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Learning Ahoy

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I have been teaching special education students since 2005 and would not trade it for any other area of teaching. Every day is different, challenging, and never boring. I have the privilege of celebrating all types of student achievements such as finally mastering all of the two times tables or learning how to eat with a fork.
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Preview of Where is the Gingerbread Man?: An interactive positional word book

Where is the Gingerbread Man?: An interactive positional word book

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Learning Ahoy
In this 21 page book, students move a gingerbread man above, below, under, beside, in, between, on, to the left of, next to, to the right of, or over various holiday themed objects. The pages are not numbered so that you can change the order to prevent memorization. Great for students working on Speech goals and IEP goals for position words or prepositions. Also great to add vocabulary! Visit my blog, Learning Ahoy!, for more freebies and teaching ideas.
Preview of Where is the Pumpkin? An interactive positional word book

Where is the Pumpkin? An interactive positional word book

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Learning Ahoy
In this 9 page book students move a pumpkin above, below, under, beside, in, between, on, or over various fall themed objects. Great for students working on Speech goals and IEP goals for position words. My students love this book. The interaction keeps them involved and on task. Visit my blog,Learning Ahoy!, for more freebies and teaching ideas.
Preview of Oh Nuts!: CVC real and nonsense word game

Oh Nuts!: CVC real and nonsense word game

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Oh Nuts! is a fun CVC word game to use with students of various ages! Great to use in Fall/Autumn to practice CVC words. Includes real and nonsense words. Students pick out one card from a basket and read the word. If they get it correct they keep the card. If a student pulls “Oh Nuts!”, then he/she must put all of their cards back in the basket. Winner is the student with the most cards at the end of play. Additional cards included for extraordinary fun: Pass cards to the right. Pass cards
Preview of Sight Word Game ~ Aliens Steal Underpants

Sight Word Game ~ Aliens Steal Underpants

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Learning Ahoy
All kids love to giggle when they hear the word underpants! This game will have them giggling while they learn and practice the first 100 FRY sight words. This adorable game can be played in two ways. Game #1: Put 20 -30 underpants cards in a pocket chart. Hide one of the alien cards behind an underpants card. Tell student the word that it is hiding behind and see if the student can find the word. Another variation is to have the student guess what word the alien is behind check by pullin
Preview of Oh Pumpkin! Letters ~ A letter recognition Game

Oh Pumpkin! Letters ~ A letter recognition Game

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Oh Pumpkin! is a fun letter recognition game that students love! It can also be used as flashcards for remediation and learning. To Play: Cut apart letters and put into a fun container ( I use a plastic pumpkin or a fun Halloween bucket). Students draw out one card at a time and identify the letter (or letter sound). The student keeps the card. If the student draws "Oh Pumpkin!", he/she must put all of the cards back. If the student draws "Trade cards with another player", he/she chooses
Preview of How many apples?: Interactive counting book

How many apples?: Interactive counting book

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Learning Ahoy
This 10 page interactive counting book uses fun animals to help students practice counting, identifying numbers, and reading. I made this to use as a follow up activity to the book 10 Apples Up On Top. My students love it!
Preview of Shipwrecked! ~ A sight word game using the first 200 Fry words

Shipwrecked! ~ A sight word game using the first 200 Fry words

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Learning Ahoy
Shipwrecked! is a fun sight word recognition game, using the first 200 Fry words, that students love! It features adorable pirates that appeal to younger and older children. Students pick out one card from a basket and read the word. If they get it correct they keep the card. If a student pulls “Shipwrecked!”, then he/she must put all of their cards back in the basket. If they pull Buried Treasure, then he/she must trade cards with another player. The winner is the student with the most card
Preview of American Symbols Flashcards

American Symbols Flashcards

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These cards can be used as a matching game, flash cards, vocabulary cards, etc. to review or introduce American Symbols. Symbols included are: American Flag, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Washington Monument, White House, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell & Statue of Liberty. Great for President's Day! Looking for more products like this? Check these out! Happy Grams (Freebie!) Oh Turkey!: A letter recognition game Thank you for you interest in this item. I love feedback! Visit my blog
Preview of A Plant Needs: An interactive book (& student book)

A Plant Needs: An interactive book (& student book)

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#spednewyear A Plant needs is a 5 page interactive book that reviews the basic needs of plants (air, water, sunlight, & soil). Students are able to match the pictures to the correct pages. The student edition includes smaller black and white pages for students to use to make their own book. You Might Also Like… Where is the Gingerbread Man?: An interactive positional word book Community Helpers Interactive Book Connect with Learning Ahoy!! Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on t
Preview of Dinosaur Egg Craftivity & Song

Dinosaur Egg Craftivity & Song

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Dinosaur Egg Craftivity & Song This is the perfect addition to any dinosaur unit in preschool or kindergarten. Students learn a song about bring home a baby dinosaur. The song is sung to the tune of "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee". Students can practice sight words, letter recognition, and tracking. Check out this blog post to see how I used this in my classroom! As a follow up to the song, students cut out and decorate and egg and add the baby dinosaur.
Preview of OH Pumpkin! Numbers ~ A number 1 -100 identification game

