Back to School Match and Flip Books III | Counting Shape Tally Marks | SLP SPED

These Back to School Match and Flip Books (pencil theme) build foundational matching skills with a hands-on, low-prep adapted book format. Students flip through pencil-themed pages to practice matching by expression/emotion, matching by shape, matching numbers to quantity, AND matching tally marks to quantity — four matching subskills in one back to school set. Features big pieces for little hands and students with fine motor challenges.

✏️ Perfect for:

• Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting matching, attributes, emotion identification, and number vocabulary goals
• Special Education teachers building back to school and beginning-of-year centers
• Autism classrooms needing structured, repeatable work tasks
• Occupational Therapists working on visual discrimination and fine motor skills
• ABA therapists running discrete trial matching and number programs
• Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
• Math Intervention and RTI / MTSS teachers (numbers, tally marks)
• Homeschool families with young learners

🍎 What's Included — 4 Match and Flip Books:

• Match the Pencils by Expression (Matching by Emotion / Picture)
• Match the Pencils by Shape (Matching by Shape)
• Count the Pencils / Match the Numbers (Number to Quantity)
• Count the Pencils / Match the Tally Marks (Tally Marks to Quantity)

🎯 Skills Targeted:

Visual discrimination, picture-to-picture matching, emotion identification (matching by expression), shape matching and shape recognition, number recognition and number-to-quantity matching, tally marks, counting, 1-to-1 correspondence, back to school and school supply vocabulary, receptive language, following directions, fine motor skills (Velcro manipulation), and independent work skills.

How to Use:

Print, laminate, and add Velcro for years of use. Students look at the target on each page, and match the correct piece. Perfect for independent work bins, morning tubs, structured teaching trials, speech therapy sessions, or center rotations. The big-piece format makes this resource accessible to young students and students with fine motor challenges.

🎒 Ways to Use:

• Independent work systems and TEACCH tasks
• Back to school and beginning-of-year centers
• Speech therapy warm-ups and matching drills
• Math centers (numbers, tally marks, counting)
• ABA discrete trial training
• Math intervention (RTI / MTSS Tier 2 & 3)
• Morning tubs and centers
• OT visual scanning and fine motor sessions
• Early finisher activities

I have just bundled all of my Match and Flip Books into two different growing bundles. You can see those bundles at the links below:

Match and Flip Books Bundle I

Match and Flip Books Bundle II

If your students enjoy these activities, I have a growing collection of Match and Flip Books. You can find those here:

More Match and Flip Books

For more hands-on back to school, apples or fall themed activities, please see the links below.

Hands-On Back to School Activities

Apple Themed Activities

Hands-On Pumpkin Activities

More Hands-On Fall Activities