Autism Community Connection academic support for multi sensory learn= ers

Audio Versions of Textbooks R= 11; Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic offers audio books of most textbooks= and leisure reading books like Harry Potter.&n= bsp; Anyone with a disability can become a member to receive the special audio reader and headphones. = You pay a yearly membership fee and the more than 100,000 book titles are free.=

Baltimore Adapted Books – from the Baltimore Public Library – more th= an 750 books adapted using Picture Communication Symbols and Boardmaker are available for free. If you ha= ve your own copy of the book, they also have files that allow you to print the symbols that they used to adapt the books.= You must have the Boardmaker program to access the files. This is a treasure trove for teachers and parents with Boardmaker access.

Bo= okreading Communication Displays – from AAC Intervention – intended to support generic bookreading

Fire House Stories

Hi-Low Reading – from the Resource Room – a list of links of books for older readers who are still learning to read

Jefferson Adapted Books –= from Jefferson Parish School – picture symbols to go along with many popul= ar books. Check their archive li= nk for additional stories.

NYC Adapted Books and Materials – from the NYC Dept. of Education - m= any books,

activities and communication materials have been created in Acrobat and Boardmaker formats. A “must see” page for any special ed teacher.<= /o:p>

Story Scripts – from AAC Intervention – an overview

Tumble Talking B= ooks – Online audio library

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Comprehensive Academic Websit= es

ABC Teach – 5000+ free printable pages and worksheets for academic basics, reports, portfolios, flashcards, themed units, reading comprehension and more.

BBC Schools –= ; This website has many, many wonderful educational games for visual learners for = ages pre-k through high school. In= cludes educational games in art, geography, history, languages, literacy, music, m= ath, science and more. Just click = on age and subject.

Curricu= lumSET – a collection of visual resources for educators working with students who use assistive technology. You can download and customize activities, templates and public domain accessib= le books on social studies, science, physical ed, mathematics, international languages, computer technology, health and career center, fine arts, English language arts and applied skills. Each category has separate headings for elementary, middle school and secondary. Special Ed teachers will love this website.

DLTK Educational Activities –= This website has printable practice worksheets for writing an address on an envelope, check writing, scissor practice worksheets, sentence sequencing printables, story sequencing printables, telephone practice and many themes like pioneers, fire prevention, Johnny Appleseed, outer space and more.

Fun School &= #8211; This website offers many educational games on a variety of subjects.

Garden of Praise – You wi= ll find lots of great materials on this website. In addition to the free print mate= rials for reading, math, spelling, social studies, art, music, Spanish and Bible, there are many great features. Art appreciation has visuals of artwork plus info on the artist. Then you can click to do an online puzzle of that artwork. Music= al Spelling Rules have songs and activities for Silent E and others. The biographies section has info a= bout many, many people with extra links to those areas. Parents and teachers will love this website.

Houghton Mifflin Education Place – Textbook supplier Houghton Mifflin lets kids enter their state and click on their book that they use in school. They offer supplemental games in language arts, mathematics, science, social science and spelling.

iMovie Examples<= /a> – Technology is here to stay. Here are Springfield Public School District 186 teachers who have us= ed iMovie in their classrooms to enhance learning in art, music, English, soci= al studies, math and science. To= ns of examples. You can also use th= ese movies to help visual learners—shows students doing science experimen= ts and more.

Kididdles – S= earch for songs to fit with a theme you are teaching of find the words to old favorites.

Kids are Special – Spec= ial Ed teacher has found links to coincide with lesson plans, for science, math, social studies, continents and oceans and other themed units.

Learning Page – provides a collection of professionally produced lesson plans, books, worksheets and more. Free sign up.

Lesson Plans Page – Over 3,0= 00 free lesson plans on math, science, music, language arts, computer and internet, social studies, art, P.E. and Health. Also has seasonal lesson plans by = date.

