Structured Special Ed
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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Early Childhood & Special Education Resources | Social Emotional Learning | Hands-On Pre-K–3 Activities | Digital & Printable Curriculum
Hi! I’m Lauren, the creator of Structured Special Ed. I’m a former K–6 self-contained special education teacher with 7 years of classroom experience and 3 years as a Social Emotional Learning & Behavior Specialist supporting grades Pre-K through 6. Before becoming a teacher, I worked for 8 years as an ABA therapist specializing in early intervention with young children ages 2–6.
Currently, I am a professor of Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education, where I teach and mentor future educators. My passion is creating meaningful, hands-on resources that support diverse learners and make teaching a little easier for busy educators.
In my store, you’ll find digital and printable activities, social emotional learning tools, adapted books, task cards, and engaging hands-on materials designed for learners working at the Pre-K to 3rd grade level. My goal is to help teachers save time while providing developmentally appropriate, effective, and fun resources for their students.
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Dolch Sight Word Tracing Task Cards | Literacy Centers PreK-3rd & SPED
Build sight word fluency, handwriting confidence and fine motor control with these Dolch Sight Word Tracing Task Cards! Designed for Early Childhood and Special Education classrooms, this hands-on resource includes all 220 Dolch sight words from the Pre-Primer, Primer, First, Second, and Third Grade lists, giving you a complete set of tracing cards to use all year long. Each card features a clear, consistent tracing format that helps students master correct letter formation while reinforcing sig
K - 3rd
Handwriting, Writing
CCSS
RF.K.2
, RF.K.3
, RF.K.3c
Around The School Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors Boom Cards
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice teaching and determining expected and unexpected behaviors for different parts of the school. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This around the school expected and unexpected behavior boom card bundle includes 52 boom cards to practice determining if behaviors
PreK - 2nd
Character Education
Alphabet Adapted Books
Get 26 Alphabet Adapted Books for teaching letters A-Z! Work on a letter and words and pictures that start with that letter in an adapted, interactive and hands-on way! This resource is perfect for differentiation, small group instruction, centers, independent work, and many more opportunities through your day! These books are great because they use picture and word visuals, short basic sentences, increase vocabulary, have manipulated pieces for a hands on approach to learning and can be used i
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts, Reading
Understanding Others Emotions Bingo
This understanding others' emotions bingo game is great for a fun elementary school counseling or social emotional learning education lesson! This emotions bingo resource includes 10 unique premade bingo cards and 10 unique cut and paste make your own bingo boards which allows for hundreds of possibilities in bingo boards. This bingo set comes with scenario cards with different scenarios for students to determine what emotion others are feeling. This resource is great for a SEL whole group cla
K - 3rd
Character Education, School Counseling
Virtual Interactive Breathing Technique Slides
These are virtual interactive powerpoint slides that help teach your students breathing techniques. This would be great for whole group, small group and 1:1 teaching of breathing techniques. There are 9 different slides containing 9 different breathing activities. The included breathing techniques are: - Triangle Breathing - Star Breathing - Hand Breathing - Spiral Breathing - Rainbow Breathing - Circle Breathing (one for 3 seconds, one for 5 seconds) - Square Breathing - Lazy 8 Breathing This
Not Specific
School Counseling, School Psychology
Calming Strategy Lanyard Visuals
These coping strategy visual cards are perfect for your lanyard for school. They are a great visuals to help cue students to use a coping strategy instead of using too much language to deescalate students. The coping strategies available on these cards are: - taking deep breaths - go for a walk - stand up and stretch - take a drink - count backwards from 10 - count to 10 - do some yoga Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback! Also, f
PreK - 2nd
Character Education
Coping Strategy Wheels
These coping strategy wheels are perfect for visual supports for helping your students identify and decide on coping strategies that are best for them. Your students will love using these coping strategies wheels are ways to pick the best coping strategy that works for them. These wheels can be laminated so they can be used over and over again. They can also be a great addition to any break area or calm down space. There are three different types of calming strategy wheels:- a standard coping s
PreK - 2nd
Character Education, School Counseling
Color Adapted Books
These interactive color adapted books will help your students learn their colors in a fun way. This hands on activity is perfect for Pre-K, Kindergartens, SPED students to learn to recognize their colors and objects associated with that color. This resource is perfect for differentiation, small group instruction, centers, independent work, and many more opportunities through your day! There are 11 different color adapted books! The colors included are: Black, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Ye
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading
Also included in: Color Adapted Books Bundle
Social Skills Good Choice vs Bad Choice Behaviors Boom Cards
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice teaching and determining social skills. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This social skills good choice and bad choice behavior boom card set includes 32 boom cards to practice determining if behaviors are good choice vs bad choice. Students will determine th
PreK - 2nd
Character Education, School Counseling
Also included in: Social Skills Behaviors Boom Cards Bundle
Winter Letter and Number Formation Cards
These Winter themed writing formation cards are perfect for practicing writing upper case and lowercase letters and numbers 0-100. Your students will love using these cards while practicing writing in a variety of sensory ways such as shaving cream, sand, writing trays, sensory bins, etc. These cards can also be laminated and used with an expo marker for a great tracing card activity that can be used in centers or as an independent work task. This Winter Set includes:- Uppercase letters A-Z - Lo
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting, Writing
Also included in: Year Long Writing Formation Cards Growing Bundle
Social Skills Expected and Unexpected Behaviors Boom Cards m
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice teaching and determining social skills. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This social skills expected and unexpected behavior boom card set includes 32 boom cards to practice determining if behaviors are expected vs unexpected. Students will determine the corr
PreK - 2nd
Character Education, School Counseling
Also included in: Social Skills Behaviors Boom Cards Bundle
