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Visual supports are a research-based practice of using pictures or “visuals” to communicate. Because speech is a temporary signal – it is there and then gone, visual strategies help students focus on important information, see how concepts are connected, and integrate prior knowledge with new knowledge. Most people are visual learners.Learn More

Classroom teachers use evidence-based interventions to ensure all students be taught to high academic standards. This article addresses 8 key components of a quality general education classroom and how LessonPix can help improve learning outcomes.Learn More

Here are 6 activities to support executive functioning skills. Executive function is a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control.Learn More

Self-help skills, including independence in feeding, toileting, dressing and hygiene tasks are important for individuals of all ages and levels of development. Visual supports can serve as a reminder for the steps in a task, provide individuals with a means of communication during self-care, or provide prompts needed to engage in a task.Learn More

A visual schedule can help special education teachers prepare their students to be ready to learn.Learn More

When children show delays, occupational therapists are often the first called in and LessonPix can help.Learn More

Teaching English in the classroom to students who have limited English language understanding can be challenging. Over 10 percent of students in the United States are English Language Learners (ELLs), and this number is increasing. As teachers try to respond to the needs of these students, here are a few basic best practices that might help.Learn More

Many children need support with managing feelings and emotions within themselves and others. There are many different professionals who can help a struggling child, including psychologists, teachers, behavior therapists, occupational therapists, counselors, etc.Learn More

Remote Learning, distance learning, and telepractice are now prevalent in all areas. Check out these ways LessonPix can help with your online practice.Learn More

According to research, using games in teaching can help increase student participation, foster social and emotional learning, and motivate students to take risks.Learn More

Social skills are the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally, through gestures, body language and our personal appearance. Self-Regulation refers to how we handle our emotions and body in tough situations. Here are some ways to promote social skills and self-regulation with examples from the LessonPix Sharing Center.Learn More

Mo Willems authors an AMAZING series of books starring Elephant and Piggie characters. This article shows lesson ideas and visuals to use with these great books.Learn More

Visual perceptual skills encompass a broad set of abilities including visual discrimination, visual memory, closure, and visual-motor coordination. Learn how LessonPix can help support Visual Perceptual Skills.Learn More

Sight words are all the words that can be read immediately, on sight, without having to use decoding strategies. This article shared activities and resources for teaching sight words to early readers.Learn More

The Kissing Hand is a classic beginning-of-the-year story for young children to help with separating from their families to go to school. Check out these story activities and visuals.Learn More

There are 5 things that every teacher or SLP must do to prepare for back-to school; and LessonPix can make it easy and great!Learn More

Teachers need to begin every school year by examining the many facets of their classroom learning environment in order to take a proactive look in preventing discipline problems.Learn More

First Then Boards are used in a visual strategy to help children learn new skills, manage challenging behaviors, or follow a simple schedule.Learn More

The LessonPix Play Tools are a set of online game functions such as a spinner, draw from a hat, dice, and timer using symbols placed in your tray. Great tools to help make remote learning fun.Learn More

Many students today are struggling with mental health challenges that impact their participation in learning. Here are some specific strategies and visuals to support mental health wellness for students.Learn More

First Then Boards are used as a visual strategy to help children learn new skills, manage challenging behaviors, or follow a simple schedule.Learn More

Providing a range of sensory opportunities that can be sensory alerting and/or calming helps individuals regulate the information coming in through their senses. This article takes a look at how LessonPix can help.Learn More

The basis of every early childhood program is the learning environment; the physical, social-emotional, and temporal spaces where children will interact, grow and develop. This article will explore how the social-emotional environment supports every child’s ability to learn.Learn More

What Templates does LessonPix offer? For only $36 per year, LessonPix provides more than a hundred types of templates with even more styles to add. Check out this amazing list for ideas to customize and use.Learn More

LessonPix offers a wide variety of resources and tools for all areas of intervention for speech and language pathology.Learn More

The basis of every early childhood program is the learning environment; the physical, social-emotional, and temporal spaces where children will interact, grow and develop. This article will explore how the temporal environment supports every child’s ability to learn.Learn More

Effective teachers use evidence-based interventions to ensure all students are taught to high academic standards. These interventions respond to students' social, emotional, and academic needs and advance equity within underrepresented student subgroups.Learn More

Sensory boxes are great for tactile exploration and can be used for teaching as well. The boxes may consist of just about anything: rice, sand, water, jello, leaves, beans, etc.Learn More

Create activities and visuals to teach concepts about the ocean.Learn More

"All About Me" is a popular beginning of the year thematic unit for students and teachers to get to know each other and themselves. This fun theme includes concepts such as the body, feelings, family, and culture.Learn More

