Autism Homeschool Success

Here are some free resources that you can use to practice skills such as months of the year, days of the week, writing the date, using a calendar, etc. Starfall Interactive Daily Online Calendar (It automatically updates each day). The link above is to the January 2026 date pages. To access the other months, just swap out the name of the month (and year if needed) in the URL:

The term, "Community Helpers" refers to the people in our communities who provide services that help keep us safe, healthy, and supported, such as firefighters, doctors, and mail carriers. Many community helper units are designed with younger learners in mind and often use simplified or cute cartoon-style visuals. While these materials work well for younger kids, older learners may benefit from resources that use more realistic images and a more age-appropriate presentation.

One of my favorite teaching approaches is incorporating student interests into learning activities. I've had many students who love trains, so I make a lot of train activities. Here are a set of of printable books and reading passages, each with accompanying worksheets for working on reading, literacy, and language skills for students. Both the books and the passages have additional worksheets that go with them. The types of skills taught using these packets include: Sight W

Digraphs are an important part of early reading instruction, but they can be confusing at times. A digraph is two letters that work together to make one sound , such as sh in ship, ch in chop, or th in thumb. Unlike blends, the individual letter sounds in a digraph cannot be heard separately. For beginning readers, especially students who benefit from explicit, structured instruction, digraphs often need to be taught clearly and systematically. In this post, I’ll share pr

If your child or students are working on paragraph writing, I wanted to share some strategies and printables to help make it easier and more effective. Here are two simple strategies that I frequently use.  Graphic Organizers and Visual Supports Research Examples:  Delano (2007); Asaro-Saddler & Bak (2012). Overview:  Graphic organizers help students visually map out topic sentences, details, and conclusions before writing. Possible Examples: “Hamburger” or “Oreo” paragraph t

If you're using a math curriculum, I wanted to show activities you can use before starting the division units. For many of my homeschool tutoring students, these activities helped give them a foundation in some of the concepts and vocabulary associated with division that were confusing at first. I find it helpful to either teach or review them before starting division. Concept 1: Division as Sharing Your curriculum will likely cover this topic at least briefly, but I also lik