A Free Printable Halloween Adapted Book to help you teach vocabulary, turn taking and fine motor skills. Make sure to download your free printable Halloween Adapted Book to get the most out of this post! Looking for more autism activities? Get your copy of the Autism Activities Workbook Bundle here!
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What is the Halloween Adapted Book?
The Halloween Adapted Book is a simple, printable book that includes real-life photos related to Halloween. Each page has a box and the child needs to put the corresponding photo in the box.
It is a simple and fun way to teach your little learners on the autism spectrum new vocabulary related to Halloween, turn taking and fine motor skills.
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Materials to Make your Halloween Adapted Book
Making your Halloween adapted book couldn’t be easier!
All you need are a handful of simple materials that you probably already have at home or in your classroom or therapy practice.
- Free Printable Halloween Adapted Book
- Laminator
- Laminating Sheets
- Scissors
- Velcro (or sticky tack)
How to Make your Halloween Adapted Book
- Step 1 – Download the free printable adapted book.
- Step 2 – Laminate all the pages of the book so that they can be used again and again.
- Step 3 – Cut out the small images that will be used to fill out each page.
- Step 4 – Attach a piece of velcro inside each empty square, as well as to the back of each photo. (Alternatively, you can attach the photos inside each empty square using sticky tack.)
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How to Use your Halloween Adapted Book
- Start the day with the Halloween adapted book
- Set up a small group activity
- Use it as an interactive bedtime story about Halloween
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What Halloween Photos* are Included in the Book?
- A pumpkin
- An owl
- A bat
- A ghost (someone dressed up in a sheet!)
- Lantern
- Witch’s hat
*I made sure to use photos that lean towards being cute rather than scary. This adapted book is appropriate for all ages, including very young kids.*
What to Teach with the Halloween Adapted Book
- Teach new vocabulary by asking the question “what is this?” for each photo.
- Work on taking turns by completing one page and then asking your child or student to complete the next.
- Build fine motor skills by having your child or student attach and pull off each photo.
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More Halloween Posts on SLH
- Autism and Halloween – tips to have your best Halloween ever.
- Trick or Treat Alternatives – if trick or treating is too stressful (especially this year!), find some fun alternatives to enjoy instead.
- Bat Play Dough Mat – a fun and educational, free printable, sensory activity for kids with autism.
- Sensory Friendly Halloween Costumes – don’t let a scratchy costume destroy your child’s Halloween!
- Pumpkin Carving Ideas Kids – choose one or try them all!
- Halloween Play Dough Mats – aselection of FREE play dough mats I made for you and your kids and students!
- Halloween Cut and Paste Worksheets
More Autism Learning Resources
- The Successful Interaction with a Child with Autism Course – learn to better understand your autistic child or students with this complete course.
- Autism Activities Workbook Bundle – build communication skills, fine motor skills, sensory play skills and daily living skills, while helping your child or students to successfully manage any difficult behaviors, with these fun, educational, printable activities.
- Autism Activities Vault – your collection of 420+ autism activities for the entire school year.
- Fall Autism Activities Bundle – a collection of Fall themed printable autism activities to help you build communication skills, fine motor skills, sensory play skills and daily living skills, while helping your child or students to successfully manage any difficult behaviors.
- Sensory Communication Workbook – Build communication skills with simple sensory activities.
- How to Make a Communication Binder Guide & Workbook – Learn how to create a Communication Binder for your child or student with autism using real photos. Follow my expert guide to learn how to use it to increase communication skills.
- Autism Adapted Books Bundle – a collection of 10 adapted books that will help you build communication skills while teaching more than 120 vocabulary words.
- Autism Social Stories Bundle – a collection of printable social stories to help your little learners work on their social skills.
- Zoo Animals Play Dough Mats Bundle – use these printable play dough mat to work on the names of the animals, build language skills, and increase fine motor strength and precision in a fun, sensory way!
Free Printable Halloween Adapted Book
Use this fun, printable Halloween adapted book to teach your autistic learners new vocabulary, turn taking, and fine motor skills, all within a Halloween teaching unit.
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