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Welcome to my store! With over 17 years of experience as a Special Education Teacher, I am dedicated to supporting students on the autism spectrum, English language learners, and those with mild to severe disabilities. My resources are designed to help teachers save valuable time in prepping and meet the diverse needs of their students. They are student-friendly, differentiated, research-based, and aligned with the Common Core State Standards to ensure that every student has the opportunity to thrive, and a teacher has a chance to breathe. My materials are also designed for inclusivity and diverse learning styles.
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Preview of Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets Fine Motor Skills Back to School for SPED - No Prep

Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets Fine Motor Skills Back to School for SPED - No Prep

These numbers 1 to 20 math worksheets are ideal for self-contained autism classrooms, beginning learners, newcomers, and special education students. These no-prep, print-and-use math worksheets feature tracing, counting, and coloring for back-to-school foundational math work and fine motor skills development. The worksheets have been differentiated in three ways (coloring and counting, tracing and counting on base ten blocks, and tracing numbers ) so you can scaffold the worksheets for each
Preview of Back to School Fine Motor Skills Activities Bundle - Alphabet and Numbers - SPED

Back to School Fine Motor Skills Activities Bundle - Alphabet and Numbers - SPED

These time-saving, no-prep, print and use, differentiated, back to school themed activities are perfect for beginning learners, special education students, and newcomers. This bundle includes a school supplies, cut and paste packet that can double up as an arts and crafts activity to build a functional vocabulary base in a fun and engaging way. The school supplies theme is also included in the packet, with pre-writing activities for tracing lines and picture scenes.There are also alph
Preview of Measurement Worksheets for SPED - Nonstandard Units - Back to School - No Prep

Measurement Worksheets for SPED - Nonstandard Units - Back to School - No Prep

These measurement worksheets on non-standard units of measure are great for back to school activities for your beginning learners, newcomers, and special education students working on measures of length, height, and weight. These visual math worksheets have been differentiated in multiple ways (high support, medium, and independent) to accommodate the diverse learning needs of the students in your classroom. These time-saving, no-prep, print-and-use worksheets are perfect for scaffo
Preview of Matching Numbers to Quantities - Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets for SPED - No Prep

Matching Numbers to Quantities - Numbers 1 to 20 Worksheets for SPED - No Prep

These visual math worksheets target matching numbers to quantities for numbers 1 to 20. They are differentiated in nine ways to help meet the needs of your students, with plenty of coloring for improving fine motor skills. They are great for back to school and beginning of year foundational math activities, or you can use them anytime throughout the year to teach and reinforce numbers and quantities to 20. These time-saving, print and use counting and cardinality worksheets are perfect for
Preview of Cut and Paste Summer Math Worksheets Count and Graph for SPED

Cut and Paste Summer Math Worksheets Count and Graph for SPED

These cut and paste summer math worksheets are great for review, enrichment, or to combat summer learning loss. Your students will love working with these fun, scaffolded, and differentiated count and graph math worksheets that target numbers 1 to 10. This is a no prep, timesaving, and student-centered packet for foundational work in counting and graphing that offers plenty of fine motor skills practice with lots of coloring, cutting, and pasting. These counting and graphing worksheets c
Preview of Valentine's Day Math Activities - Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

Valentine's Day Math Activities - Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

These fun Valentine's Day math worksheets target counting and cardinality, numbers 1 to 10 are great for February morning work or any time of the year. These foundational math worksheets have been differentiated in six ways to save you time and allow you to reach more students at their level . These time saving, no prep, print and use, worksheets are an easy and economical way to keep your students practicing their foundational math skills in various ways. The skills targeted are number
Preview of Back To School Cut and Paste Math Activities for Special Education

Back To School Cut and Paste Math Activities for Special Education

These cut and paste back to school math worksheets are great for review or to combat summer loss. Your students will love working with these fun differentiated foundational math worksheets while working with numbers 1 to 20 ( number correspondence, addition with and without visuals), concept of big and small, and shape recognition (match picture to picture and picture to word) activities. These visual math worksheets are no prep, timesaving, and student-centered. They offer plenty of f
Preview of Back To School Math Worksheets For Special Education Foundational Math Concepts