In this beautiful story by Grace Byers, students can see themselves as powerful, able to take risks, and limitless. They may even fail at what they try - but they can try again and they matter. Check out these story visuals and activities to support learning concepts from this encouraging book.Learn More

Greetings are an important life skill to connect with others. This article shares ideas of ways to greet and how to teach greetings. Getting kids ready to learn starts with activating their social connectedness- greet them with a warm hello and show genuine care.Learn More

Bear Feels Sick tells the story of how friends take care of each other. This loving story utilizes rich vocabulary, fun rhymes, and stunning illustrations to show how friends care for their sick Bear friend.Learn More

When teaching a thematic using, students show an increased level of engagement, concepts are taught within a context, and information is applied and retained. Check out these 10 ideas to build an awesome thematic unit with LessonPix.Learn More

Cutting Links Template provide 2 pictures connected by a line. Great for cutting and tracing practice.Learn More

This book identifies the feeling of being grumpy in what it looks like and how to cheer up - if you want to. Here are activity ideas to use with the book "Grumpy Monkey" by Suzanne Lang.Learn More

Reach for the Stars! Space themes are popular classroom decor, inspiring to look up, set goals, focus on science and technology, and expand your thinking! Possibilities are endless. LessonPix has many space-themed templates to help you create a boundless learning environment.Learn More

Fun Learning Activities you can easily create related to Valentines DayLearn More

"Goodnight Moon" is a classic children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was first published in 1947 and has since become one of the most beloved and enduring bedtime stories for young children. Check out story activities and visuals to support Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.Learn More

The Color Monster by Anna Llenas is a story about emotions. An adorable monster has mixed-up feelings and the author helps to sort them out by teaching each feeling.Learn More

Word Families are a group of words that have a common group of letters with the same sound. Playing with word families help build phonemic awareness and decoding skills for reading.Learn More

Learning is a joy! Here are some ideas for Christmas-themed fun.Learn More

Bear is bored and lonely and decides to have friends over for a dinner. But when he doesn't have any food, his delightful cast of friends show what sharing and caring look like. And Bear learns that even without any food, he has something special he can share.Learn More

Here are some ideas to help parents enhance storytime with their children.Learn More

LessonPix and ProxTalker.com,LLC partner to deliver great symbols to a great AAC Device: the LOGAN™ PROXTALKER™Learn More

Students who are Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) need a variety of strategies to access the curriculum, as they rely more on their eyes to access the world. Visual attention strategies are essential for getting and maintaining joint attention, for communication in social interactions, and for making connections between meanings and printed words.Learn More

Are worksheets appropriate in an early childhood classroom? A look at the evolution and appropriateness of worksheets.Learn More

Building Wings has partnered with LessonPix to develop communication and visual supports to build communication, reading, and writing skills in young learners. Designed to help get our youngest learners on the road to literacy, ReadtopiaGO provides comprehensive literacy resources for early childhood educators.Learn More

Children love to hear their favorite stories again and again. With each read, teachers can focus on different aspects of the story. Here are some examples of different objectives for the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.Learn More

Core Vocab is a small yet powerful set of words that is the building blocks of all communication. Learn more on what is core and find resources to help promote core vocabulary instruction.Learn More

Check out story activities and visuals to use with this delightful story about self-care, managing pressure, and embracing imperfections of others.Learn More

It can be very frightening at times for children (and adults) to not understand what is happening and why we are changing our routines. It is important that we talk with our children honestly at their levels without overwhelming. LessonPix provides tools to create custom learning materials to meet your individual needs, including materials on social distancing and handwashing.Learn More

Pairing students' interest with learning and behavior goals makes learning fun and improves student outcomes. LessonPix offers themed templates to customize learning for individual interests and needs.Learn More

What would happen if your dog started speaking? Martha Speaks tells about a humorous dog who ate a bowl of alphabet soup and started talking! Check out story visuals and activities to use with this fun story.Learn More

This book provides numerous angles for instruction both as a stand-alone literacy unit or with lessons about friendship and kindness.Learn More

Here are 10 simple tips to use LessonPix with PowerPoint.Learn More

LessonPix has partnered with the Attainment Company to create AAC device overlays for the full line of GoTalk® speech generating devices. GoTalk® users can now leverage the LessonPix symbol library with over 30,000 symbols.Learn More

The Social Environment encompasses relationships and interactions between children/ teachers; teacher/ teacher; family/ school. Children need to build trusting relationships with the adults so they can be confident in their explorations and risk taking.Learn More

