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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

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

Each spring, many classrooms dedicate a week to the theme of "eggs". Here are some great ideas to promote language and learning.Learn More

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

Resources and information about core vocabulary.Learn More

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

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

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

Main Idea Mats are a template with one large picture in the middle and smaller pictures around the large one. Great for using as playdough or letter mats.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

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

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

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

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

Here are some ideas when using the story, The Gingerbread Man as a theme.Learn More

Here are some ideas to celebrate Groundhog Day with young children.Learn More

Tab and Flap Cards are visuals that can be placed on a ring and easily accessible at your finger tips. These are great for behavior support as well as curriculum content.Learn More

Learning About Winter- Check out some Snowman Theme Ideas.Learn More

The circular narrative template places one symbol in the center surrounded by 2-12 symbols. Great for circular story visuals, cycles, choice boards, and more!Learn More

Adapting to Remote Learning, Distance Learning, or Telepractice has been quite a challenge! Using the LessonPix PowerPoint Download and Add-In features, we created lesson activities to teach social skills online. (FYI: You can also use these ideas in Google Slides with the new LessonPix Play Tools.)Learn More

LessonPix is an easy-to-use online resource that allows users to create various customized learning materials.Learn More

"Talk Like a Pirate" Day fun activities for the classroom, speech therapy, and OT.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

Turkey is in trouble! But he finds such creative solutions to hide from the farmer and not become Thanksgiving dinner. Here are some activities to support this fun story.Learn More

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

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

Teaching Beginning, Middle, and End: You can teach Sequencing, Phonics, Story Order and much more with these versatile Beginning/Middle/End CardsLearn More

Halloween in an early childhood classroom includes pumpkin activities, literature, and games. Check out these free samples and see all the great Five Little Pumpkins materials you can make!Learn More

Why Choose LessonPix? Check out the features that makes LessonPix the right tool for customized learning materials.Learn More

Lesson activities and visuals for teaching about plants for ages 4 to 8.Learn More

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

Flower Garden is a stunningly illustrated, poetic story about a little girl's process of building a flower garden box as a birthday gift for her mom. Check out these visuals and activities to support this springtime story.Learn More

Election Ballots are a great tool for teaching about elections and voting for class consensus.Learn More

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

Fortune Tellers (Cootie Catchers) are an origami paper fortune teller that you can customize for specific purposes.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

Fun speech and language activity that incorporates fine motor and math.Learn More

The "Hall Pass" template is a use request for two pictures on a card. This is designed for a visual with two ideas such as a time and place (10:00 Speech) or may a behavior and activity (quiet library).Learn More

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

Flashcards can be used for drills, games, visuals, or communication starters. This template create 4 cards per page.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

Create custom writing and spelling templates with numerous choices of templates and pictures. This article shares some samples of various writing and spelling activities for young learners.Learn More

Lucille Colandro's ever famous Old Lady Stories engage young readers with rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and fun. This article provides visuals and activities for Valentine's Day based on this "Rose" version.Learn More

Kids love turtles! One of the best Turtle resources is Tucker Turtle. Tucker is a Turtle who teaches ways to calm and social skills instruction. Check out some turtle ideas for you!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

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 Ideas to use core vocabulary within the art center.Learn More

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, therapists and teachers must learn to adapt their methods to virtual settings. Working with students through technology presents completely different sets of challenges.Learn More

The Bingo Dauber template are themed mats that show symbols within circles. Use items such as bingo dauber, snacks, or playdough during activities and informal assessments.Learn More

This materials has 2 pictures that match together in a puzzle connection. Great for matching pictures that have similar characteristics - rhyme, beginning letter, opposite, go together, etc.Learn More

Game Boards can be customized to teach specific vocabulary or skills.Learn More

Semantic Maps are a visual way to organize information. The large concept is placed in the middle and surrounded by details or related items.Learn More

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

Benjamin Franklin's Birthday, Jan 17th, celebrates the life of this super accomplished man. He was a printer, author, inventor, businessman, scientist, politician, diplomat, musician, and postmaster (despite only attending school until age 10).Learn More

There are many fun ways to model core communication in the Dramatic Play Center within the Early Childhood Inclusive Classroom.Learn More

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

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

Ideas of how to use storybooks to teach Core Vocabulary.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

"Picture and Word" cards can be used throughout the classroom in multiple activities and learning centers.Learn More

Spinners are a fun way to make choices or play games.Learn More

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

Hanukkah Ideas for the classroom or therapy funLearn More

Treasure Map can be used to create a map of a sequence to follow. This materials allows 2 to 4 pictures to sequence.Learn More

Quickly and easily create books to target social skills, articulation targets, and language skills.Learn More

Open the LessonPix App within Google Slides to create truly custom materials and utilize the awesome play tools.Learn More

Win a basket of books and printed visuals this holiday. Check out the 3 ways to enter and learn more about our "In A Story" Articles.Learn More

Children can feel empowered when given choices throughout their day. Choice cards are picture cards used to offer a choice between 2 or more items. These cards can be used with young children or children with special needs, such as autism or communication delays.Learn More

Have fun learning with this fun Easter-themed story, "How to Catch the Easter Bunny" by Adam Wallace. Here are story activities and visuals to delve deeper into this fun book.Learn More

LessonPix has rubber ducky pictures and templates for fun learning activities. Perfect for National Rubber Ducky Day on January 13!Learn More

With its stunning illustrations and poetic imagery, Sarvider Naberhaus captures the parallels of the American spirit and the flag. As a second generation immigrant, the author shares American ideals with simple yet powerful text. This book is a beautiful read for the American Independence Day or other American celebrations.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

