Thanksgiving Shape Sorting Mats | 2D Shapes 13 Mats | SLP SPED Autism PreK
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Product Description
Build shape identification and shape sorting skills with these hands-on Thanksgiving Shape Sorting Mats — 13 sorting mats where students sort their "Thanksgiving dinner" by shape! Perfect for centers, work stations, morning work binders, and small groups.
📦 What's Included
- 13 Thanksgiving shape sorting mats
- Students sort Thanksgiving-themed pieces onto the matching shape mat
- Shapes included: circle • crescent • heart • square • rectangle • triangle • oval • diamond • star • pentagon • hexagon • octagon • trapezoid
🎯 Skills Targeted
- 2D shape identification
- Shape sorting and categorizing
- Shape names and vocabulary
- Visual discrimination
- Matching
- Fine motor skills
- Following directions
- Independent work stamina
- Attending to a task
📚 How to Use
- Set up at a shape or math center for sorting practice
- Use as morning work binder pages or in morning tubs
- Place in an independent work station or task box (TEACCH-style)
- Use in small group or 1:1 to introduce and reinforce shapes
- Differentiate by giving fewer or more shapes based on student level
- Pair with a Thanksgiving, November, or fall unit to keep skill practice seasonal
- Use as an early finisher activity
💛 Perfect For
- Special education classrooms (SPED)
- Autism classrooms and ABA programs
- Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten
- Speech-language therapy (shapes and vocabulary)
- Occupational therapy (fine motor sorting)
- Independent work stations, task boxes, and morning tubs
- Thanksgiving, November, and fall units
- Math and shape centers
- Early childhood and ECSE
- Homeschool hands-on learning
🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource
- 13 shapes covered — including advanced shapes (pentagon, hexagon, octagon, trapezoid, crescent)
- Fun "sort your Thanksgiving dinner" theme keeps a core skill engaging
- Multiple formats — center, morning binder, task box, or small group
- Self-correcting shape matching builds independence
- Reusable year after year once laminated
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