Halloween occupational therapy resources for parents

English Language Arts, Occupational Therapy, Special Education

Your students will love working on the letters of the alphabet with these Alphabet Playdough Mats. This ABC activity gives your kids a fun, hands-on way to build alphabetic knowledge. They will have fun as they build playdough letters, practice tracing letters & writing letters. The multi-sensory abc playdough mats will also help your kids learn letter recognition or letter identification, the names of letters, letter sounds, and develop phonemic awareness. These mats are easy-to-prep and

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, For Parents, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.1b

, RF.K.1d

, L.K.1a

, L.K.2c

Also included in: Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE

Fine Motor Pencil Grip Poster for Handwriting Practice and Pencil Control

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Handwriting, Occupational Therapy, Writing

Use this easy to use pencil grip poster to show students how to hold their writing pencils and utensils correctly. These posters are perfect for your writing center or to send home for parents to reference and hang up. They are a great visual both in the classroom and at home. Simply print and laminate for durability.S A V E big on this handwriting resource + five more with the Handwriting Practice Bundle!The Pencil Grip Parent Info Sheet and Poster is a quick and easy information sheet for pare

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, For Parents, Posters

Also included in: Fine Motor Pencil Grip and Scissor Grip for Handwriting and Scissor Practice

Halloween Activities Name Craft Bulletin Board Fall Activities Pumpkin Craft

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Autumn, Halloween, Phonics

Have fun this fall with these editable Pumpkin Name Crafts! Students will work on their names and fine motor skills while completing this craft that will make a festive bulletin board display during autumn and the Halloween season. Display your students' work together and use it to reference for name practice, to count letters, and more!Take it a step further and laminate the finished product for students to take home to their families. You could also laminate and cut the pieces so students can

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, For Parents

Also included in: Name Craft Year Long Bundle Back to School Kindergarten Bulletin Board Ideas

Fine Motor Pencil Grip and Scissor Grip for Handwriting and Scissor Practice

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Handwriting, Occupational Therapy, Writing

Help students improve their cutting and writing skills using these fine motor skills posters. They cover both pencil grip and scissor grip and can be used both at home or in the classroom. Print them out and laminate them for durability on the wall. The Pencil Grip sheet includes a visual and three directions for a proper pencil grip: “Pinchy fingers” (thumb and pointer finger) hold at the bottom of the pencilTop of the pencil rests between these two fingers on your handMiddle of middle finger h

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Handouts, For Parents, Posters

ABC Play Dough & Letter Tracing Mats - Uppercase & Lowercase Letters & Sounds

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English Language Arts, Occupational Therapy, Tools for Common Core

Use these bright and colorful alphabet playdough mats for a fun hands-on alphabet activity to teach letter recognition, letter identification, letter sounds, and letter formation to your kids in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten.**** SAVE MONEY & BUY HANDS-ON ALPHABET BUNDLE ****** GET A VARIETY OF ALPHABET AND FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR KIDS! ******✅ SAVE TIME! - These playdough activity mats are super easy to prep.Just print, laminate, and they are ready to goFull color and black an

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, For Parents, Centers

Also included in: Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Recognition & Letter Sounds Activities - ABC BUNDLE

Visual Schedules for Home Routines BUNDLE: Dressing, Morning, Evening, & Bedtime

Created by

Print Path OT

Flexible and Editable Visual Schedules for Self-Help Skills.This resource is designed for children:Who are on the autism spectrumWho are anxiousWho have difficulty following verbal directionsWho don’t know what to expectWho have problem behaviorsWho have difficulty accepting directionsWho have difficulty recalling the order of sequenced stepsWho know how to do tasks but are dependent on verbal directionsIncluded in this Resource:Sequence Order MenuIndividual Task Cards All-Done Boards (to acknow

Subjects:

Early Intervention, Life Skills, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Printables, For Parents, Task Cards

Play-Based Learning Communication Boards & Lesson Plans for Special Ed/Preschool

Created by

Miss Allison's SpEd Spot

Includes 17 different Play-Based Learning Communication Boards and Lesson Plans which are perfect for incidental teaching of play skills and communication for preschoolers or students with autism or language delays and can be used at home, in the classroom, in center-based preschool, speech or occupational therapy, or in an ABA setting.Who is it for?Special education classroomsStudents with autismStudents who are nonverbal or have language impairmentsPreschoolersEducators using play-based learni