Early Childhood lesson ideas for St. Patrick's day fun.Learn More

With these number cards, students can select the matching numeral to the set of pictures using clothespins, bingo markers, playdough, magnets, or markers.Learn More

Custom Coloring Sheets are a snap to create and provide many interesting classroom activities.Learn More

LessonPix has a variety of templates that anyone can use to create activities that help students develop and improve handwriting skills.Learn More

Taking a vacation with the kids? Create some customized activities to help make the car ride more fun.Learn More

Resources and information about core vocabulary.Learn More

Margarita Engles tells the story of how Teresa Carreno played the piano for President Lincoln at only 10 years old.Learn More

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ARP ESSER) provides state educational agencies with emergency funds to address the impact with coronavirus. LessonPix provides evidence-based interventions through visual strategies to improve learning outcomes.Learn More

Story activities and visuals to support the story, Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird.Learn More

There are many forms of visuals supports used to teach social skills. This article shows some examples of visuals from our Sharing Center.Learn More

The beginning of the year is a time for building a sense of community in the classroom. Here are a few theme ideas for building the classroom community.Learn More

LessonPix lets you create custom, high-quality classroom materials at a very low price. Learn about the benefits of membership and our low pricing.Learn More

Sorting mats can help children classify and organize small objects, pictures, or word cards.Learn More

People everywhere are getting excited about visuals from LessonPix. This online resource provides powerful tools to customize materials for individual needs. Plus, we provide access to over 60,000 symbols plus tools to combine, upload, or recolor symbols as needed. AND... so much power at an affordable price!Learn More

Here are 5 things that can do to prepare for back-to school, "distance learning style". And, LessonPix can make it easy and great!Learn More

Dinosaurs are a popular theme for kids. With so many books and toys that use this theme, dinosaurs can make learning lesson objectives more motivating!Learn More

LessonPix uses a Multi-Factor Authentication process to add extra security through simple verification methods. Learn more about how you can set-up and ensure a valid login for your account.Learn More

Upload your own photos for use in our Materials. Quick and Easy!Learn More

The "Favorites" button is a helpful shortcut to access materials you need quickly and easily.Learn More

Say Something by Peter H Reynolds delivers a powerful message that everyone has something to say and that a voice can be heard through words and actions. The world needs your voice. Check out story visuals and activities to go with this book.Learn More

LessonPix continually grows to meet the changing needs of our members. Here is a list of what's new for 2019-2020.Learn More

LessonPix provides bulk license options for school districts, private practices and more.Learn More

This funny holiday story tells of a cookie who discovers who he truly is and his purpose in life. He is one tough cookie!Learn More

Low, mid, and high tech, LessonPix has your resources for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)Learn More

Looking for visuals and activities for summer this year? Here are some hot ideas to use this summer with LessonPix.Learn More

The "Picture Schedule" templates provide a variety of simple templates with 1-10 pictures. This article will show how to make a schedule longer than 10 symbols and other creative ways to make custom schedules.Learn More

LessonPix Restricted Images category now adds classroom-appropriate images of mature subjects.Learn More

Playground communication boards are an effective way to allow children of all abilities to communicate and promote public awareness of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Learn how LessonPix can help provide your accessible communication boards for playgrounds.Learn More

Create a custom monthly schedule with our monthly calendar. Use the Grid layout to move the pictures where you need.Learn More

Labeling a classroom helps expose children to a print-rich environment as well as provides organization so students know where everything belongs.Learn More

Books and ideas based on the stories and songs of I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a....Learn More

The dial template has up to 10 pictures on a circle, with a cover sheet to mask all but one picture.Learn More

Print stick puppets to use to teach literacy for creative storytelling, retelling, sequencing, and character development.Learn More

Create materials using pictures from a theme or category to help promote language and acquisition of new vocabulary.Learn More

Visual Picture Cards are a great way to communicate expectations and reinforce learning visually.Learn More

Learning to read and write is critical for independence and success in life.Learn More

It has never been easier to find words with specific sounds and great pictures to help you use them! This video shows how you can search by sounds using our unique SoundFinder.  Enter any word with the sounds you want and we'll find matches.Learn More

Utilize visuals to support both fine motor and gross motor skills. Difficulties with motor skills impact student in different ways such as overall health, attention, literacy, and self-esteem.Learn More

"Ask For" Cards are visual cards used for reminders to ask. The cards show a child asking and then the result.Learn More

Be proud of who you are. Patty Lovell's message radiates throughout this adorable story of a short first grade girl with buck teeth, a terrible singing voice, and fumble fingers. This article has vocabulary and activities to support and expand concepts in the book.Learn More

