TPT
Total:
$0.00
Learning For A Purpose Banner

Learning For A Purpose

Rated 4.86 out of 5, based on 131 reviews
184 Followers
Stanhope, Iowa, United States
About the store
My name is Sara, and I’m dedicated to creating resources that support neurodivergent kids and teens in learning essential life skills. As a doctorate-level Occupational Therapist and a mom homeschooling my own neurodivergent kids, I understand the unique challenges and needs of these learners. Here, you will find various life skills resources, play-based learning, and homeschooling resources to help your children thrive.
Read more

Store categories

All resources

Preview of How to Take a Shower Visual Sequencing Cards

How to Take a Shower Visual Sequencing Cards

These visual sequencing cards teach children the steps of how to complete the showering routine. They use a simple picture and verbal cue to help children understand how to complete the steps of showering. This is a great resource for parents, teachers, and caregivers!
Preview of Social Stories Bundle Coping Strategies for Older Kids

Social Stories Bundle Coping Strategies for Older Kids

Included in this bundle you get 3 Social Stories! 1. It is okay to make a mistake social story 2. When I am Frustrated social story 3. When I get a Bad Grade social story In each social story, we provide discussion and reflection questions for older students to talk about how they will manage their emotions and feelings in each of these situations. They are designed to help teens find appropriate coping strategies and talk about how they are feeling in each of these situations.
Preview of Christmas Social Skills Situation Cards and Problem Solving Skills

Christmas Social Skills Situation Cards and Problem Solving Skills

These are great social skill situation cards to help kids understand new social situations surrounding the Christmas Season. This set includes 36 social situation cards with open ended questions great for Middle School and High school students to help them understand and prepare for new social situations around the Christmas and Holiday Season. These can be great for kids with autism and difficulty with learning social skills.
Preview of How to Take a Shower Social Story

How to Take a Shower Social Story

This social story is a great tool to help children understand the steps of showering. It breaks down each step so they can follow through each step as well as provides visual cues as well. This could be a great resource for younger students, children with autism and special needs as well as for parents to use to help their child understand the steps of showering.
Preview of Everyday Life Skills Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Ebook

Everyday Life Skills Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Ebook

This Ebook contains EVERYTHING you NEED to help your child or teenager learn these Personal Hygiene Self Care Skills. This book was written specifically for children with autism and special needs (especially with sensory processing difficulties) for learning strategies to help them become more independent with these bathroom skills. What skills are included in this Ebook? -Toothbrushing -Showering -How to take a bath -Washing Face -Toileting Routine for both girls and boys -Brushing Hair We pr
Preview of Bathroom Rules Social Story

Bathroom Rules Social Story

The Bathroom Rules Social Story is a great product to help children understand bathroom rules and etiquette. The story breaks down the steps from asking the teacher to what we need to do in the bathroom. It also addresses privacy as well.
Preview of Why we take a bath, wash our face, and brush our hair social story

Why we take a bath, wash our face, and brush our hair social story

This is a simple short social story telling kids why they need to take a bath, wash our face, and brush our hair. It is a great story to talk about why we need to take care of our bodies. This can be a great resource for parents, teachers, and caregivers!
Preview of Kitchen Safety Skills

Kitchen Safety Skills

We created a resource for you to use to help teach kitchen safety skills. We have included visuals of real life obejcts found in the kitchen for you to use to show what items can be dangerous and why. We also wanted to include solutions to some of the dangers in the kitchen in a worksheet format. Feel free to use the visuals and the worksheets as teaching tools to help teach kitchen safety skills. We hope you find these resources helpful. This resource can be helpful in life skills classes, spec
Preview of Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Social Stories Bundle

Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Social Stories Bundle

This bundle includes all of the Personal Hygiene Self-Care Skills for the Bathroom Included: How to Take a Shower Social Story How to Brush my Teeth Social Story How to use the Bathroom Social Story Bathroom Rules Social Story Why We Take a Bath, Wash our Face, and Brush our Hair Social Story
Preview of Holiday Social Skills Situation Cards Bundle Pack

Holiday Social Skills Situation Cards Bundle Pack

This is a Holiday Social Skills Situation Bundle Pack that contains Social Situation Questions for Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween! These are open ended questions to help your students conquer new social situations that the Holiday Seasons bring. These open ended questions can be great for middle school and high school students with autism or with difficulty learning new social situations.
Preview of Bathroom Checklist Bundle

