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Pirate Day

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

Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh

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

Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird

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

Fox Makes Friends by Adam Relf

Fox Makes Friends is a adorable story by Adam Relf of woodland animals who learn how to make friends. Here are visuals and activities to use with this beautiful story.Learn More

Ruby Finds A Worry

"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

The Color Monster by Anna Llenas

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

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Create visual lessons to support the book, "The Mitten" retold and stunningly illustrated by Jan Brett.Learn More

Social Distancing and other COVID-19 Visuals for Young Children

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

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Williems

Check out these visuals and activities to use with the story Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems.Learn More

I Believe I Can by Grace Byers

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

Spring Stinks by Ryan T Higgins

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

9 Ways to Promote Social Interactions with LessonPix

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

5 Social Skill Lessons for use in Remote Learning

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

The Good Egg by Jory John

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

The Boy With Big Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee

Check out this story about big feelings and create materials to support lesson about these feelings and how to manage them.Learn More

9 Ways Speech Language Pathologists Love LessonPix

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

My Gratitude Jar by Kristin Wiens

This book reminds its readers that remembering to be grateful makes us happy and reminds us on tough days that not all days are bad.Learn More

LessonPix to Support Students in Underrepresented Groups

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

Rain by Manya Stojic

When rain comes to the African savannah, the animals use their senses to tell about the storm to other animals. In her book, Rain, Manya Stijic showcases the 5 senses in this fun story filled with imagery, repetitive language, and information about this weather cycle. This story is a great companion for units on weather and science.Learn More

101+ LessonPix Templates

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

Dot the Fire Dog by Lisa Desimini

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

Lesson Related to Teaching about US Veterans and Military

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

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

This winter story follows young Peter as he plays and explores snowy day activities.Learn More

Talking Core with Different Levels of Communicators

To plan for core instructions, we divide student populations of communicators into 3 categories: fluent, beginning, and emerging.Learn More

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lesson Ideas

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

Talking about the Olympics

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

Supporting English Language Learners with LessonPix

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

Elephant & Piggie Books Activities and Visuals

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

A Step Ahead: Beginning the Year with Proactive Discipline

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

Make Learning Fun!

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

Telepractice With LessonPix

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

Valentines Ideas with Core

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

10 Tips for Supporting Student Mental Heath Needs

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

Position Pete

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

What Is Core Vocabulary?

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

Building Community

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

10 Ideas to Create an Awesome Thematic Unit!

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

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, by Patty Lovell

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

Behavior, Social Skills, and Counseling with LessonPix

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

Veterans In Our Neighborhood by Valerie Pfundstein

Looking for a book to read for Veteran's Day or Memorial Day? This book talks about the people in your community, considers who may be a Veteran, and shows how to say Thank You.Learn More

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

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

The Love Letter by Anika Aldamuy Denise

This adorable story about love and friendship stars four adorable forest animals who learn how a simple love letter can change their mood and spark friendships.Learn More

Try a Little Kindness by Henry Cole

This adorable book shows animals as children performing small acts of kindness from the classroom to the community. Henry Cole gives specific examples of ways to be kid to others.Learn More

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Check out story activities and visuals to support this popular children's story.Learn More

12 Types of Visual Supports to Help at Home

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

AAC Template Overlays

Mid-tech AAC devices use overlays to create voiced buttons for communication. LessonPix has great tools to create overlays for your needs.Learn More

Valentines Day

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

Sight Words! Activities to Build Speed and Fluency in Reading

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

Silly Wonderful You by Sherri Duskey Rinker

This story shows the perspective of a mother's point of view of her active, giggle, loud child and her house full of action and love. Lots of descriptive words and the business of a day in the life of a new mom.Learn More

Word Families

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

5 To-Do's for Distance Learning

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

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

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

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Check out these story activities to use with the book, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.Learn More

Tough Cookie by Edward Hemmingway

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

LessonPix in AAC

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

Using LessonPix with Readtopia Go

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

The Lion & The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

Jerry Pinkney presents classic Aesop Fable with stunning illustrations. This wordless picture book walk through with this tale with exploration and delight for readers of all ages.Learn More

Plants Unit

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

Kid Drawn Pictures

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

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

Traditional Playing Cards

Make your own deck of cards with custom pictures.Learn More

Communication Boards for AAC

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

Rubber Ducky Thematic Unit

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

The Evolution of Printables

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

Picture and Words

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

LessonPix Partners with ProxTalker AAC Device

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

Core

Resources and information about core vocabulary.Learn More

Literacy-Teaching about Characters

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

Fine Motor Pratice with Lacing Cards

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

Christmas Activities for Kids

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

5 TO-DOs for Back To School

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

Dominoes

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

In You Take A Mouse To The Movies by Laura Numeroff

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

Order Train

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

Check out the Sharing Center!

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

SoundFinder-How to find words with specific sounds

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

Lacing Cards

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

Duck for Turkey Day, by Jacqueline Jules

One way to discuss Thanksgiving that will be meaningful to your students, whether or not they eat a turkey dinner, is to share books that expand on some of the universal themes. Duck for Turkey Day, by Jacqueline Jules, addresses cultural diversity from a little girl’s point of view.Learn More

It All Begins With Core Vocabulary

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

All About Me

"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

Flower Garden by Eve Bunting

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

I Love You Blue Kangaroo

I Love You Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark is a cute story about a toy blue kangaroo and his favorite child Lily. Things change when new stuffed animals arrive.Learn More

How I Became A Pirate by Melinda Long

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

Center Time With Core

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

New Additions in 2019 -2020

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

There's a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins

Looking for rhyming practice or final /r/ practice? This cute book tells the story of a mouse who uses many /air/ rhymes to vent his anger about the bear in his chair.Learn More

Core Vocabulary Storybooks

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

How to Catch A Leprechaun by Adam Wallace

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

Categorizing and Themes

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

Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

This popular book about sharing is found in most early childhood classrooms. Here are some activities for supporting this great story.Learn More

Springtime

It's springtime! What does spring mean? This article looks at lesson activities and visuals to teach various concepts about spring.Learn More

Treasure Map

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

Stay on Topic Visual

Choose pictures inside the speech bubble as a visual reminder to stay on topic.Learn More

Contingency Maps

Contingency Maps are a behavioral intervention strategy that show a series of consequences based on an initial choice (if this, then that and that...). Typically 2 responses to a situation are shown and the consequences of each choice. Contingency Maps use both symbols and text to facilitate faster acquisition, and therefore assisting students to make better choices.Learn More

How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace

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

PediaStaff Chooses LessonPix

PediaStaff, a nationwide, niche-oriented staffing company focusing on the placement and staffing of pediatric therapists, today chose LessonPix.com as its provider for online teaching materials, classroom and therapy visuals and symbol libraries.Learn More

Chicken's Aren't The Only Ones by Ruth Heller

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

10 Simple Tips for PowerPoint with LessonPix

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

Mouse First Day of School by Laura Thompson

One morning, Mouse finds a place to hide - in a backpack. This led to Mouse discovering new and exciting things at school. This great beginning of the year book teaches school vocabulary, prepositions, and fun imagery.Learn More