

Calendar Skills
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:


Is your child ready for division? Try this first!
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


Coin Sorting for Older Students
If you have an older child who is working on learning to sort coins, here are some activities designed for older students. These free...


Coupon Instructional Story
An introduction to the concept of coupons with visual supports. I made this for one of my tutoring students working on this concept to go...


Unit Price Instructional Story (Which One is a "Better Buy?")
I purchased a set of task cards about calculating the unit price to see which of two items is a "better" purchase (that is, which item...


Math Word Problem Graphic Organizer
I created this graphic organizer based on information that I read in this book. I find the book really helpful, and you can read my...


Mini-Unit on Columns, Rows, and Intro to Tables/Graphing (Dog Theme)
I have a new online tutoring student for math, and we're about to start working on the concept of arrays for multiplication. This student...


Using Circuit Building Kits to Teach Communication, Academic, and Other Skills
If you've been following me a while, you know I think it's important to teach science to students with autism. With all of the other...


Count the Raindrops Activity for Counting 1 - 10
I was looking through some old resources that I made when I first started teaching (in 2006!), and came across this activity. If you have...


Video Modeling to Teach New Skills (And Possibly a Good Approach for Online Learning)
Hi everyone! I've been using the teaching strategy of video modeling for years and it's a great, evidence-based practice for students...

























