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Free Digital and Printable Educational Activities

 

Back-to-School (Before School Starts)

Customizable Back-to-School Social Story Template

Back to School "To Do" Checklist for Special Education Teachers

Daily Home-School Communication Note
 

First Week Activities

School Favorites Activity (Getting to Know Your Students)

First Week of School Activity Guide (Free Visual Schedule)

Get to Know You / Back to School Questions for Special Education

First Week of School Activities Outline Special Education

Back to School Class Book Activity

Outline for First 3 Weeks Back To School (High School Transition)

Setting Up a Secondary Life Skills Classroom in High School

First Week of School Schedule (for general education, but great ideas!)
 

Colors

Popsicle Color Match Folder Game

Reading Color Words Book (Train Theme)

Easy Art Lesson Using the Color Blue

Robot-Themed Color Word Book and Activities

Train Color Word Matching Cards

Butterfly Color Matching Folder Game

Train Color Sorting (RFFC)

Color Match File Folder Game Using Toy Cars

Colors File Folder Activity: Matching Sneakers in the Shoe Store

Monster Truck Colors Interactive Visual Book

Colors and Color Words Dinosaur Book

Sorting/Matching

Farm Animal Sorting and Matching
Popsicle Size Sorting
School Objects Size Sort

Color Match File Folder Game Using Toy Cars

Colors File Folder Activity: Matching Sneakers in the Shoe Store

Winter Sorting and Matching - Snowflakes

Real Photo File Folders Winter Matching

Gift Card Matching & Sorting File Folders

Snowflake Winter Activity: Same and Different Sort

Farm Animal Interactive Visual Book (Matching)

Ice Cream and Cupcake Picture Sorting

Picture Matching (Train Theme)

Shape Matching (Train Theme)

Shapes

Pumpkin Train (Counting and Shapes)

Shape Matching Folder Game
Shape Word Matching Folder Game

Axolotl Themed 2D Shape Questions: How Many Corners? How Many Sides? Etc.

Free Pumpkin Shapes Activity (Lesson Slides)

Shape Matching (Train Theme)

Numbers/Counting

Pumpkin Train (Counting and Shapes)

Counting Folder Game

Number Words Folder Game

Easy DIY Tactile Letter and Number Cards

Winter Counting Activity Snowball and Snowmen

“Drag and Drop” Missing Numbers 1 – 5: Google Slides
Train Counting and Writing Numbers
Animal Counting 1-5
Cut and Paste Counting Vehicles 1-5
Monster Count 1-5 (count, cut and paste & write numbers 1-5)
Counting Cut & Paste Math Activities (Showing Different Formats of the Numbers)

Stocking Shelves: Count Out From a Set Activity
Number Recognition 0 to 10 Cut and Paste - Train Theme

​Train Track Number Cards

Dinosaur Number Tracing

Every Dog Needs a Bone: Math Story for One-to-One Correspondence

Skip Counting

Skip Count by 2 - Counting Socks at a Laundromat (Pre-Vocational)

Count by 10s (Train Theme)

Count by 5s (Train Theme)

Count by 2s (Train Theme)

Addition/Subtraction

Hardware/Robot Themed Addition Worksheet

Axolotl Adding and Subtracting Money Word Problems - Editable

Adding +1 and +2 Folder Game

Adding +3 and +4 Folder Game

File Folder "Count the Bubbles" Addition Up to 10

Dinosaur Addition Worksheets

Slime Addition and Subtraction

Multiplication and Division

Multiplication Hints Visual

Letters

Dinosaur Letter Formation Practice (Lowercase Letters)
Train-Theme Letter Flashcards

Easy DIY Tactile Letter and Number Cards

Letter Identification Find the Snowman Game (Google Slides)
 

Handwriting

Customizable Name Writing Pages

Tracing Words (Train Theme)

Parts of Speech

Adjectives Reference Chart and Examples

​Adjective Matching and Sorting: Train Theme

Axolotl Adjective Sort

Verbs Flashcards

Adverbs Reference Chart and Examples

Types of Nouns Sort

Sentence/Paragraph Writing

Sentence Writing Unit (Customize to Student Interests)

Differentiated Animal Report Template and Graphic Organizer

Web Graphic Organizer with Lines
Capitalization Rules Posters

Writing Complete Sentences - Sentence Structure - Naming and Telling Parts
Simplified Wording Proofreading Checklist

​Simplified Paragraph Writing Checklist

Write a Sentence About a Picture: Axolotl Theme

Sentence Scramble

Reading

Reading File Folders (Various Skills)

-at Word Family

-at Word Family Slides (Train Theme)

-an Word Family Slides (Train Theme)

-ug Word Family Slides (Train Theme)

Reading Comprehension

Sequence Story Events Graphic Organizer - For Any Story

Graphic Organizer: Make a Prediction Based on a Book Cover

Graphic Organizer: Vocabulary from a Story

Adapted Book: I See Fish

Main Idea and Key Detail Graphic Organizer

Main Idea and Details Visuals and Worksheets

Dinosaurs Reading Comprehension with Visuals
Following Written Directions - Summer/Train Theme

Activities for the book, "Alejandra the Axolotl and the Big Mess"

