Dinosaur Visual Discrimination File Folder Games | Shadow Matching | OT SLP SPED
Product Description
Practice visual discrimination skills with these Dinosaur Shadow Matching File Folder Games. Students match each dinosaur to its shadow — a foundational visual-perceptual skill — across 3 file folder games featuring super-cute dinosaur graphics. Perfect for your dinosaur-loving "littles" in morning tubs, centers, and independent work stations all year long.
🦕 Perfect for:
- Occupational Therapists (OTs) targeting visual discrimination, visual-perceptual skills, figure-ground, and visual scanning goals
- Special Education teachers building visual discrimination and independent work skills
- Autism classrooms working on visual matching and independent work tasks
- Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting dinosaur vocabulary and matching goals
- ABA therapists running discrete trial matching programs
- Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
- Homeschool families with dinosaur-loving learners
🦖 What's Included — 3 Dinosaur Shadow Match File Folder Games:
- Dinosaur Shadows Match 1
- Dinosaur Shadows Match 2
- Dinosaur Shadows Match 3
🎯 Skills Targeted:
Visual discrimination, shadow / silhouette matching, figure-ground discrimination, visual-perceptual skills, visual scanning, dinosaur vocabulary, following directions, fine motor skills, and independent work skills.
How to Use:
Print, laminate, and assemble as matching mats or binder activities (or add Velcro for file folders). Students use their visual discrimination skills to match each dinosaur to its correct shadow. Use one game at a time for focused practice or all 3 as a dinosaur visual discrimination center. Works as independent work, morning tubs, or small group instruction.
🌋 Ways to Use:
- OT visual-perceptual and visual discrimination sessions
- Visual discrimination IEP goal practice and data collection
- Independent work systems (TEACCH)
- Speech therapy dinosaur vocabulary sessions
- ABA discrete trial matching training
- Morning tubs, centers, and early finisher activities
- Dinosaur thematic units
- Take-home and tele-therapy practice
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