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

Themed Mats make learning fun and motivating. Just place your choice of small symbols on a themed picture such as Pumpkin, Mitten, or Spider Web. Great to use with favorite stories or holidays.Learn More

This article provides examples of visual recipes made with a variety of LessonPix templates.Learn More

Here are 10 simple tips to use LessonPix with PowerPoint.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

This story follows the pattern of "The House that Jack Built" with its fun rhymes and additive vocabulary that connects to previous. The winter clothing topic ties in well with winter themes of January.Learn More

Enjoy this article full of visuals and activities for the winter version of the Old Lady stories. Lucille Colandro engages young readers with rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and fun.Learn More

Everyone just loves the smell of Omu's thick red stew! Enjoy this story of sharing, caring, and community.Learn More

This article shows various materials and activities to teach about US Veterans and Military. Great for lessons around Veteran's Day and Memorial Day.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

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

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

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

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

Picture Strips Templates separate rows of pictures for sentence strips, pattern strips, math equations, spelling and more.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

This articles shows templates styles using the Gingerbread theme as well as other general templates customized with Gingerbread concepts - making learning sweet!!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

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

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

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

One of the unique features of LessonPix is our "kid drawn" symbols. Kids often relate to pictures drawn by other kids. Check out these fun pictures!Learn More

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr is an all time classic story with repetitive language and stunning illustrations. Check out materials to use this story with children of different ages.Learn More

Door hangers: signs that hang on a door knob to tell visitor what's happening inside. "Come in!" "Quiet Please", "Testing" or "Kids at work".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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LessonPix allows users to create graphing pages with your choice of pictures and words for various graphing lessons.Learn More

Students can use LessonPix materials to identify and learn about characters.Learn More

The Thanksgiving Theme provides a great foundations for lessons on food, cultures, history, traditions, manners, and sharing.Learn More

Teachers or parents who use a classroom wall calendar can create calendar cards with the date and a picture in a pattern.Learn More

This "Drawing Page" Template provides a work / drawing area with up to 10 picture symbols underneath.Learn More

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

LessonPix allows members to upload their own photos and clip art easily to use in their materials.Learn More

Playing with stories increases imagination, vocabulary, comprehension, and love of books! Here are some activities to play with concepts from the story Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.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

"I Have Who Has" is a fun "round robin" game used to teach vocabulary and early reading skills.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

When Groundhog takes a vacation, the townspeople recognize how special Groundhog is and learn to ask questions that show they care.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

This materials allows teachers, parents, and therapist to show the desired goal (a reward) and the steps to earn it.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

These paper dice are easy to create and great for many fun activities.Learn More

Menus and Lists are a material with a list of pictures from one to ten pictures. There are a few fun themes to choose from such as diner, cupcake, and polk-a-dot.Learn More

Themed Pairs Template, similar to Themed Picture Cards, place 6 pictures on top of images that go together.Learn More

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

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

LessonPix includes Braille symbols for creating activities to teach the braille alphabet.Learn More

One of my most common curriculum visuals is my Order Train: a series of 3 mats that show beginning, middle, and end.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

There are great search tools to find the pictures you need at LessonPix.Learn More

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

Here is the story of how LessonPix began and who the founders are.Learn More

Position Pete is one character who teaches positional words. He can be found on over, in, out, or through a box. It's fun and easy to play with prepositions using Pete in cards games, obstacles courses, Bingo, or Simon Says.Learn More

Find the Match is a worksheet-style template where students draw a line to match items in one column with another.Learn More

This material consists of a grid with the days of the week along the top and 1 to 8 pictures down the side. This works well for behavior charts and tracking data.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

Daily Report is a template that provides a form to write in reports, notes, or parent communication.Learn More

"Bug" is an adorable story of how a girl named Bug found a motivating way to learn math. Check out this great story by Robin Koontz and visuals and activities to support it.Learn More

Ready-made story visuals and activities to go with the story, "Spring Stinks" by Ryan T Higgins.Learn More

Here are some core vocabulary ideas for the Literacy / Language Center in an early childhood classroom.Learn More

Simple pictures cards can be used for so many purposes from memory games to story sequencing to picture communication systems.Learn More

Themed Picture Cards Templates make 6 picture cards on a theme. These simple and fun visuals are great for bulletin board, holiday activities, and units of study.Learn More

Small books can be created with a picture and words on each page. Books may show sequence pictures of a published story read, social story, list of related pictures, speech words for a student to practice, or recall event activities.Learn More

Engaging tools for Syllable Awareness, Rhyming and Compound Word practice.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

Create a Scavenger Hunt game with LessonPix to encourage early literacy in young children.Learn More

Now you can download LessonPix Materials as PowerPoint files. This new function is great to use in telepractice or with Interactive Whiteboards.Learn More

Token Board template create a board with empty squares and picture cards underneath to cut out and place on the squares.Learn More

Using Story Grammar Guides from our share site for Braidy The StoryBraid DollLearn More

Matching Books are interactive story books that include picture cards that can match to the pictures in the story.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

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

Want to learn more tricks and tips from other LessonPix members? Each Monday evening at 7:00 PM ESTon Facebook Live, LessonPix hosts a Show & Tell webcast featuring some incredibly talented professionals.Learn More

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

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

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

Here is a playful book for St. Patrick's Day fun by Adam Wallace.Learn More

Sometimes creating a requested theme birthday party for your child can be a challenge and take some creativity. LessonPix.com is a great website that allows users to create custom materials for theme birthday parties.

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

Parents can easily create a individualized and fun Memory Matching Game using pictures you select.Learn More

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

Save a collection of pictures that you may reuse later.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

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

Venn Diagram template works like a sorting mat to categorize items in one group, or another, or both.Learn More