The Re-Color and Customize Tool allows members to modify a symbol by changing its color, orientation, background, and adding overlays.Learn More

How to share LessonPix Materials and symbols using a Limited Distribution License.Learn More

All about why you might have been logged out of your account.Learn More

Ideas for teaching "Letter of the Day" and letter sounds.Learn More

LessonPix now offers a restricted section including mature pictures appropriate for use in instructional settings where images are difficult to find.Learn More

Lacing Cards are a favorite of both boys and girls in Early Childhood and are a great tool for Fine Motor practice at any age. Make them easily with LessonPix!Learn More

Ideas on how to create or enhance an Early Childhood Science Center.Learn More

At the beginning of the year, most teachers discuss and brainstorm a list of classroom rules and compile them into a set of 4-6 rules to display in the classroom. There are some important points to keep in mind as you and your class work through this beginning of the year ritual.Learn More

Create a dominoes set using pictures or photos you select. This is a great activity for teaching vocabulary, matching skills, and speech.Learn More

Check out story activities and visuals to support the book, "If You Take A Mouse To The Movies" by Laura Numeroff.Learn More

We love animals! This article shares fun activities to learn to read, write, and spell using simple 3 and 4 letter animals names. Ideas for learning centers and playing with sounds.Learn More

Trains are a high interest theme, great for embedded learning objectives. And, LessonPix offers many train-themed templates for learning fun!Learn More

There are many jobs students can do to take responsibility for their classroom.Learn More

This template is a first-then type visual that shows a "first" and choices for the "then".Learn More

LessonPix and Tactus Therapy Solutions have teamed up to bring SLPs a great IPA-based word game: Soundable!Learn More

Planning a wedding? Add some activities for the kids' table or in a special treat bag.Learn More

Speech therapy activities address articulation, fluency, and voice. Here are some examples how LessonPix can help make your speech sessions individualized and powerful.Learn More

Check out some free materials (with no watermark) in our Sharing Center.Learn More

Our new Sharing Center makes it easy to share your great ideas and learn from other users!Learn More

Lacing Cards are a favorite of both boys and girls in Early Childhood. They develop Visual Perceptual skills and provide wonderful Fine Motor practice.Learn More

Ideas for Theme boxes, which can be rotated in a center to keep it fresh and motivating.Learn More

There are many fall and pumpkin themed templates to help create fun visuals and learning games.Learn More

Let's play with the alphabet and letters sounds! The building blocks to written language is the alphabet, and there are so many alphabet games and toys. Activities include letter names (alphabet knowledge), letter sounds (phonemic awareness), and letter forms (writing).Learn More

This overview of core vocabulary provides many resources for instruction with core.Learn More

Name Tags can be used for classroom management as well as for academic and therapy materials.Learn More

The basis of every early childhood program is the learning environment; the physical, social-emotional, and temporal spaces where children will interact, grow and develop. This article will explore how the physical environment supports every child’s ability to learn.Learn More

Create standard-sized Picture Cards for communication using systems such as the Picture Exchange Communication System™ or PECS™.  We offer a variety of sizes to meet your needs.Learn More

This beautiful story is a perfect read when creating a school garden or planting seeds. Check out story visuals and activities for "Planting a Rainbow" by Lois Ehlert.Learn More

Here are activities to go with the story, "The Very Busy Spider" by Eric CarleLearn More

Cutting Lines template is a simple material where students can cut or trace a line toward a picture.Learn More

Here are story activities to support the book, How I Became A Pirate by Melinda Long.Learn More

Center time is a rich learning time where children explore and practice. Here are ways to embed core in common learning centers.Learn More

Ideas of how to use storybooks to teach Core Vocabulary.Learn More

This material is a s simple as it sounds. It is one picture per page with no boxes or extra words. It can be used as signs, visuals, flip charts, and more.Learn More

Artic Trials template is a themed template that shows and repeats symbols with 10, 25, 50, and 100 symbols per page. Great for data collection and assessment.Learn More

The Cutting Shapes Template places a picture inside shapes for students to trace or cut.Learn More

Access any LessonPix symbol directly from within Microsoft Word!Learn More

Bookmark templates have 1 to 3 pictures on each bookmark. Great for cues or tasks while reading.Learn More

Win a Cranium Cariboo at ASHA 2019 in Orlando! Stop by Booth 1361 to learn more.Learn More

Check out these simple visuals and activities to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd.Learn More

Lesson Plan for early childhood classrooms to teach characters, story sequence, and details from the story the Mitten. Learn More

