A series of 8 social stories to help deliver important lessons about personal hygiene and self-care to SEN students. They all contain visuals help pupils to understand concepts about themselves and the world around them. They cover all aspects of personal care and can be used together or in isolation. They look at washing hands, cleaning your teeth, having a shower, using the toilet, blowing your nose and washing your hair and brushing your hair. I have also included a social story highlight what is dirty within their environment.

Measurement resources for special education and early years, which includes lesson plan, worksheets and interactive whiteboard resources. To teach the mathematical concepts of big and small, and Tall and short.

This has a the Tiddalick Story with visuals symbols and a visual symbol board as PDFs. This is an update for Covid 19, so that it can be sent home to our students whilst they are doing remote learning. This is an interactive whiteboard resource about Tiddalick (Tiddalik) the Frog - an aboriginal dreaming (Dream Time) story. It has the story which is told with pictures, words and visuals (pcs). Then there are related resources to support the teaching of this story. There is also a PowerPoint version of the story, for people who do not have Smart Notebook plus a set of worksheets. It also has a little movie which is a joke, which has been animated to teach the concept of jokes - enjoy There is also a YouTube clip of my class staff retelling the story.

Life cycle of a Kangaroo - this resource contains an interactive whiteboard smart notebook activity. It shows the life cycle of the kangaroo and then has a range of interactive activities to reinforce the learning. There are accompanying worksheets for the Kangaroo life cycle as well as pre-literacy reading and writing worksheets relating to the kangaroo. It was design for special needs but would work very well for early mainstream students.

This is an interactive whiteboard resources about How the birds got their colours - an aboriginal dreaming (Dream Time) story. It has the story which is told with pictures, words and visuals (PCS). There are also related resources to support the teaching of the story. It has a worksheet to supplement the activity.

This is a program for the interactive white board. It aims to teach children how to tell the time - more specifically, it deals with o’clock. Although this software has been designed for children with special needs, its simple display, and clear graphics also make it suitable for a primary mainstream class.

This resources looks at fractions - working with 1/2 or 1/4. It uses a Pizza and its ingredients to teach the concepts. This uses every day things - a Pizza to show that fractions are a real-life daily aspect. It is a resource for special education and early years. This includes worksheets and interactive whiteboard resources. To teach the mathematical concepts of fractions and specifically whole, half (1/2) and quarter (1/4) It was designed for secondary aged special educational needs students. I have included the recipe for making Pizza with this resource.

Fractions - working with: half or 1/2, quarter or 1/4 and Whole or 1 resources for special education and early years. This includes worksheets and interactive whiteboard resource. To teach the mathematical concepts of fractions and specifically Half and quarter. It is a hands on activity, which has an in-built comprehension section. It also teaches about adding fractions together. It includes a fractions visual symbol board.

This is a program for the interactive white board. It aims to teach children how to tell the time - more specifically, it deals with quarter past. It follows on from similar programs about O’clock and half past. Although this software has been designed for children with special needs, its simple display, and clear graphics also make it suitable for a primary mainstream class.

Life cycle of a human - this resource contains an interactive whiteboard smart notebook activity. It shows a variety of the life cycle of the human and then has a range of interactive activities to reinforce the learning. There is an accompanying worksheets for the human life cycle as well as pre-literacy reading and writing activities relating to the human. It has visual images to reinforce the understanding of the concepts. It was design for special needs but would work very well for early mainstream students. I have also created resources for the Life cycle of a Kangaroo, Life cycle of a frog (actually a Green Tree Frog which is native of Australia), Life cycle of a Kookaburra and the life cycle of an Ulysses butterfly.

