🐻❄️ Graham Cracker Polar Bear Core Word Recipe is a fun, hands-on cooking activity designed to build communication, participation, and early literacy skills while students create an adorable polar bear snack. This adapted recipe supports AAC users, beginning communicators, preschool learners, and students in special education classrooms through simple step-by-step directions, repeated core vocabulary, and built-in opportunities for interaction. Students follow visual recipe steps to assemble a polar bear using graham crackers, marshmallows, icing, candy eyes, and chocolate chips while practicing important core words including go, stop, can, and I. The activity also includes discussion opportunities to encourage commenting, describing, and expressing opinions. What's Included: ✅ Visual ingredients page
✅ Visual supplies page
✅ Step-by-step adapted recipe with photographs
✅ Repeated core word practice throughout the activity
✅ "Let's Talk About It" discussion pages for commenting and opinion sharing
✅ Printable AAC communication board with core and fringe vocabulary
✅ Partner modeling tips and implementation suggestions Skills Targeted:
AAC modeling and language stimulation
Core vocabulary development
Following directions
Sequencing and task completion
Describing and commenting
Expressing opinions
Turn-taking and participation
Early literacy and vocabulary development
Fine motor skills
Perfect For:
Special Education Classrooms
AAC Users
Preschool and Kindergarten
Functional Academics
Life Skills Programs
Speech Therapy Sessions
Winter and Polar Bear Themes
Small Groups and Whole Group Instruction This engaging recipe combines cooking, communication, literacy, and fun while providing meaningful opportunities for students to practice language in a real-life activity.