Pronoun Patty is one character who teaches various pronouns. Use patty to teach, practice, and play with different pronouns.Learn More

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A CloverLearn More

Shared Reading is an evidence-based practice that focuses on the interactions between adults and learners as they read with the purpose of building language and literacy skills.Learn More

Save a collection of pictures that you may reuse later.Learn More

Customize popular fun games to teach individualized learning objectives. LessonPix has templates that fit into Cariboo, Headbandz, and Guess Who.Learn More

Multiple Choice cards are cards that have one big picture and three smaller pictures.Learn More

The Scales/ Ratings template offers many styles where users can sequence their pictures along a continuum for self-evaluation or rating.Learn More

This book teaches about all the different animals who lay eggs, from chickens to rays, to the platypus. The author uses fun rhymes, interesting facts, and beautiful illustrations to engage the readers. Check it out.Learn More

Visuals and Learning games are powerful learning tools for all areas of the curriculum, and math is no exception. Here are sample visuals for Mathematics instruction.Learn More

Looking for a material you have already made? Here is how you can search your own private and public materials.Learn More

Visual Recipes are easily created using these starter templates in Microsoft Word.Learn More

This article provides information about the different groups of people who benefit from the materials, tools, and resources at LessonPix.com.Learn More

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.Learn More

Your University students can now access LessonPix for Free!Learn More

Turn your social narratives into social skills comic strips using these template starters in PowerPoint.Learn More

Use themed egg template for a variety of fun Spring articulation and language activities.Learn More

Making custom virtual backgrounds is a great way to include visual supports in your remote learning. This article uses PowerPoint to create a background custom to your needs.Learn More

Check out these story activities and visuals to use with the book, "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper.Learn More

Lesson Ideas for Martin Luther King Day including Free Writing Sheet.Learn More

Looking for activities and visuals to learn about the Olympics? Check out these ideas form the Sharing Center.Learn More

Pearl and her robot, Pascal, need to build a sandcastle. This fun story teaches coding skills such as being specific, sequences, loops, and other coding concepts.Learn More

LessonPix provides an online resource where physical therapists can customize materials for their clients. With its easy-to-use interface, PTs can quickly develop visual schedules, customize therapy activities, promote an inclusive environment, and optimize results. Check out these activities to support therapy using both printed and online materials.Learn More

Check out the fun pumpkin activities to use with the story, "The Roll-Away Pumpkin" by Junia Wonders and Daniela VolpariLearn More

Build a deck of cards using pictures you select or upload. Your playing cards may consist of up to four different background colors with each picture.Learn More

LessonPix wants only happy customers.  To that end, we are happy to offer your money back under our Refund Policy.        Learn More

Valentines Ideas for the classroom with a focus on Core Vocabulary.Learn More

Adorable Woodland Animals bring sweet smiles and calm feelings to young children. Many classroom teachers utilize this popular theme to create a warm and inviting learning environment. LessonPix offers many templates with a woodland animal themes.Learn More

Boho Rainbow is a rainbow shape that is made of differing colors and lines, usually in a muted pastel palette. LessonPix offers several templates using the Boho Rainbow theme.Learn More

This holiday story follows two creative children who are moving into a new home and unable to find their traditional Hanukkah items.Learn More

Community helpers is a common theme for early childhood classrooms. As students share and learn about themselves and their classmates, they expand to look at their school neighborhood and the helpers who work nearby. LessonPix provides a wealth of resources in our Sharing Center for this fun unit.Learn More

"Ruby Finds a Worry" by Tom Percival is a heartwarming picture book about a young girl named Ruby who learns to cope with her worry by talking about it. Check out visuals and activities to use with this beautiful story.Learn More

There are many types of schedules that can be used for many different purposes. This article provides an explanation, ideas, and free sample of each type of schedule.Learn More

Party Animals! A Wild Collection of Speech Sound Poems is a fun read-aloud book of playfully illustrated poems. The book highlights 21 different speech sounds each with a dedicated alliterative/sound loaded poem starring a different party animal.Learn More

Annie is an Apple Farmer. Take a peek to see what Annie does. This book touches on many early childhood concepts such as sorting, cooking, community helpers, city and country, and running a store. Great fall book with a delicious theme.Learn More

Learn how to make Core and Fringe boards in LessonPix for low-tech communication supports.Learn More

This simple story shows a day in the life of firefighters and their fire dog, Dot. This article provides visuals and activities to help teach concepts in this book.Learn More

For a spring garden theme, enjoy the familiar pattern of Lucille Colandro's old lady stories with "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Frog".Learn More