CVC Writing Task Cards Bundle
Do your students need practice tracing, writing and spelling CVC words? Do they love hands on adapted activities? Please note: this is the bundle which includes 3 individual sets. Work on writing CVC words with the use of these tracing, writing and spelling cards which are adapted, interactive and hands-on way!This is the CVC writing bundle. It includes three sets: Tracing: 40 pages with 4 tracing cards on each page for a total of around 160 tracing cards. The tracing cards cover CVC words for
K - 3rd
Handwriting, Writing
Social Skills Behaviors Boom Cards Bundle
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice teaching and determining social skills. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This social skills behavior boom card bundle includes 2 deck of 32 boom cards each to practice determining if behaviors are expected vs unexpected or a good choice vs bad choice. Student
PreK - 3rd
Character Education, School Counseling
Christmas Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Boom Cards | Social Skills SEL
Support social-emotional learning all December long with these Christmas Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Boom Cards!Designed for Pre-K, Kindergarten, early elementary, and Special Education classrooms, this digital resource includes 60 interactive cards that help students identify expected and unexpected behaviors during Christmas themed scenarios. Both decks (Set 1 + Set 2) feature Christmas-themed characters: Santa, reindeer, snowmen, gingerbread figures, and elves to help young learners u
PreK - 3rd
Character Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Back To School Skip Counting 2s, 5s, 10s Boom Cards
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This Back to School set includes 15 high-interest and engaging decks to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Students skip count the back to school objects and then click the correct answ
K - 3rd
Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
2.NBT.A.2
CVC Adapted Books Bundle
Get 87 Adapted Books for teaching CVC words in this bundle! There are three different levels for each short vowel A, E, I, O and U which help your kids work on matching picture to word & picture, matching picture to word and matching word to picture in an adapted, interactive and hands-on way!This resource is perfect for differentiation, small group instruction, centers, independent work, and many more opportunities through your day! These books are great because they use picture and word visual
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Spring Skip Counting by 10s Boom Cards Bundle
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice skip counting by 10s. Boom Cards are digital task cards online that are very interactive and self correcting immediately if the student answers wrong. They work on an iPad, Chrome Book, Kindle Fire, other devices, or even your phone. This Spring set includes 4 high-interest and engaging decks to practice skip counting by 10s. Students count the Spring object and then click the correct answer from a field of 3 at the bottom. All of the
K - 2nd
Math, Other (Math)
Counting Fish Adaptive Book Freebie
Do your students need practice counting numbers 0-10? Do they love hands on adapted activities? These adapted books are perfect for kids to practice counting numbers 0-10. These books are also great because they use picture and number visuals, short basic sentences, increase vocabulary, have manipulated pieces for a hands on approach to learning and can be used independently. This resource is perfect for differentiation, small group instruction, centers, independent work, and many more opportuni
K - 1st
Math
Christmas Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Bundle | Boom Cards + Printable Task
Support social-emotional learning all December long with this Christmas Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior BUNDLE—featuring BOTH the printable task card set and the digital Boom Cards version. This bundle includes the exact same 60 Christmas behavior scenarios in two formats: ⭐️ 60 printable task cards ⭐️ 60 interactive Boom Cards with audioWhether you prefer hands-on cards for centers and small groups, or digital practice for independent work and data tracking, this bundle gives you flexib
PreK - 3rd
Character Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Beginning Letter Sounds Boom Cards Freebie
Do your students need practice with beginning letter sounds? Are you trying to incorporate more interactive activities during this distance learning time? Then they will love these boom cards! These fun, interactive task cards are very engaging while still practicing academics. It can be used during whole group, small group, centers, or during independent time. Students will see a letter on a chalkboard and have to select the correct picture that has that beginning letter sound from a field of
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Other (ELA)
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About the store
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Early Childhood & Special Education Resources | Social Emotional Learning | Hands-On Pre-K–3 Activities | Digital & Printable Curriculum
Hi! I’m Lauren, the creator of Structured Special Ed. I’m a former K–6 self-contained special education teacher with 7 years of classroom experience and 3 years as a Social Emotional Learning & Behavior Specialist supporting grades Pre-K through 6. Before becoming a teacher, I worked for 8 years as an ABA therapist specializing in early intervention with young children ages 2–6.
Currently, I am a professor of Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education, where I teach and mentor future educators. My passion is creating meaningful, hands-on resources that support diverse learners and make teaching a little easier for busy educators.
In my store, you’ll find digital and printable activities, social emotional learning tools, adapted books, task cards, and engaging hands-on materials designed for learners working at the Pre-K to 3rd grade level. My goal is to help teachers save time while providing developmentally appropriate, effective, and fun resources for their students.
Teaching style
If you’re an early childhood or special education teacher looking for hands-on, low-prep, and engaging activities, you’re in the right place!
My resources focus on social emotional learning, adapted books, task cards, and early literacy and math activities designed for Pre-K to 3rd grade learners. Each activity is created to save you time while helping students build independence, confidence, and a love of learning.
My own education history
BA in Psychology from Arizona State University.
BS in Human and Family Development from Arizona State University.
M.Ed in Special Education Grand Canyon University.
Additional biographical information
I understand the challenge of creating meaningful, differentiated lessons for diverse learners because I’ve lived it. As a former self-contained special education teacher and SEL/Behavior Specialist, I know how important it is to have resources that are both engaging for students and practical for teachers.
That’s why everything I create is hands-on, teacher friendly and designed to meet students where they are. My mission is to support early childhood and special education teachers with resources that build confidence, encourage independence and make learning fun for every child.
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