Halloween Counting Adapted Book | Numbers & Sequencing | SLP SPED Autism Math
Product Description
Build counting, number identification, story sequencing, and Halloween vocabulary with this interactive Halloween Counting Adapted Book, "A Witch in a Hat" — a class-favorite cumulative tale that keeps students engaged in important math and language goals all season long. As the teacher or therapist reads, students match a number to each page, count out the ingredients, and add them to the witch's brew.
📖 Sample Text
A witch in a hat, cooked 1 bat.
She cooked 1 bat, just like that.
But the brew wasn't ready.
A witch in a hat, cooked two frogs.
She cooked 2 frogs, with seasoned logs.
She cooked 2 frogs. She cooked 1 bat.
She cooked 1 bat, just like that.
But the brew wasn't ready.
A witch in a hat, cooked 3 bones.
She cooked 3 bones, with flavored stones
She cooked 3 bones, 2 frogs, 1 bat.
She cooked 1 bat, just like that.
But the brew wasn't ready.
👉 A cumulative tale — each page repeats and builds, giving lots of repetition and counting practice.
📦 What's Included
- 1 Interactive Adapted Book — "A Witch in a Hat"
- 1 set of Story Sequencing Strips
- 1 Counting & Making Witch's Brew activity
- 4 worksheets focused on basic concepts
- Extension activities: story sequencing, classification, and more
🎯 Skills Targeted
- Counting and one-to-one correspondence
- Number identification (1–10)
- Quantity and "how many"
- Story sequencing (first/next/last)
- Retell and story comprehension
- Classification and sorting
- Halloween vocabulary
- Receptive and expressive language
- Following along in a book
- Following directions
📚 How to Use
- Read the book aloud as students match a number to each page and count out the ingredients into the witch's brew
- After the story, have students count the objects in the brew and sequence the story with the strips
- Use the 4 worksheets for independent practice and data
- Extend with the classification activities
- Use in speech therapy (sequencing, retell, vocabulary) and math centers (counting, numbers)
- Set up at a literacy or math center for independent work
💛 Perfect For
- Special education classrooms (SPED)
- Autism classrooms and ABA programs
- Speech-language therapy (sequencing, retell, vocabulary)
- Math centers and counting practice
- Preschool, PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade
- Literacy centers and work stations
- 1:1 work with paraprofessionals
- Halloween and October units
- Homeschool hands-on learning
- Early childhood and ECSE
🌟 Why Teachers & SLPs Love This Resource
- Multiple activities in one — book, sequencing strips, counting activity, and 4 worksheets
- Cumulative tale builds in repetition for lots of practice
- Targets math AND language goals at the same time
- A class-favorite, highly engaging Halloween theme
- Works for whole group, small group, 1:1, and centers
- Reusable year after year once laminated
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