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Autism Awareness Activities 2025 (18+ Ideas)

March 3, 2025

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These autism awareness activities will help you support kids on the autism spectrum and their families in 2025! Whether you are looking for autism books, fundraising ideas, autism training, autism printables, autism activities for adults, autism awareness crafts or autism awareness recipes, you will find some great ways to support autism awareness in this post!…

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21+ Activities for a Nonverbal Autistic Child

March 3, 2025

21+ Activities for Nonverbal Autistic Children

Finding activities for a nonverbal autistic child can be tricky. This collection of autism activities will help you build communication skills, fine motor skills, sensory play skills and more. Make sure you check out my Autism Workbooks as well if you are looking for printable autism activities. What does it mean to be “nonverbal”? When…

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Filed Under: Autism 101, Communication, Fine motor skills, Sensory activities

Sensory Friendly Halloween Costumes for Children with Autism

October 4, 2023

Sensory-Friendly Halloween Costumes for Kids 2 with Autism

Does your child have sensory sensitivities? Does this make it hard for your child to enjoy Halloween with the other kids? I know the pain of watching your child feel left out. These ideas can help! Choose one of these sensory friendly Halloween costumes so that your child can enjoy Halloween too. Get more autism and Halloween…

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Filed Under: Autism 101, Halloween Tagged With: Halloween tips for autism

February Lesson Plans for Autistic Learners

July 18, 2023

February Lesson Plans for Autistic Learners

Looking for February lesson plans for autistic students? In this post I will share the themes and holidays in February, as well as activities, crafts, books, sensory boxes, communication activities fine motor activities, gross motor activities, movies, videos and more that you can share with your child or students this month. Have fun and build…

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5 Autism Chew Toys – For Kids & Adults on the Spectrum

May 10, 2023

Looking for the best autism chew toys to use at home or in your classroom? Children and adults with autism tend to exhibit chewing behaviors. Many individuals with special needs chew on clothing, toys, books, furniture, backpacks and more. Keep reading to learn why individuals with autism chew, what you can do about it and…

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Filed Under: Autism 101, Sensory activities, Therapeutic materials Tagged With: oral motor

First Then Visual Schedule (Free Printable) for Kids with Autism

October 20, 2022

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Learn how to make a first then visual schedule. First then visual schedules are extremely useful to increase understanding, make waiting and transitioning easier and decease frustration, at home or in an autism classroom. Read about the 10 benefits of visual schedules in this post. Make sure you download your free printable First Then Visual…

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Filed Under: Autism 101, Free Printables, Home programs, Visual Schedules Tagged With: autism, visual schedules

10 Calming strategies for kids with autism

June 16, 2021

Calm Down Strategies for Kids with Autism 2

These 10 calming strategies for kids with autism will help your child relax, decrease tantrums and increase family peace & harmony! They are perfect for use in the classroom too. Pick your favorite calming strategies for kids or try them all. Many of these techniques are quick ways to calm down, although some of them…

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10 Sensory Toys Every Autistic Child Needs at Home

June 9, 2021

The Best Sensory Toys for Kids with Autism PIN

These are the best sensory toys for kids with autism you need to take your home or classroom program to the next level. Use these sensory toys to build communication, fine motor and gross motor skills and more. The best sensory toys for kids with autism (We have included affiliate links for your convenience. You can…

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Peppa Pig Videos for Kids That Make Teaching Kids with Autism Fun!

April 26, 2021

Peppa Pig Videos

All the Peppa Pig videos on YouTube that you need to entertain your little ones while also teaching them new skills. These free videos are all available on youtube and you can watching them directly on this page I curated for you! I’ve included a selection of the best Peppa Pig videos, specifically with children…

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Teacher Appreciation Ideas for Special Education Teachers 2022

April 13, 2021

Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas 2021

I’ve collected 25+ teacher appreciation ideas for 2022 for you! Teaching has looked quite a bit different since last year and teachers have come up against unexpected challenges. It’s been an adventure for everyone, and supporting children on the autism spectrum and children with other special needs is always a challenging and rewarding job. Let’s…

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