Subjects:

Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 4th

Types:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

Halloween Reading Activity: Partner Play Scripts and Comprehension Worksheets

Created by

Deb Hanson

These five Halloween partner plays are intended to be used as fluency-building activities that 2nd and 3rd grade students can read with a partner. The scripts focus on Halloween activities. Kids love reading these fun seasonal scripts. These plays require minimal teacher support, thereby allowing teachers to work with other small groups. For teachers who implement reading centers, these plays are perfect. These scripts are also ideal for parents who are looking for fun at-home reading activities

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RF.2.4

, RF.2.4b

, RF.3.4

, RF.3.4b

Also included in: Fluency Practice: Partner Plays Bundle for 2nd and 3rd Grade Readers SET 1

Color Matching Bears | Bear Color Matching Clip Cards for Preschool and Pre-K

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Child Care, Occupational Therapy, Special Education

Color matching and sorting activity fun for young kids with bear color match clip cards. This is a a great color and fine motor activity for toddlers, preschool, pre-k, childcare, home school, early intervention, SPED, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and busy bags. Perfect for your bear theme unit, hibernation theme unit and lesson plans***Please note that this activity is included in my Bear Activity Bundle. If you have already purchased the money-saving activity, you do not need to pu

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Games, For Parents

Also included in: Counting Bear Activities - Teddy Bear Math Activities for preschool PreK BUNDLE

Fall Halloween Reading Activity: Partner Play Scripts & Comprehension Worksheet

Created by

Deb Hanson

These five fall and Halloween partner plays are intended to be used as fluency-building activities that 4th-5th students can do with a partner. The scripts focus on fall and Halloween themes. Kids love reading these fun seasonal scripts. These scripts require minimal teacher support, thereby allowing teachers to work with other small groups. For teachers who implement reading centers, these plays are perfect. These scripts are also ideal for parents who are looking for fun at-home reading activi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

RF.4.4

, RF.4.4b

, RF.5.4

, RF.5.4b

Also included in: Fluency Practice: Partner Plays Bundle for 4th and 5th Grade Readers SET 1

Alphabet Letter Tracing & Formation Practice Activities Cards for Salt Tray BTS

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English Language Arts, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy

Help your kids learn letter recognition and practice correct alphabet letter formation with these uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter tracing activities. This set of easy-to-use fine motor alphabet activity printables will provide a variety of ways to help teach letter recognition and give kids hands-on low-pressure ways to work on letter formation practice. The set includes letter-tracing strips and finger-tracing cards for a multisensory experience. All of the components have a starting

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, For Parents, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.1d

, L.K.1a

Also included in: Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE

Tie Shoes Printables Shoe Tying Club

Created by

Jen Lium - Teaching in the Tongass

Introducing the ultimate solution to teach kids how to tie shoes – the Teach Kids to Tie Shoes Printables Shoe Tying Club! This comprehensive pack includes everything you need to help your students master the art of shoe tying while keeping them engaged and motivated. With our carefully crafted materials, your students will be tying their shoes in no time!Included in the Tie Shoes Printables Shoe Tying Club pack:Assessment Form: Easily track and monitor student progress with the handy assessment

Subjects:

Child Care, Life Skills, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, For Parents

I Spy Activity Sheets for Basic Categories | Set 1

Created by

BIAS Behavioral

I Spy activities are a fun and playful way to build essential skills. Hunting for pictures in a busy image allows children to expand their ability to scan and visually discriminate based on an object's features. Also, children build working memory skills by holding onto specific information needed to complete a task. This includes looking at a picture and finding it within a scene. Finally, these I Spy Mats provide children with exposure to basic categorization and picture/word correspondence.Pr

Subjects:

Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Printables, For Parents

Also included in: I Spy Activity Sheets for Basic Categories MEGA-Bundle

Sentence Building Speech Therapy Activities for Nonverbal Students Autism Set 1

Created by

Autism Journey - Angie S

Expanding Sentences Activities BUNDLE (What? What color? How many?) for Autism little learners and Special Needs children, Speech Therapy, OT, Kindergarten and preschool students. Forming sentences is very important for young learners or those with autism. This activity uses real-life pictures for easy recognition of common objects and sight words as sentence starters. It is perfect for early readers. This is also an activity to practice identifying the attributes of what, the number, and the co

Subjects:

Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Visual Schedules Bundle For Special Education