Bathroom Checklist Bundle

This Bundle Includes all of the personal hygiene self care checklists for: brushing teeth using the toilet showering taking a bath washing face brushing hair These checklists are a great teaching resource to help your child learn the steps needed to increase their independence with these skills. They also include sensory strategies specific to each skill to help you find other strategies and ways to help your child learn these skills.
Preview of Tooth Brushing Visual Sequencing Cards

Tooth Brushing Visual Sequencing Cards

These are a great resource to help children understand to the steps of tooth brushing to help them to become more independent with this skill. This is a great resource for parents, teachers, and caregivers!
Preview of Halloween Social Situation Cards and Problem Solving

Halloween Social Situation Cards and Problem Solving

The holidays can bring up some different social situations and they may be difficult for teenagers with autism or special needs to understand. These social situation cards are perfect to bring up some hard topics to discuss ahead of time to help keep children safe during Halloween. This PDF includes 27 social situation cards to bring up social situations that may occur during Halloween season. These questions can be perfect for middle school and high school kids to talk about the different sit
Preview of How to Talk with Family Members at a Family Gathering Social Story

How to Talk with Family Members at a Family Gathering Social Story

This is a great social story to help your kids learn ways to help them feel more prepared for talking with family members at a family gathering. This can be a great tool to help kids feel more comfortable at Holiday events such as Thanksgiving and Christmas where they may be having a large family gathering.
Preview of Visual Sequencing Cards for Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Bundle

Visual Sequencing Cards for Personal Hygiene Skills in the Bathroom Bundle

Included in this Bundle: How to Shower Visual Sequencing Cards How to complete Toileting Routine Visual Sequencing Cards How to Brush my Teeth Visual Sequencing Cards These cut out cards are a GREAT teaching resource for kids to understand the steps needed to learn these skills and become more independent!
Preview of Road Shape Playdough Mats

Road Shape Playdough Mats

Drive into learning with our Road Shape Playdough Mats! Designed to engage young minds, these mats provide a fun and interactive way for children to learn about different shapes while playing with cars on road-themed designs. Perfect for preschool and kindergarten classrooms, as well as at-home learning, these mats combine imaginative play with educational concepts, making learning shapes an exciting adventure. What's Included:11 Road Shape Playdough Mats: Each mat features a different shape wit
Preview of How to Use the Bathroom Social Story

How to Use the Bathroom Social Story

This is a great step by step social story helping kids understand how to use the bathroom. It is a great resource helping kids to understand the toiling routine. It can be helpful for parents, teachers, and caregivers!
Preview of How to Brush my Teeth Social Story

How to Brush my Teeth Social Story

This simple Social Story helps teach kids about how to brush their teeth and the steps to accomplish this task. This can be great for teaching younger kids, children with autism, kids at home with parents, or in the special education classroom.
Preview of Family Gathering Social Situation Bundle Social Story and Worksheet

Family Gathering Social Situation Bundle Social Story and Worksheet

This is a bundle that includes a social story and worksheet: How to Talk with Family Members at a Family Gathering Social Story Social Situation Worksheet For Answering Questions at a Family Gathering Combined these are a great resource to help you talk about strategies to help kids decrease anxiety for answering questions at a large family gathering. Large family gatherings around the holidays at Thanksgiving and Christmas can be stressful for some kids. They may have a harder time with answ
Preview of Building a Turkey Playdough Creations with Step by Step Visuals work on Counting

Building a Turkey Playdough Creations with Step by Step Visuals work on Counting

Gobble up fun and learning with our "I Can Build a Turkey" Playdough Mats! These mats provide an engaging and hands-on way for children to create their own turkeys using playdough while developing essential counting and math skills. Perfect for preschool and kindergarten classrooms, as well as at-home learning, these mats are a fantastic resource for combining imaginative play with educational concepts. What's Included:28 Turkey Playdough Mats:14 Colored Mats: Each mat features a vibrant, full-c
Showing 1-20 of 41 results

About the store

Experience

My name is Sara, and I’m dedicated to creating resources that support neurodivergent kids and teens in learning essential life skills. As a doctorate-level Occupational Therapist and a mom homeschooling my own neurodivergent kids, I understand the unique challenges and needs of these learners. Here, you will find various life skills resources, play-based learning, and homeschooling resources to help your children thrive.