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Pre-K–K
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Picture Patterns teaching resource preview
Cut, fold & glue

Picture Patterns

Cut and glue pictures to complete a pattern (early pages); circle the picture among multiple choices that correctly completes a pattern (later pages).

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Level
Pre-K–2
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