Product Description
Looking for fun and seasonal file folder activities for special education? These 8 fall-themed file folder activities are a great way to build early skills in number recognition, color matching, and basic shape identification. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and special education classrooms, these hands-on resources add structure and variety to your autumn centers or independent work systems.
Each activity is designed to support students with autism and related disabilities through clear visuals and targeted tasks. Whether you’re using them for direct instruction or as part of a work station, these fall file folder activities offer a simple and engaging way to practice essential early learning skills.
Included in this matching file folders pack:
- 1 file folder matching numbers to numerals (1-12)
- 1 file folder matching numbers to numerals (1-20)
- 1 file folder matching numbers to sets (1-10)
- 1 file folder matching numbers to sets (1-20)
- 1 file folder putting numbers in sequence (1-20)
- 1 file folder matching 12 colors
- 1 file folder matching 6 basic shapes
- 1 file folder matching numbers to number words (1-20) (this could be split into 2)
Each matching file folders set has pages with the pieces that have directions about which file folder they match, labels for the front of the file folder and labels for the file tab. You can easily set these up for independent work stations for your students!
❤️These file folder games for special education students work well because these students need to work on the same concept for a lengthy time, but get bored if the materials stay the same.
These file folder activities for independent work stations focus on basic matching skills for…
✅Colors
✅Shapes
✅Numbers
✅Counting
This set of matching file folders is designed to assure that what the student is learning is the skill targeted. For instance, all the numbers are on the same color items so that the student doesn’t learn to match the colors instead of the number. The set features common elements of fall including leaves and pumpkins but avoids Halloween-specific items for schools that cannot use them.
These matching file folder activities can be used to teach the following Common Core Standards:
- CCSS Math Content K.CC.A2: Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1)
- CCSS Math Content K.CC.A.3: Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written number 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
- CCSS Math Content K.CC.B.4: Understand the relationships between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
- CCSS Math Content K.CC.B.5: Count to answer “how many about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array or a circle or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
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What teachers are saying about these file folder games for special education?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love the quality of these! I put them in folders with velcro and my students love them.” – Wonder All Around
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love the brilliant colors and my students enjoy doing this for centers.” -Stephanie P.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Loved using these at our stations all fall!” – Special Achievers
Autism Matching File Folder: Falling Into Autumn With Numbers by Christine Reeve is copyrighted for single classroom use only. This product may not be resold and can be copied for personal use within a classroom only.