Pain= less Learning Placemats – you can order educational placemats on nearly 100 different learning topics (ie. cursive writing, math, great composers, human body, presidents, rocks and minerals, etc.). You can find more educational plac= emats at Kazoo Toys

Planet CD-Rom – all the educational software that you buy for lots of money, you can get here for o= nly $5.99 for all educational subjects and broken out by age group. The more you buy, the cheaper the price. Also has games and ref= erence material.

ParentPals – Special education teaching games in four different levels. Literally hundreds of different ga= mes that focus on cognitive, academic and language skills.

Scholastic – Activities by grade level in language arts, math, science, social studies a= nd other subjects.

SEN Teacher – Free speci= al needs teaching resources

Slater Software &#= 8211; This website has a ton of free visual stories and writing activities for a variety of topics. In additio= n to holidays there are stories on school supplies, summer vacation. ocean life, Anne Frank, Einstein, Dr. Seuss, protecting wildlife, Mars landing, Neil Ar= mstrong, Lewis and Clark and a many more. Worth a look!

Symbol World = 211; This website has ready made stories using Writing with Symbols and Communic= ate: In Print 2 on science, history and nature, life skills, cooking, interactiv= e, humanities, literacy, different languages and current affairs.

Teacher Tube – a Yo= u Tube for teachers – allows teachers to share instructional videos for stud= ents and teachers alike.

Tin Snips – This website is a s= pecial education resource that strives to share a variety of specialized teaching tools, techniques, worksheets and activities with students who have autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities.

Visual Suppor= ts for School – from PictureSET – a series of visual supports on b= asic concepts, bathroom, behavior supports, breaktime, calendars and schedules, career and personal planning, computer lab, fine arts, gym, home economics, language arts, library, math & science, school and emergency procedures, shopping, social studies, student jobs, student services and teacher suppor= ts.

Widgit Softwar= e – some free and others to buy downloadable resources on science, hist= ory, RE, templates, literacy, geography, numeracy, myths and legends, music and older learners

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Early Childhood Learning=

Autism Hand in Hand – an educational portal that includes instructional programs, interac= tive play, playdate activities, songs, program materials, reinforcement and data forms

Childcareland –= Free printable activities for preschool to early elementary in addition to those that you can purchase. Exampl= es include many holiday matching games, puzzle sheets, counting books, flip bo= oks, etc.

File Folder Games – from PreSchool Printables, you can print out many learning games that are good as task ideas.

Kind= erweb – These are great visual games for children trying to identify letter= s, numbers, shapes and animals.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary – Click on a letter in the alphabet window to = see words that start with that letter and definition.

Social St= ories for Younger Students – School related social stories including As= king Questions, In the Bathroom, Going to the Playground, Going to School, Good Words/Bad Words, I Need Help, Jobs, Lunch, My Day at School, Raising Hands, Talking to My Friends, Talking to My Teacher, Walking in the Hall and more.=

What C= enters Did I Do Today? – Pre-K communication sheet PECS or Boardmaker re= ady

Word Play –= ; From PBS Kids Between the Lion, this game shows visual definitions of words. ie. Click on the word melt and it = melts from the screen.

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Reading

Bo= okreading Communication Displays – from AAC Intervention – intended to support generic book reading

Compreh= ension Questions – from Utah Students at Risk, literal, inference and evaluative comprehension questions to ask of students

eLive ̵= 1; a monthly symbol magazine of current events from www.symbolworld.org. All are free downloads.=

Electronic Books and Online R= eading – This website includes links to interactive stories, articles and books. Some links involve add= ing to stories, writing new endings, creating illustrations and facilitating discussions. Stories are brok= en out according to reading level.

Literacy Activities = Lesson Plan– from AAC Intervention – also includes Creating Litera= ture Based Communication Boards

News 2 You – This i= s a weekly online newspaper for beginning readers and individuals with special needs.

Reading Comprehension Activities – These ideas can be used for students of all ages. Many ideas do not i= nvolve written answers that work best with students with learning difficulties.