Created by

Autism Little Learners

Are you ready to implement new visual schedules in your classroom, and across environments, but are sick of the boardmaker icons? Do you want images that are more colorful and engaging? This GROWING bundle is for you!This growing bundle will save you $$ if you purchase now. The Visual Schedules For Special Education and OT Visual Schedules resources are ready for you to download now. The next two add-on visual schedules will be "speech therapy" and "PE/gym class". Those will be released bef

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Early Intervention, Occupational Therapy, Special Education

Pretend Play Cards | Functional Play Skills | Open-Ended Play Visual Support

Created by

BIAS Behavioral

The development of functional play skills is a critical part of early development. When children engage in pretend play, they use a variety of language, social, problem-solving, and flexible thinking skills. One way to scaffold this for children is to provide them with visuals, which support creative and FUNCTIONAL play.Pretend Play Cards provide visual support for open-ended or pretend play schemes. These cards are designed to support creative and functional play.Play topics contained in this s

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, For Parents, Task Cards

Number PlayDough Mats Counting & Cardinality Activities Counting & Numbers to 20

Created by

Child Care, Math, Occupational Therapy

Number play dough mats and ten frame mats. Use thee number playdough mats and ten frame mats for easy to prep number activities, number sense, numeral recognition, and counting fun for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Easy to Prep:Play dough ten frame math and number mats can be used with a variety of materials, use them to make a number book or as number worksheets.This activity includes:0-20 playdough mats (full-color and B&W) cover page (full-color and B&W)printable count

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Printables, For Parents, Centers

Also included in: Counting Activities to 10 & to 20 - Number Sense & Number Recognition BUNDLE

Sensory Diet Activity Reference Sheet

Created by

Your Kids OT

A "sensory diet" is related to activities that a child performs through the day to help them to "modulate" their bodies. The following are examples of activities that may be included in a "sensory diet" in a home environment where specialised equipment may not be available. These activities are generally suitable for all children, however, professional advice should be obtained if you are uncertain (particularly with the vestibular system) about which activities or combination of activities

Subjects:

Life Skills, Occupational Therapy

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Handouts, Professional Documents, For Parents

Also included in: Sensory Diet Implementation Bundle

Halloween Activities Decodable Readers Kindergarten CVC Words Science of Reading

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Balanced Literacy, Halloween, Phonics

Provide your students with meaningful phonics practice with this set of six Halloween-themed CVC Word Family Decodable Readers. Decodable readers have decodable words and text for beginning readers so students can apply their phonics knowledge to blend sounds together while reading new words and texts. Decodable readers are designed to have sequenced phonics skills that are consistent for readers to provide purposeful reading practice. In this set, consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words are us

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Guided Reading Books, Printables, For Parents

CCSS:

RF.K.3

, RF.K.3c

, RF.K.4

, RF.1.3

, RF.1.4a

Also included in: Decodable Readers CVC Words Kindergarten Decodable Passages Science of Reading

Christmas Gingerbread Man Playdough Mats - Math, Counting, Fine Motor Activities

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Math, Occupational Therapy

Are you looking for hands-on gingerbread activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten? Your kids will love these Gingerbread man playdough mats. Use them in your gingerbread math centers during December to practice counting, number skills, and develop fine motor skills. **** SAVE MONEY & BUY THE GINGERBREAD BUNDLE ****** GET ADDITIONAL GINGERBREAD MATH & LITERACY CENTERS YOUR KIDS! ******✅ EASY TO PREP! - Just print, laminate, and they are ready to go for your gingerbread centers✅

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Printables, For Parents, Centers

Also included in: Gingerbread Man Activities Bundle - Math & Literacy Centers - Letters & Counting

Movement & Sensory Break Visuals for Students with Autism

Created by

Teaching Sensory Explorers

Help your students learn to self regulate their emotions with these movement and sensory break visuals, created using Smarty Symbols this listing is perfect for students with autism. Sensory and movement breaks can be used for both alerting and calming students in your classroom. Suitable for special education, early Intervention, classrooms or home use. Use these visuals throughout the day to teach your students to self regulate in addition to helping students deal with big emotions. This li

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Occupational Therapy, Special Education

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, For Parents, For Principals & Administrators

Also included in: Emotions + Positive Behavior Supports: Activities + Resources for Special Ed.

Halloween Activities Coloring Pages | Halloween Writing Activities

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