Visual Recipe to cook beans on toast. This notebook is designed for the students to use it as a visual sequence when cooking. They have all the ingredients and utensils needed and then an easy to follow recipe. It has an inbuilt shopping activity so that the cooking can be integrated into a shopping program. Within the shopping part which encourages literacy skills, students can choose what they will buy and then make their own shopping list by either writing it or sticking the associated visual onto their shopping list. There are also some integrated literacy skills to match the ingredients as well as some writing sheets. It was created for students with special needs (SEN) but can be used as a valuable resource for early years literacy. There is also a safety document for using a toaster and a microwave

The Scrambled eggs are made in the microwave. It includes kitchen safety when using a microwave and a toaster. It has been updated for Covid 19 and includes a PDF of the recipe and worksheets plus a digital social story. This notebook is designed for the students to use it as a visual sequence when cooking. They have all the ingredients and utensils needed and then an easy to follow recipe. It has an inbuilt shopping activity so that the cooking can be integrated into a shopping program. Within the shopping part which encourages literacy skills, students can choose what they will buy and then make their own shopping list by either writing it or sticking the associated visual onto their shopping list. There are also some integrated literacy skills to match the ingredients as well as some writing sheets. It was created for students with special needs (SEN) but can be used as a valuable resource for early years literacy.

A list of useful websites to assist teachers and families in using an ipad. It gives information on using an ipad and some great information on useful apps to use. It has been designed for special needs but is a great resources for mainstream classes which use ipads.

How to greet people - this is a fun activity teaching special needs students the different ways to greet people. It is full of visual symbols, social stories and it also has some 'homemade' video social stories, which I hope you enjoy. It is designed for your PDHPE program. There is worksheet with the visuals and social stories to be printed. The video social stories are embedded into the notebook and attached separately. This resource would also be very useful for using in a Well Being program for younger mainstream students

Within the field of special education we are always having to adapt resources from mainstream, so I have just put together some of my favourite special education websites, they all have loads of very useful content. Although this list has been created for special education it has many great resources for mainstream pupils.

I have developed a number of resources which I use in my PDHPE Curriculum. I have divided the resources into gender specific and this is female students - 'Girl Talk'. It informs the students about where places are private and where they are public. It is designed specifically to teach life skills to secondary aged students. It has inbuilt comprehension to enhance the students learning. If you look at my resources I have a number of other resources which are part of my 'Girl Talk' program.

How the Tiger got his stripes - a complete unit of work. This resources was created for students with special needs, but can be used with primary students. The Smart notebook has the story which includes visual images, a wide variety of literacy activities from matching pictures, matching words, pre-writing tasks and drawing activities plus suggested follow up drama and art activities. The story is also given as a PowerPoint and as a word document. There is a worksheet of literacy activities associated with the story.

This is a program for the interactive white board. It aims to teach children how to tell the time - more specifically, it deals with half past. It follows on from a similar program about O’clock. Although this software has been designed for children with special needs, its simple display, and clear graphics also make it suitable for a primary mainstream class.

Emotions: this is a smart notebook resource, which introduces 6 emotions - calm, happy, sad, angry, tired and sick. It give examples of these emotions and how you feel when experiencing these emotions. It uses visual images to support understanding. It has a few comprehension pages. There are worksheets to support the comprehension activities and also some worksheets for pre-reading and pre-writing activities around the emotions. It was designed for students with special needs and would work well for young mainstream students

Making a Pizza: This resource has a notebook and a worksheet. The notebook is designed for the students to use it as a visual sequence when cooking. They have all the ingredients and utensils needed and then an easy to follow recipe. There are 2 visual recipes for different levels of ability. It has an inbuilt shopping activity so that the cooking can be integrated into a shopping program. Within the shopping part which encourages literacy skills, students can choose what they will buy and then make their own shopping list by either writing it or sticking the associated visual onto their shopping list. There are also some integrated literacy skills to match the ingredients as well as some writing sheets. There is a pairs game to reinforce the learning. It was created for students with special needs (SEN) for teaching life skills but can be used as a valuable resource for early years literacy. I have created a UK version of the activity and worksheets as in Australia (Down under) we call Green peppers = Capsicums

An interactive whiteboard resources for use with students with special needs, some fun Christmas activities. It includes worksheets, activities to out using the whiteboard, songs, stories and cooking. It can be used with all ages and is age-appropriate for secondary students. It can also be used with young mainstream students