Feed the Ant™ Routine & Life Skills Game | Task Analysis | Visual Sequence Cards

🟠 Stop Prompting. Build Independence.

Students don’t struggle with routines because they don’t want to do them—they struggle because they don’t know the steps.

This Feed the Ant™ Routine & Life Skills System gives students a clear, visual, step-by-step way to complete everyday routines independently.

With built-in reinforcement and structured task analysis, students stay engaged, motivated, and successful.

Make teaching daily routines, independence, and task completion fun and motivating with Feed the Ant™, a hands-on task analysis and life skills game designed for special education, preschool, and early elementary classrooms.

Students practice completing everyday routines step-by-step using visual supports. As they complete each step correctly, they earn a token and feed the ant, creating a highly motivating reinforcement system that builds independence and engagement.

This structured activity supports executive functioning, sequencing, and functional life skills while giving teachers easy tools for data collection and progress monitoring.

🟡 What This System Teaches

Students learn to:

✔ Follow step-by-step routines
✔ Complete tasks independently
✔ Understand sequencing and order
✔ Build executive functioning skills
✔ Increase independence and confidence

👉 This is not just a game—it’s a life skills intervention system

🔵 A Complete Task Analysis System

This resource uses structured task analysis to break routines into manageable steps so students can succeed.

✔ Visual sequence cards
✔ Step-by-step routines
✔ Hands-on interactive format
✔ Built-in reinforcement system
✔ Consistent structure students understand

👉 Teach → Practice → Reinforce → Repeat → Independence

🟣 WHY THIS WORKS

Task analysis is one of the most effective ways to teach life skills because it breaks complex tasks into smaller, teachable steps

This system combines:

✔ visual supports
✔ repetition
✔ motivation
✔ structured learning

So students can move from:
👉 prompted → independent

🟢 BUILT-IN MOTIVATION (THE GAME CHANGER)

Students earn tokens and feed the ant as they complete each step.

✔ increases engagement
✔ reduces resistance
✔ encourages task completion
✔ builds positive behavior

👉 Learning feels like play—but produces real skill growth

🟡 PERFECT FOR

Special Education Classrooms
Autism Support Programs
PreK – 1st Grade
Life Skills Instruction
Speech Therapy
ABA / Behavior Programs
Independent Work Systems

🔵 WHAT’S INCLUDED

✔ Visual sequence cards
✔ Routine task analysis activities
✔ Hands-on game components
✔ Token reinforcement system
✔ Multiple routine examples
✔ Structured teaching format

🟠 SKILLS DEVELOPED

✔ Executive functioning
✔ Task completion
✔ Following directions
✔ Sequencing skills
✔ Functional life skills
✔ Independence

🔴 HOW TO USE

1. Introduce the routine
2. Teach each step using visuals
3. Have students complete the sequence
4. Reinforce with tokens
5. Build independence over time

⭐ REAL RESULTS

This system supports:

✔ increased independence
✔ reduced prompting
✔ improved task completion
✔ stronger routine-following skills

💛 FINAL TAKEAWAY

Stop repeating directions.

Start teaching routines in a way students can actually follow—independently.

💛 THANK YOU

Thank you for supporting Sharon’s SpEd Spot.

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This resource includes everything needed to teach routines using task analysis and visual supports.

Printable Game Materials

✔ Feed the Ant™ Game Board
✔ Cut-Out Ant Mouth Board (students feed the ant!)
✔ Picnic Food Feeding Tokens
✔ Token Storage Strip

Routine & Task Analysis Materials

✔ Routine Practice Boards
✔ Step-by-Step Visual Task Cards
✔ Visual Sequence Cards
✔ Routine Teaching Prompts

Data & Progress Monitoring

✔ Routine Data Collection Sheets
✔ Task Completion Tracking Pages
✔ Baseline Assessment
✔ Progress Monitoring Tools

These tools help teachers track:

• Independent steps
• Prompt levels
• Sequencing accuracy
• Routine completion

(Progress tracking tools appear throughout the resource, including the data sheets and baseline assessment pages.)

⭐ Routines Included

Students practice real classroom and life routines such as:

✔ Cleaning up a work area
✔ Hand washing
✔ Putting on a coat
✔ Putting materials away
✔ Lining up

Each routine includes visual step cards that break tasks into manageable steps, allowing students to build independence through structured practice.

⭐ Skills Students Practice

• Following directions
• Sequencing steps
• Task completion
• Executive functioning
• Independent routines
• Attention to instructions
• Classroom participation

These skills are foundational for IEP goals related to independence, functional skills, and daily routines.