Halloween Centers & Task Cards | Visual Discrimination | SLP SPED Autism PreK
Product Description
Build visual discrimination, basic cognitive skills, and emotion identification with these hands-on Halloween Centers! A "Build a Humpty Pumpkin" puzzle binder plus three sets of Halloween task cards give you a full rotation of low-prep, high-engagement activities for centers, work stations, and small groups.
📦 What's Included
- 1 "Build a Humpty Pumpkin" Binder — 10 unique Halloween puzzles where students replicate a model to put Humpty Pumpkin back together, each with a fun rhyme
- 3 sets of Halloween Task Cards — 52 cards total — focusing on basic cognitive skills, visual discrimination, and identifying the emotion "scared"
- Clip, circle, or point to answers (works for fine motor or oral response)
📖 Sample Rhyme — "Build a Humpty Pumpkin"
Humpty Pumpkin saw a big wall.
Humpty Pumpkin knew it was fall.
He got so excited, he shimmied up top.
Along came a wind gust — and there was a DROP!
Uh-oh! Oh no! Where did Humpty Pumpkin go?
Can you put Humpty Pumpkin back together?
Oh splat! Look at that!
Can you put Humpty Pumpkin back together?
(You get the idea!)
🎯 Skills Targeted
- Visual discrimination
- Replicating a model / matching to a model
- Basic cognitive skills
- Identifying the emotion "scared" (feelings)
- Fine motor skills (clip and puzzle tasks)
- Spatial awareness / puzzle assembly
- Following directions
- Attending to a task
- Independent work stamina
📚 How to Use
- Use the Humpty Pumpkin binder as a build-a-puzzle center — students replicate the model to reassemble Humpty across 10 puzzles
- Read the rhyme on each page to keep students engaged
- Use the 3 task card sets as clip cards, circle tasks, or oral-response cards
- Set up at centers, work stations, or small groups (TEACCH-style task boxes work great)
- Differentiate by assigning easier or harder cards/puzzles by student level
- Use as morning tub or early finisher activities during October
💛 Perfect For
- Special education classrooms (SPED)
- Autism classrooms and ABA programs
- Speech-language therapy (vocabulary, emotions)
- Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten
- Occupational therapy (fine motor / clip tasks)
- Centers, work stations, and task boxes
- Halloween and October units
- Early childhood and ECSE
- Homeschool hands-on learning
- Early finishers and morning tubs
🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource
- A puzzle binder PLUS 52 task cards — a full center rotation in one set
- Build-a-Humpty-Pumpkin format is novel and motivating
- Fun rhymes keep students engaged while they work
- 3 response formats (clip, circle, point) fit any setup
- Targets visual discrimination, cognition, AND an emotions goal
- Reusable year after year once laminated
- Low-prep, print-and-go
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