Life Skills Themed Reading Comprehension

Text Messaging Reading Comprehension

Train-Themed Simple Reading Comprehension​

Science

Candy Science Experiment (Solutions/Dissolving) w/Visual Supports & Video Model

Magnet Science Mini-Unit

Electricity and Circuits Science Unit

Simple Science Experiment Log (Google Slide)
Evaporation Science Experiment for Special Education and Autism

Light and Dark Science

States of Matter (Sorting States of Matter)

Weather Words with Pictures Vocabulary List Printable

Life Cycle of a Bat Adaptive Book & Worksheet

Living vs. Nonliving Worksheets

Spelling

Ice Cream Spelling

Patterns

Train Track Patterns: Make and Extend Patterns by Creating a Train Track

Telling Time

Telling Time with Trains

Time Number Line Visual

Analog Clocks Task Boxes - Picture to Picture

Telling Time to the Hour Print Task Boxes

Money

Dollar Money Unit
Coin Sort Digital Activity - Go
ogle Slides
Count by 25s (Counting Quarters)

Chocolate Shop Profit and Loss Worksheet

Blank Order Pad/Guest Check

Addition with Coins Worksheets

Coin Sorting Mats for Older Students

Budgets Game

Simple Grocery Store Ad (Find the Price)

Bank Account Task Cards

Menu Math Worksheets

Menu Math Subtraction

Unit Price Instructional Story

"What is a Coupon?" Instructional Story

Graphing

Intro to Bar Graphs: Unit for Autism/Special Education - Train Theme
Intro to Bar Graph Unit for Autism and Special Education: Ocean Animal Theme
Fall Dice: A Fall or Halloween Theme Graphing Game
Mini-Unit on Columns, Rows, and Intro to Tables / Graphing (Dinosaur Theme)

Mini-Unit on Columns, Rows, and Intro to Tables / Graphing (Dog Theme)

Birthday Graphing Google Slides Activity

Birthday Graph Bulletin Board

Fractions

Pizza Portions: An Introduction To Fractions

Pumpkin Fractions Worksheet

"Wh" Questions and Yes/No Questions

WH Questions with Picture Support

Wh Questions Anchor Charts and Stories

Halloween "WH" Questions File Folder Game
Answering Yes No Questions: Train Theme

Yes No Questions Fall Activity

Sequencing

Ocean Animal Theme Sequencing: Numbers, Days, Months

Graphic Organizers

Venn Diagram with Just a Few Lines and Color Coding

Sequence Story Events Graphic Organizer - For Any Story

Graphic Organizer: Vocabulary from a Story

Social Skills

Pumpkin Feelings - Social Skills Lesson - Google Slides
Pumpkin Feelings - Social Skills Lesson -
PowerPoint Version

Kindness Social Skills Lesson (Google Slides)

Writing an Email Review and Templates (Supplement to a Unit on Writing Emails)

Texting With Emojis (Which Emoji to Respond With)

Editable Answering The Phone Script

Making Kindness Resolutions Social Narrative

Feelings and Emotions Cards with Pictures

Empathy Worksheets

Holiday Activities

St. Patrick's Day Prefixes "Un" Freebie: Lucky and Unlucky

St. Patrick`s Day Folder Game - Matching

Errorless St. Patrick's Day File Folders

Christmas Letter and Package Sorting File Folder Game

Shopping for Holiday Decorations: Money Skills

Christmas Spelling

Adapted Holiday Symbols Mini Book

Winter Sorting and Matching - Snowflakes

Snowflake Winter Activity: Same and Different Sort

Real Photo File Folders Winter Matching

Things I'm Thankful For / Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

Thanksgiving Letter, Word, and Sentence Sort

Thanksgiving Meal - Grocery Store Ad {Cut & Paste}

What Doesn't Belong? Thanksgiving Activity

Halloween Letter, Word, and Sentence Sort

Halloween "Wh" Questions Folder Game

Halloween Color by Equivalent Fractions - Simple Version

Counting Pumpkins Math Story

Halloween Snack Mix Recipe: Doubling and Halving Fractions, Dividing w/Fractions

Halloween Multiple Meaning Words and Context Clues

Pumpkin Shapes Activity (Lesson Slides)

Halloween File Folders (Color Matching)

Halloween Spelling

Pumpkin Adjective Sort

Halloween Paragraph Writing

Easter Building Sentences

Easter Spelling

Valentine's Day Spelling

Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning and Time Management: How Long Will It Take?

Vocational Skills

Vocational Scope & Sequence

Skip Count by 2 - Counting Socks at a Laundromat

Christmas Letter and Package Sorting File Folder Game

Coin Sorting Mats for Older Students

Customer Service Do and Don't Sorting Activity

Differentiated Job Application Worksheets

Entry Level Jobs Posters & Worksheets

Virtual Grocery Store Job

Off Campus Job Starter Packet

​Flower Bouquet Work Task Box

Workplace Signs Vocabulary Pack Sampler

Errorless

Errorless File Folders for Older Students: Put Magnets on Refrigerator

Errorless Colors File Folders

Winter Errorless File Folders

On this page, you'll find free printable lessons and activities for both parents and teachers. The first two sections are for teachers working in schools, but the rest are organized by academic subject (reading, writing, math, etc.) and can be used in schools or for homeschooling.

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