December Adapted Books for Special Education | Christmas, Hanukkah & Winter
Make learning throughout December engaging and accessible with this December Adapted Books Bundle for Special Education. These hands-on adapted books help students practice vocabulary development, symbol recognition, sentence building, counting, and WH questions using highly visual supports.
Adapted books are a powerful learning tool for special education classrooms, autism classrooms, speech therapy sessions, and early childhood programs. Students interact with the books by selecting symbols from the base board and placing them into the sentences or activities as they read.
These December classroom activities are perfect for celebrating the holiday season while continuing to build important language, literacy, and math skills.
What’s Included in This December Adapted Books Bundle
This bundle includes a variety of holiday themed adapted books and activities that can be used throughout the month of December.
- Hanukkah Adapted Book
- Gingerbread Man in Disguise Adapted Book
- How to Make Gingerbread Man Adapted Book Pack
- Christmas Counting Adapted Books – 3 Books
- Christmas Around the World Adapted Books – 7 Books
- Christmas Wh- Questions Adapted Book
Skills Students Practice
TheseWhat’s Included in This December Adapted Books Bundle
This bundle includes a variety of holiday themed adapted books and activities that can be used throughout the month of December.
- Vocabulary development
- Symbol recognition
- Sentence building
- Early reading skills
- WH question comprehension
- Counting and number recognition
- Visual discrimination
- Language development
These activities are especially helpful for nonverbal students, minimally verbal students, and learners who benefit from visual supports.
Perfect For
These December adapted books for special education work well in:
- Autism classrooms
- Special education classrooms
- Speech therapy sessions
- Early childhood special education
- Preschool and kindergarten classrooms
- Literacy centers
- Work task systems
- Independent work stations
They are especially useful for students who need visual supports and structured learning activities.
How to Prepare the Adapted Books
- Print all pages.
- Laminate the pages and bind them into a book.
- Cut out and laminate the individual symbols.
- Attach Velcro to the back of each symbol.
- Laminate the base board and add Velcro.
- Place the symbols on the base board for students to select as they complete the adapted book.
Students select symbols from the base board and place them into the sentences as they read.
File Format
All resources are included in PDF format for easy printing.
Language Options
The vocabulary used in these resources is suitable for both American and British classrooms.
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