Reading Q&A R= 11; LDOnline offers questions and answers for teachers working with children wi= th reading difficulties. Include= s many links for tips and more information.

Starfall – Everyone’s fav= orite site for beginning readers. P= rint out your own phonics books.

Stories to Print= – from Widgit Software – Series of stories written in both symb= ol and plain text version, most are to buy but a few are free. Includes stories for children, tee= nagers and young adults.

Sym= bols for Literacy – an article explaining symbols and their use for literacy. Also see Exampl= es of Symbol Literacy

Te= acher Created Resources – Boardmaker boards for many children’s b= ooks

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Graphic Organizers=

Education Place Graphic Organizers – plenty of graphic organizers for the classroom.=

Grap= hic Organizers – Worksheets for students requiring visuals to organize their thinking.

Graphic Organizers – from the Pomperaug Regional School District 15 = in Connecticut - This website includes nearly 40 organizers in Word or pdf ver= sion and in English and Spanish. S= ome examples include graphic organizers for creating time lines, science experiments, predicting, narrative writing, math, compare and contrast and more.

Graphic Organizer for Questions - template for students answering WH questions about a pictur= e

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Language Arts

Handwriting Resource Book – from Utah Students at Risk

Handwriting without Tears – curriculum, includes free teacher downloads.

Narrative= Story Chart – shows how to create a folder chart to help a student put together the elements of a narrative story

Practice Printing – Autism Community Connection – this sheet is the manuscript style print that District 204 uses. This particular sheet has a green = dot on each letter to show where to begin. Nice as a handy guide to keep next to your child’s paper or to= put a clear overlay to practice printing.

Understanding Functional Words and Phrases – 39 page less plan from Utah Studen= ts at Risk designed to provide specific information for teaching the learner to understand simple spoken directions including Look at me, Come here, Go to,= Sit down, Give me, Take off and put on and more.

Vocabulary University – learni= ng activities separated into 3 levels of difficulty, free interactive vocabula= ry puzzle and activity sessions using Latin and Greek “roots and cells” to help unlock work meanings.

Writing and Spelling Q&a= mp;A – LDOnline offers questions and answers for teachers working with children who have difficulties in these areas. Includes many links for tips and m= ore information.

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Math

A Plus Math – interactive math = games, flashcards and more on this site.

Coin Calculators=

Interactive Multiplication Table

Kids Zone – fr= om National Center for Education Statistics.&= nbsp; Lets you create a bar, line, area, pie or XY graph, a Dare to Compare quiz on various subjects, Chances probability game and more.

Kindergar= ten Mathematics – Sequenced lesson plans in 30 day increments.

Math Q&A ̵= 1; LDOnline offers questions and answers for teachers working with children wi= th math difficulties. Includes m= any links for tips and more information.

Math Challenge – Online math challenge games from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.<= /o:p>

Math Games for Vis= ual Learners – a series of educational math games on numbers and operations, geometry, algebra, probability, statistics, modeling, discrete, weather, time and more.

Math Glossary – from Harcourt Multimedia – definitions of mathematical terms

Math Graphic Organizers – from= the Middle School Math Project

Math Students with Learning Disabi= lities

Maths Dictionary for Kids<= /a> – an animated, interactive dictionary for students that explains over= 500 common mathematical terms in simple language.

Math TV – Interacti= ve website offering problem solving videos for word problems for middle school students. Excellent for visual learners.= Includes 19 movies on whole numbers, fractions, ratio/proportion, percentages, geometry, algebra, number sense and probability. Two movies added per month.

Math Worksheets<= /a> – from Worksheets4Teachers, ready-made math worksheets and printables= .

Math Worksheets by Grade Level –= from TLSBooks many printables broken out by grade level. Scroll down past the google ads to= get to the printables.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – Broken out by grade level for number and operatio= ns, algebra, geometry, measurement and data analysis and probability.

