Recommendations for Autistic Children

I have arranged these books in a loose order starting with those titles recommended for the most severely affected to the less affected.

Board Books Recommended for their high durability and bright pictures which stimulate conversation:

• "Animal Noises"

• "Animal Babies"
• "123"
easy counting with bright bold pictures
• "ABC"
• "Things that Go"
• "Animals"
• "Trucks"
with cutaways of how the insides work
• "Race Cars"
with cutaways of how the insides work
• "Planes"
• "Diggers"
features the heavy construction machinery
• "Tractors"
features farm machinery, showing cutaway pictures of how the insides work
• "Farm Animals
• "Horses & Ponies
• "Baby Animals"
• "Duck Board Book Set"
easy fun stories about everyday situations
• "Baby Board Book Set"
one to one picture/word correspondence, one book on animals, one on the body
• "Young Farm Yard Tales"
three delightfully fun stories with a yellow duck hidden on each page
The "That's Not My..." books are all touchy feely books with bright colorful pictures and a variety of textures
• "Find the Duck, Kitten, Pup, Teddy, Bird, Pig series
• "That's Not My Teddy"
• "That's Not My Train"
• "That's Not My Bunny"
• "That's Not My Puppy"
• "That's Not My Kitten"
• "First 100 Words"
• "First 100 Words Sticker"
the stickers are reusable, made with post-it glue
• "Then & Now"
facing pages compare everyday life today with 100 years ago
• "Day & Night"
facing pages compare a daily scene, early morning & late night
• "At the Zoo"
depicts everyday scenes with questions to answer from the clue in the pictures
• "On the Farm"
like At The Zoo
• "At the Seaside"
like At The Zoo
• "1001 Things to Spot on the Farm"
an easy search book
• "1001 Things to Spot Long Ago"
• "1001 Things to Spot in Town"

Teacher Resources

• "First Experiences"
introduces the students to lifes situations in a non threatening way. Also includes two levels of reading, paraphrased and the normal story, for flexability and ease of use
• "Farm Yard Tales Alphabet Book"
a beautiful book with upper case and lower case letters at the top of the page, letter line at the bottom of the page with focused letter highlighted, lots of activity to talk about on each page, one line of text and one question to answer for each letter
• "Summer Activities"
with simple step by step illustrated directions, your class can do anything
• "Christmas Activities"
• "What Shall I Do Today?"
packed with a variety of crafts easily addaptable to any level
• "Learning Games"
64 pages of games you put together to fit the needs of your class
• "Help Your Child Learn to Read"
loaded with games and lots of ideas on how to help stimulate the learning process
• "Help Your Child Learn Number Skills"
• "Start Lettering"
filled with ideas to make 3 dimentional, textured letters to stimulate the students
• "Paper Play"
• "Paint Fun"
• "Things People Do"
introduces the many occupations with their daily routines
• "Picture Word Lotto"
a matching game with one to one correspondence of picture to word
• "Number Lotto"
• "English Flash Cards"

• "Color", "Sizes","Time","Numbers","Shapes","Letters","Opposites","Odd One Out","Starting to Count"
• "Counting to Ten","Ready for Writing","Ready for Reading","Starting to Add","Starting to Subtract","Starting to Measure"

• "What Happens to Your Food?"
• "How Do Your Senses Work?"
• "Homes & Houses"