OH Pumpkin! Numbers ~ A number 1 -100 identification game

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Learning Ahoy
Oh Pumpkin! is a fun number game that students of all ages love! Great to play for Fall to practice identifying numbers 1 -100. Cut apart numbers and put into a fun container ( I use a plastic pumpkin). Students draw out one word at a time and identify the number. The student keeps the card. If the student draws Oh Pumpkin!, he/she must put all of the cards back. If the student draws Trade cards with another player, he/she chooses another player to trade cards with. The winner is the p
Preview of Community Helpers Interactive Book

Community Helpers Interactive Book

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Learning Ahoy
This 68-page document includes multiple forms of an interactive Community Helpers Book. This set includes color and black and white versions. It also includes the sentences with and without the blanks. In addition, the interactive pieces are just words, with color pictures, and with black and white pictures. Each book features 11 community helpers: veterinarian chef dentist doctor farmer teacher police firefighter mail carrier crossing guard repairman This book can be used to introduce,
Preview of Summer Learning Fun! ~  Summer Calendar & Sight Word Activities

Summer Learning Fun! ~ Summer Calendar & Sight Word Activities

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Learning Ahoy
Send your students into summer with a calendar full of learning ideas. Each day has a new task to complete such as finding 5 squares or writing your name in sand. Also included in this pack is a resource for parents to use to help find different ways to review sight words with their child. **Updated May 5, 2017!** This file was made to be combined with my SPLASH! game packet to provide lots of learning experiences and help prevent the Summer Slide. To find more information on preventing
Preview of Oh No! ~ letter recognition Game

Oh No! ~ letter recognition Game

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Learning Ahoy
Oh No! is a fun letter recognition game that students love! It can also be used as flashcards for remediation and learning. To Play: Cut apart letters and put into a fun container. Students draw out one letter at a time and identify the letter (or letter sound). The student keeps the card. If the student draws Oh No!, he/she must put all of the cards back. The winner is the player with the most cards. Thank you for downloading this item. Please rate is and visit my blog http://www.l
Preview of Oh Snow! ~ First 100 Fry Sight Word Game

Oh Snow! ~ First 100 Fry Sight Word Game

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Learning Ahoy
Oh Snow! is a fun Fry sight word game that students of all ages love! Students pick out one snowman from a basket and read the word. If they get it correct they keep the snowman. If a student pulls “Oh Snow!”, then they must put all of their snowmen back in the basket. If the students pulls "trade with another player", they must trade all of their cards with another player. Winner is the student with the most cards at the end of play. Two blank snowmen are included to add your own words.
Preview of Where is the Monkey? An interactive positional word book

Where is the Monkey? An interactive positional word book

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Learning Ahoy
In this book students move a cute mischievous monkey above, below, left and right of various transportation themed vehicles. Great for students working on Speech goals and IEP goals for position words. My students love this book. The interaction keeps them involved and on task. You Might Also Like… Where is the Gingerbread Man?: An interactive positional word book Community Helpers Interactive Book Connect with Learning Ahoy!! Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on the green star
Preview of Where is the Turkey? : Interactive Positional word book Student edition

Where is the Turkey? : Interactive Positional word book Student edition

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In this 9 page book students glue a turkey above, below, under, beside, in, between, on, or over various Thanksgiving themed objects. Comes in color and black & white. Great for students working on Speech goals and IEP goals for positional words or prepositions. This is the student version of my larger book, Where is the Turkey? An Interactive Positional Word Book. The bundled version of this book and the student book is also available in my store or by clicking here. Visit my blog,Learn
Preview of A Heart of a Different Color: Color word matching

A Heart of a Different Color: Color word matching

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A Heart of a Different Color includes 2 different formats of a color word matching activies. Included is a file folder activity and a cookie sheet activity. Put together one or both! Use this any time of the year, but it is perfect for February during the Valentine's Day season. To use the activity students match the color word to the correctly colored heart. The color words included are: red, blue, green, white, purple, black, yellow, gray, pink, orange, and brown. This was made to be a work
Preview of Aliens love clocks!~ Time to the hour & half-hour

Aliens love clocks!~ Time to the hour & half-hour

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These adorable Aliens love to help students practice telling time on analog clocks! The 10 no prep activity sheets include time to the hour and half hour. Students need to match the correct digital time to the analog time by either drawing a line or gluing the correct time in place. I have used these in my special education classroom with students in 1st and 2nd grade. The aliens were a huge hit! You Might Also Like…. AHHH! ~ A sight word recognition game using the first 200 Fry words MOO!
Preview of Color by Code: Sight word practice

Color by Code: Sight word practice

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#spedislucky This page 10 document includes 8 color by code sight word practice sheets. Students use the code to color the picture and discover the answer to the joke or riddle. These have been tested in my classroom with 1st and 2nd grade students who loved them. Sight words included are: is, and, see, the, on, said, me, play, he, say, the, here, of, look, for, go, one, make, my, help, find, away, run, red, have, it, jump, up, down,at, say, eat, be, new, was, do, you, like, out, be, did,
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About the store

Experience

I have been teaching special education students since 2005 and would not trade it for any other area of teaching. Every day is different, challenging, and never boring. I have the privilege of celebrating all types of student achievements such as finally mastering all of the two times tables or learning how to eat with a fork.

Teaching style

I believe every child has the ability to learn and as their teacher it is my job to find out how they learn.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Teacher of the Year 2010 - 2011

My own education history

B.S. In Elementary and Special Education; M.S. in Special Education Research; Wilson Language Certified; Orton Gillingham Certified

Additional biographical information

In addition to being a special education teacher, I am also a wife and mother of 3 wonderful little boys.