Online Coin Games – f= rom e-ledesma - Match the coin, name the coin, nickels game, dime game, two coi= ns challenge, math spelling

Online Math Games – from Dositey.= com broken out by grade level.

Teaching Tables – Online games for teaching multiplication tables.

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Physical Education

PE Central – Everyth= ing you want to know about P.E. including adapted physical education.

A Teacher’s Guide to Including Students with Disabilities in General Physical Education – From Brookes Publishing, a 19 page pdf full = of ways to accommodate children with special needs in physical education. Print a copy and send to your school’s phys ed teacher. If you like this, p= urchase the full book.

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Reference Support<= /span>

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary – Click on a letter in the alphabet window to = see words that start with that letter and definition.

Picture Dictionary – an Internet picture dictionary. It also o= ffers flash cards, fill in the blanks, word scramble, stinky spelling and straight recall.

Visual Thesaurus – from Thinkmap, type in a word and visually see the connections=

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Science and Health=

The 8 Planets – Recently ren= amed from The 9 Planets, this website offers a multimedia tour of the Solar Syst= em.

Human Anatomy Online &#= 8211; Click on a particular system then move your cursor over the body and click = on areas to learn more. Sections include skeletal, digestive, muscular, lymphatic, endocrine, nervous, cardiovascular, male and female reproductive and urinary.=

My Body ̵= 1; from KidsHealth, you can check out the whole body and learn more about the = main body parts.

My = Book about Bones – Autism Community Connection – this is a visual companion book written to go with the District 204, third grade study on bo= nes.

Owl Pellets – Fourth= grade classes do an owl pellet study. Each student receives a regurgitated ball that they break apart and sort out the bones of what the owl ate. Ki= dwings has an interactive website showing pellets from different types of owls. You can click on the pellet to bre= ak it apart, find the bones and organize them.&n= bsp; It’s a great way to get your child used to this project ahead = of time.

World’s Biggest Star –= For those learning the solar system and beyond, this website offers a visual gu= ide to give you an idea how big or small planets are in relation to each other.=

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet –= ; From Discovery Kids, fun science, health and the body. Good place to go to make supplemen= tal material for the systems of the body.

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Seasons, Holidays, Weather

Holidays<= /a> – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter

Holiday/Seasonal Visual Supports – from Slater Software – a ton of free visual stor= ies on holidays and many more topics. Includes the main holidays as well as Veteran’s Day, Mother’s Day and Chinese New Year.&n= bsp; Worth a look, Spanish versions also available.

Visual Suppor= ts for Seasons and Holidays – from PictureSET - a series of visuals for spring, summer, fall, winter and general holidays.

Weath= er – This website has nice weather clip art for kids.<= /p>

Widget Software – Free downloadable cross-curricular packs on spring, su= mmer winter and Christmas

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Social Studies

Agriculture – This great website from Illinois AITC has virtual farm tours, kid friendly pictures with stories on the Story of milk and farm field trip vid= eos online. Also click on Teen Sc= ene and Kid’s Zone for other great tools.

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for= Kids – topics broken down by grade

Digital and Virtual Field Trips, Libraries and Museums - from Teacher T= ap, an excellent resource from the Professional Development Resources for Educators and Librarians.

OBJ Flicks – this website includes military, patriotic, nostalgic and scenic America short flicks of yesteryea= r.

Rainforest &#= 8211; Widgit Software and Tools for Inclusion worked with Rara Avis, a private rainforest nature reserve in Costa Rica to create a website about the rainforest using picture symbols.

Sequenced Lesson Plans – Social studies lesson plans for K thru 4

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Study Skills

I Am a Good Student<= /a> – A Study Skills Program by Constance Messina, Ph.D.

Study Skills Q&A &= #8211; LDOnline offers questions and answers for teachers working with children wi= th working memory issues. Includ= es many links for tips and more information.

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Virtual Museums

The Grand List of School Virtual M= useums – for Europe, Australia, US, Canada, Asia, Africa and South America

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