Human Life Stages for Special Education | Life Skills & Science Unit

Looking for an engaging, low-prep resource to teach human life stages to special education students? This differentiated unit is perfect for helping students with autism, intellectual disabilities, and other special needs understand the stages of life in a visual, hands-on, and age-appropriate way!

This printable unit includes sorting, sequencing, and matching activities—designed specifically for life skills classrooms, SPED science lessons, or functional academics. It includes a social game, prompting questions, differentiated worksheets and answers.

What’s Included:

• Interactive worksheets and cut-and-paste tasks
• Simple picture differentiation cut and sort activity pages for visual support
• Print & Go Low-prep activities perfect for individual, small group, or whole-class instruction
• Social game - reinforce concept and provide an opportunity for social skills
• Prompting questions to encourage students to express their ideas and express their ideas in various forms, perfect for portfolios!
• Assessment checklists - directly linked to learning intention
• Learning intention and success criteria poster

Skills Targeted:

• Identifying and discussing the human life stages
• Identifying and discussing the unique traits of each of the life stages
• Practicing functional communication
• Increasing independence in daily interactions

Why Teachers Love It:

• Supports AAC users and emerging communicators
• Aligned with IEP goals and life skills curricula (including ABLES, ABLEWA, SPED Curriculum, functional skills curriculum and recommended programs)
• Easily adapted for a variety of ability levels
• Engaging, real-world content that students can relate to

Perfect For:

• Special education classrooms
• Autism support programs
• Life skills or transition units
• Speech therapy sessions
• Home and community-based instruction
• Practical life skills
• Vocational education and readiness for the workforce

Help your students find their voice and build confidence in expressing themselves! This bundle is a must-have for any educator working on communication and daily living skills.