Back To School Math Worksheets For Special Education Foundational Math Concepts

Are you looking for back to school math activities for review or teaching foundational math concepts such as, number sense to 20, counting objects to 20, addition to 20, concept of big and small, biggest and smallest, and shape identification skills? Then you will love these differentiated visual worksheets. These fun math worksheets are student-centered and great for fine motor skills was there is plenty of coloring involved. These foundational math worksheets are great for special education
Preview of Valentine's Day Math Activities Bundle - Numbers 1 to 10 Worksheets for SPED

Valentine's Day Math Activities Bundle - Numbers 1 to 10 Worksheets for SPED

This fun and engaging Valentine's Day math activities bundle is great for students learning all about numbers 1 to 10. The differentiated math worksheets target counting and cardinality and number sense to 10. Combined, your students will practice number recognition and identification, number writing, counting, categorizing, adding, and subtracting with visuals and numerical digits. These are three fun packets that are sure to meet the varying levels of cognition in your classroom. Your stu
Preview of Valentine's Day Math Activities - Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

Valentine's Day Math Activities - Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

This fun Valentine's Day cut and paste math activities packet targeting numbers 1 to 10 is great for February morning work or for any time of the year. These are foundational math worksheets that have been differentiated in four ways to save you time and allow you to reach more students. These no prep, print, and digital worksheets are an easy and economical way to keep your students practicing their math skills in various ways. The skills targeted are number recognition and identificati
Preview of Counting To 100: What Number Comes Next? Sequence, Before and After & Ten Frames

Counting To 100: What Number Comes Next? Sequence, Before and After & Ten Frames

These number sense, counting and cardinality worksheets are great for foundational learners as they work on many skill areas, such as, number ordering, counting forward by ones and tens, using ten frames, figuring out what number comes next in a sequence, working on before and after numbers to 100, counting by tens to 100 and fill in the missing numbers to 100. These are great for back to school, beginning of the year math reviews and end of year math worksheets, as well as wonderful
Preview of Number Sense To 100 Bundle: Counting and Cardinality Math Worksheets | SPED

Number Sense To 100 Bundle: Counting and Cardinality Math Worksheets | SPED

Looking for engaging math activities to teach counting and cardinality to foundational learners? This must-have bundle, perfect for back to school, includes differentiated number concept activities up to 100, perfect for Kindergarten beginning-of-year math activities. With no prep required, it's a convenient print-and-go resource that also offers visual support as autism math worksheets for self-contained classrooms and special education classrooms. This is a growing bundle with a printabl
Preview of Number Sense 1-20: Counting and Cardinality and Writing Numbers 1-20 Worksheets

Number Sense 1-20: Counting and Cardinality and Writing Numbers 1-20 Worksheets

Are you looking for cut and paste back to school math activities for review or teaching number sense to 20? These counting objects to 20 worksheets will help your students learn the concept of counting and cardinality. They will work on identifying the number by the written word and by its' digits, trace and write numbers 1-20 and count for 1:1 number correspondence. These Kindergarten math worksheets are student-centered and great for fine motor skills— coloring, cutting, and pasting.
Preview of Number Sense Worksheets - Teen Numbers 11-20 - Differentiated Worksheets

Number Sense Worksheets - Teen Numbers 11-20 - Differentiated Worksheets

Are you looking for a differentiated number sense 11 to 20 cut and paste activity to teach your kids all about numbers 11-20? This teen number math packet may be what you're looking for. Your students will learn to express each number through tally marks, number words, number symbols, and ten frames to learn base ten counting. They will engage with these math worksheets in various ways, including reading, tracing, writing, cutting, and pasting. The number concept worksheets and task cards
Preview of Numbers 1 to 10 - Number Sense Worksheets - Differentiated Worksheets | SPED

