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Simply Addition Level 1 – A FREE Math Workbook for Kids with (or without) Down Syndrome

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If you would like to help your child learn the addition facts within ten, here is a FREE resource I hope you will find helpful. I have tried several math curricula for my son with Down Syndrome, but when it came to independence, accuracy, and fluency in working out the addition facts within ten, he did not make any real progress until we introduced the rekenrek. And so I found myself making worksheets and eventually this workbook for him and the kids in our coop, and for any child who needs extra help with addition.

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A FREE CVCe Practice Book

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Here’s a free resource to help your child with (or without) T21 learn the concept of silent e in long vowel words. Most phonics programs require children to practice word families by reading long, drill-like lists of words. Early on, I knew that was not going to fly with my little guy. So, to help him understand silent e, I adapted the word lists to make them colorful, interactive, and full of pictures to boost comprehension and to make reading lists of words more meaningful and interesting.

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FREE Worksheets for Tracing and Spelling CVC Words

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Is your child learning to read and/or spell short vowel words? Here are some tracing and spelling pages to reinforce short vowel words. It’s a perfect complement to Short Vowel Stories, also free on this blog.

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Let’s Learn Letters! Lowercase 2

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Here are even MORE handwriting sheets designed for children with T21 and other special needs. These kids need lots of repetition and variety, which is why I have been making so many for Junior. These B&W worksheets make it easy for you to print and go.

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Let’s Trace Numbers ! and Block Numbers LWT Style

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Here are two sets of FREE worksheets designed to help your child learn to write numbers.

As with my other worksheets for children with special needs, these are clean and uncluttered, and they have starting dots so your child knows where to start forming each number.

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More Handwriting Worksheets for Children with (or without) Down Syndrome

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Teaching my son with Down Syndrome to write letters and numbers has been a long, slow process. But little by little we’re getting there! Many schools and homeschoolers use the wonderful handwriting program by Learning Without Tears (formerly Handwriting Without Tears.) But I have needed to adapt some of their materials in order for Junior to be successful.

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Let’s Learn Letters: Lowercase !

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Here’s a cute set of handwriting worksheets that will help your child learn to write lowercase letters. Similar to the uppercase set, these have dots which show your child where to begin forming each letter. In addition, each worksheet comes with verbal prompts to help your child learn the order of strokes.

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Christmas and Nativity Themed Handwriting Tracing Pages

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Tracing high-interest words is a meaningful and motivating way for my son to practice handwriting. So, I made these Christmas and Nativity-Themed Handwriting Tracing Pages for Junior. He definitely enjoyed these more than his usual handwriting sheets.

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