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PawSteps
SEN-Friendly Classroom Resource Pack · Print & Go
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Communication Board — I need…
👉 Point to the picture to show what you need. Laminate for daily use!
🚻Toilet
🥤Drink
🍎Snack
🙋Help
🛋️Break
🔇Too loud
⚽Play
🤗Hug
😢I feel sad
😠I feel angry
🤕It hurts
🏠Home time
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Animal Calm-Down Cards
✂️ Cut along the dashed lines. Pick a card when you have big feelings and copy the animal!
Calm🐢Slow Turtle Walk
Walk slowly like a turtle and take quiet breaths.
Listen🐰Bunny Ear Listen
Listen for 3 sounds and name them softly.
Stretch⭐Starfish Stretch
Stretch out wide like a starfish, then relax and smile.
Breathe🦁Lion's Slow Breath
Big breath in through your nose… and a long, quiet lion sigh out.
Look🦉Wise Owl Eyes
Look around and find 5 things you can see. Say them out loud.
Squeeze🐻Bear Hug Yourself
Wrap your arms around yourself and squeeze gently. You've got this.
Sip🐌Snail Sip
Take one slow sip of water and breathe out gently.
Relax🦥Sloth Shoulders
Lift your shoulders up… then let them drop down slowly like a sleepy sloth.
Balance🦩Flamingo Stand
Stand tall on one leg and count to 5. Now swap legs!
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Animal Sensory Circuit
🏃 Do the circuit in order: Wake Up ➜ Get Ready ➜ Calm Down. Pick 2–3 activities from each column.
🔴 Wake Up
Alerting — get your body moving
🦘Kangaroo jumps × 10
🐎Gallop like a horse
🐸Frog hops across the room
🐒Monkey arm swings
🐆Cheetah run on the spot
🟡 Get Ready
Organising — focus your body
🦀Crab walk along a line
🐛Caterpillar crawl
🦩Flamingo balance — 5 each leg
🐧Penguin march, arms by sides
🐢Slow turtle stepping stones
🟢 Calm Down
Calming — quiet body, quiet mind
🦁Lion's slow breathing × 5
🐻Bear hug squeeze
🦥Sloth stretch and flop
🐍Snake curl-up on a cushion
🦉Owl eyes — find 5 quiet things
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Match the Mother and Baby
✏️ Draw a line from each mother animal to her baby.
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Dog
🐈
Cat
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Duck
🐔
Hen
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Cow
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Chick
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Calf
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Puppy
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Duckling
🐱
Kitten
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I Spy at PawSteps!
🔍 How many of each animal can you find? Write the number in the box.
🐰🦁🐢🐰🦉🐢🐰🦁
🦉🐰🐢🦁🐰🦉🐢🐰
🐢🦉🐰🦁🐢🐰🦉🦁
🐰🐢🦉🐰🦁🐢🐰🦉
⭐ Challenge: Which animal is there the most of? Circle it! 🐰 🦁 🐢 🦉
✏️ Say the animal's name. Write the missing first letter in the red box.
👀 Look at the picture. Circle YES or NO.
1. Is this a CAT?🐱YESNO
2. Is this a DOG?🐘YESNO
3. Is this a FISH?🐟YESNO
4. Is this a BIRD?🐍YESNO
5. Is this a RABBIT?🐰YESNO
6. Is this a LION?🐧YESNO
✂️ Cut out the animals (or draw them) and sort them into the correct box: wings or no wings.
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🎲 Follow the steps when playing with a friend. What can you say? "My turn!" · "Your turn!" · "Good waiting!"
1🤝We will take turns.
2🙋It is my turn. I can say "my turn!"
3🐢Now I wait. I can wait like a patient turtle.
4👉It is your turn. I can say "your turn!"
5🌟Good turn-taking makes play fun for everyone!
💚 Teacher tip: Model each step with an PawSteps toy first, then practise with a simple turn-taking game.
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Feelings Weather Check-In
🌦️ How do you feel today? Point to your feelings weather and name it out loud.
☀️Sunny
I feel happy and calm.
⛅Cloudy
I feel okay, a bit quiet.
🌧️Rainy
I feel sad or worried.
⛈️Stormy
I feel angry. Big feelings!
Today I feel
🐢 Feeling rainy or stormy? Pick an Animal Calm-Down Card and give it a try.
✏️ Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes to order the animals from smallest (1) to biggest (3).
📝 My tasks today — tick ✔ when done
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2.
3.
💪 It might be tricky when… (that's okay — I can ask for help 🙋)
⭐ If I tick off everything, my reward is…
🦁 Roar-some effort today! 🦁