Numbers 1 to 10 - Number Sense Worksheets - Differentiated Worksheets | SPED

Are you looking for a number concepts to 10 math practice that is differentiated and scaffolded for learning all about numbers 1-10? This packet covers ways to identify and make numbers 1-10. Your students will learn to read, trace, and write numbers 1-10 in their number word and symbol and express them in many ways through tally marks, number names, and 10 frames to learn base ten counting. These are great for the beginning of the year, and end-of-the-year math activities. The visuals
Preview of Valentine's Day Math Activities -Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

Valentine's Day Math Activities -Numbers 1-10 Worksheets For Special Education

These time saving and engaging numbers 1-10 worksheets are themed for Valentine's Day. Your students will have lots of fun working on their early math concepts while improving fine motor skills. Your beginning learners will use their visual perceptual, coloring, counting, and number writing skills as they look for and count Valentine-themed common objects to improve their counting and cardinality skills. These no prep, print, and go differentiated number sense worksheets are great math
Preview of Free Make A Clock - Build An Analog Clock For Telling Time

Free Make A Clock - Build An Analog Clock For Telling Time

Ready to introduce telling time to your students? Why not start by having them make a clock? This freebie contains 4 blank analog clocks with some differentiation to meet the many writing abilities in your beginning learners. Your students can review number identification 1-12 and number ordering and other features of an analog clock, like the hour hand and minute hand. Your student can begin to learn to tell time to the hour. These are great for whole group and small group instruction, in
Preview of Color By Code: Transportation Color By Numbers Worksheets

Color By Code: Transportation Color By Numbers Worksheets

Are you looking for a color by code or color by number coloring worksheet for your early learners to practice their number sense, reading and writing skills? Perhaps, a differentiated coloring sheet that complements your community helpers' unit plan? This community helpers vehicles/transportation, writing and coloring by number packet has been differentiated three ways for your Independent student to students who need the most support. Students will work on number sense 1-6, following direction,
Preview of Community Helpers Worksheets - Number Sequence Puzzles - Numbers to 5 - SPED

Community Helpers Worksheets - Number Sequence Puzzles - Numbers to 5 - SPED

Are you looking for counting-to-5, community workers-themed math sequencing puzzles for your early learners? These fun community helpers sequence puzzles, working with numbers 1-5, will help your early learners practice their number sense 1-5, sequencing skills, and fine motor cutting skills while putting together one of their community helpers. Great For:PK-2 elementary schoolStudents with disabilitiesAutism classrooms (grade clusters K-2 & 3-5)ESL, EFL, ELL, ELDStudents with language impairm
Preview of Community Helpers Math Activities- Number Practice 1 to 10 Worksheets For SPED

Community Helpers Math Activities- Number Practice 1 to 10 Worksheets For SPED

Are you looking for a community helper's math practice packet that focuses on numbers up to 10? This activity focuses on numbers 1- 10 for early learners and is perfect as an autism math worksheet. Your students will work on counting, tracing, matching, sequencing, and building numbers. They will also improve their fine motor skills through tracing, writing, and coloring numbers and pictures of their community helpers and their community vehicles. This Math Activity is Great For:PK-2 elem
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About the store

Experience

Welcome to my store! With over 17 years of experience as a Special Education Teacher, I am dedicated to supporting students on the autism spectrum, English language learners, and those with mild to severe disabilities. My resources are designed to help teachers save valuable time in prepping and meet the diverse needs of their students. They are student-friendly, differentiated, research-based, and aligned with the Common Core State Standards to ensure that every student has the opportunity to thrive, and a teacher has a chance to breathe. My materials are also designed for inclusivity and diverse learning styles.

Teaching style

Student Centered, Therapeutic, Participatory, and Collaborative. I used the TEACCH approach and methodology to teach my students on the spectrum (self-contained classroom). This approach focuses on the "culture of autism" and is based on cognitive-social learning theory. A core value in this approach is appreciating and valuing the unique strengths in every child.

My own education history

Master of Arts Degree from Teachers College/Columbia University in Social and Organizational Psychology from the State of New York. Master of Science Degree in Education with a dual certification in Elementary Education from Hunter College from the state of New York.

Additional biographical information

Licensed and Certified in Special Education and Childhood Education Grades 1-6.