Structured Special Ed
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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
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
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
Dolch Sight Word Tracing Task Cards | Seasonal Literacy Centers PreK-3rd & SPED
Keep sight word practice engaging all year long with holiday and seasonal tracing cards that match your classroom themes! This year-round bundle includes themed tracing sets for every major school-year month and celebration, helping students strengthen sight word recognition, handwriting, and fine motor skills in a fun, predictable format. Each themed set follows the same consistent structure as your favorite Dolch Sight Word Tracing Cards, making this a perfect companion to your original resour
PreK - 3rd
Balanced Literacy, Handwriting, Sight Words
CCSS
RF.K.2
, RF.K.3
, RF.K.3c
Fall Comparing Numbers Boom Cards
These Fall Comparing Numbers Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice comparing numbers to determine greater than, less than or equal to. 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 Fall comparing numbers bundle includes 5 sets of engaging Boom Cards to practice comparing numbers. Students will determine if the
K - 3rd
Math, Other (Math)
Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors Task Cards | Year-Round SEL Growing Bundle
Help your students build strong social skills and behavior awareness all year long with this Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors Task Card Year-Round Growing Bundle! Designed for Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education classrooms, this growing bundle provides clear, visual, and developmentally appropriate behavior scenarios to help students understand social expectations across seasons, holidays, and everyday classroom situations. Each themed set uses a consistent, predictable format
PreK - 3rd
Character Education, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Back To School Skip Counting by 2s Boom Cards
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice skip counting by 2s. 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 5 high-interest and engaging decks to practice skip counting by 2s. Students skip count the back to school objects and then click the correct answer from a field of 3 at th
K - 3rd
Math, Other (Math)
Also included in: Back To School Skip Counting 2s, 5s, 10s Boom Cards
Acorns Comparing Numbers Boom Card Freebie
This Acorn Comparing Numbers Boom Cards Freebie is a super fun and engaging way to practice comparing numbers to determine greater than, less than or equal to. 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 acorn comparing numbers freebie includes 15 engaging Boom Cards to practice comparing numbers. Students will determine if t
PreK - 2nd
Math, Other (Math)
Ten Frame Counting Task Card Year-Round Bundle | Early Childhood & SPED
Keep counting and number recognition fun all year long with this Seasonal Ten Frame Counting Task Card Bundle! Designed for Early Childhood and Special Education classrooms, these engaging hands-on cards help students strengthen counting, one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills through themed visuals for every season and holiday. Each set includes five themed collections with numbers 0–10 and both field of 2 and field of 3 answer choices for easy differentiation. Use them for small grou
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.B.4a
, K.CC.B.4b
+2
Back to School Counting to 10 Boom Cards
These Boom Cards are a super fun and engaging way to practice counting to 10. 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 5 high-interest and engaging decks to practice counting to 10. Students count the back to school object and then click the correct answer from a field of 3 at the bottom. All of
PreK - 2nd
Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Christmas Shape Task Cards | Shape Identification Bundle Early Childhood & Sped
Help your students build foundational geometry skills with these Christmas-themed Shape Task Cards designed for Early Childhood and Special Education classrooms. This engaging Shape Identification Bundle provides students with multiple opportunities to practice recognizing, identifying, and matching shapes using festive Christmas visuals that keep learning fun and motivating throughout the holiday season. With three different shape task card sets and nine Christmas themes, this resource sup
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.G.A.2
Skip Counting Fireflies Freebie Boom Cards Bundle
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. These skip counting fireflies freebies includes 3 deck of 11 boom cards each to practice skip counting numbers 0-20. Students will skip count the fireflies and then click the correct answer fro
K - 3rd
Math, Other (Math)
Apple CVC Word Drag and Drop Spelling Boom Cards
Practice spelling cvc words with this apple cvc spelling bundle. This is a great resource for back to school or fall time. This resource has 5 sets of drag and drop spelling cards to help practice short a, e, i, o and u cvc words. There are 130 cards in total. Word Families included: Short A (32 cards): -AB: cab, dab, lab, tab -AD: bad, mad, sad, pad -AG: bag, rag, tag, wag -AM: yam, jam, ram, ham -AN: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van -AP: cap, map, tap -AT: bat, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat -AX: wax Sh
K - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Year Long Writing Formation Cards Growing Bundle
This bundle of year long 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. Each Bundle Set includes writing formation card
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting, Writing
Christmas Ten Frame Counting Task Cards | Early Childhood & Special Education
Help your students strengthen early math and counting skills with these Christmas-themed Ten Frame Counting Task Cards. Designed for Early Childhood and Special Education classrooms, these engaging cards provide hands-on practice with numbers 0–10 using fun seasonal visuals students will love. Each set includes a different Christmas theme: presents, sleigh, wreath, candy canes, stockings, elf gifts, nutcracker drum, Christmas cookies, and ornaments—perfect for flexible use all December long. Stu
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
, K.CC.B.4a
, K.CC.B.4b
+2
Also included in: Ten Frame Counting Task Card Year-Round Bundle | Early Childhood & SPED
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About the store
Experience
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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