Daily living routines
Practise hygiene, getting ready, meals, helping at home, familiar places and other everyday sequences in smaller teachable steps.
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Functional Academics · Ability-based learning
Functional worksheets and curriculumfor intellectual disability
Able Marga organises printable learning around useful everyday skills for children and older learners with intellectual disability. Instead of choosing work only by age or school class, you can begin with the learner’s current ability and the next skill that could improve independence.
Level 1 is live across Life Skills, Functional Maths, Functional English and Social & Communication Skills. Activities progress from visual and supported responses toward tracing, writing, reading and more independent use where appropriate.
Daily routines
Safety & help-seeking
Money & numeracy
Communication
Choose by present ability
An older learner can begin with a foundational skill without being pushed into an age-based academic task they are not ready for.
Six ability-based levels
Print-ready PDFs
Home · School · Therapy
Real-life learning
Use the worksheet to practise a skill that can later be used in a routine, conversation or community setting.
Learning path
LearnPractiseUse
Functional learning first
Build skills that can make everyday life more independent
The aim is not to rush through academic content. It is to identify a practical next step, teach it clearly, practise it repeatedly and then connect it with a real routine or situation.
Safety and asking for help
Build recognition of when support is needed, who can help and how to communicate a simple request for assistance.
Functional maths and money
Work with matching, sorting, shapes, counting real objects, number recognition and early identification of coins and notes.
Useful literacy
Functional English introduces names, sight words, everyday action words, signs, symbols and picture reading that can connect with daily life.
Everyday communication
Social & Communication Skills can support greetings, requests, choices, feelings, WH questions, sequencing and AAC-friendly picture communication.
Ability-based progression
Ask three questions before choosing the next activity
1 What can the learner do now?
2 What skill would reduce support?
3 What can we practise in real life?
Explore the teaching method
Four Level 1 subjects · Live now
Choose the subject that supports the learner’s next functional goal
A learner can be at different levels in different subjects. Start with the area that is most useful now, then add another subject when the foundation is comfortable.
Level 1 · Live
Life Skills
Morning routines, body awareness, hygiene, meals, dressing, helping at home, asking for help and familiar community places.
Explore Life Skills →
Level 1 · Live
Functional Maths
Matching, sorting, colours, size, more and less, numbers, counting real objects, coins and notes, and full or empty.
Explore Functional Maths →
Level 1 · Live
Functional English
Name recognition, first words, sight words, everyday action words, signs, symbols, colour words, family names and picture reading.
Explore Functional English →
Level 1 · Live
Social & Communication Skills
Greetings, requesting, yes/no choices, feelings, emotions, action words, WH questions, sequencing, turn-taking and family or helpers.
Explore Social & Communication →Not sure where the learner belongs?Use the Placement Guide separately for each subject.
Open Placement Guide
Where to start
Begin with the skill that would make the biggest everyday difference
Choose one practical priority rather than trying to cover every subject at once. Start at an achievable level, repeat the activity, then practise the same skill in a real routine wherever possible.
Ask first
“What would help this learner do more with less support?”
Find the right functional level
Independence and routines
Start with Life Skills when daily participation is the priority
Use familiar routines such as hygiene, dressing, meals, helping at home or asking for help. These goals can often be practised both on the page and during the actual routine.
Explore Life Skills Level 1 →Functional academics
Use Functional Maths for practical quantity and money foundations
Begin with matching, sorting, comparison, number recognition or counting real objects before expecting the learner to use early money concepts independently.
Explore Functional Maths Level 1 →Communication and participation
Choose Social & Communication when requesting or interaction is the priority
Greetings, choices, feelings, requests, WH questions and picture/AAC-friendly communication can be selected around the situations the learner meets most often.
Explore Social & Communication →Try the format first
Use a free Level 1 sample before choosing a full curriculum
Observe how the learner responds to the visual layout, amount of work and response style before you decide which complete subject to purchase.
Get a free worksheet →Digital curriculum · Flexible use
Prepare only the pages the learner needs today
Able Marga materials are digital PDFs. That makes it easier to repeat a page, print a short home-schooling activity, prepare a therapy session or organise selected work for school without forcing the learner through a complete book at once.
Choose a subject & level
Use present ability and the most useful functional goal as the starting point.
Complete checkout
Purchase the selected digital curriculum through the Able Marga website.
Access your PDF
Follow the delivery details provided through your email and customer account.
Print and practise
Use the pages required for the current goal and repeat them within the licence for your purchase.
Use the same goal across settings
Consistency matters more than doing more pages
A skill introduced on a worksheet becomes more meaningful when the learner sees and uses the same idea during a real routine, classroom activity or therapy task.
- HomeRoutines, home schooling and daily practice.
- SchoolResource-room or classroom reinforcement where appropriate.
- TherapyStructured material around agreed learning goals.
Intellectual disability curriculum FAQ
Choosing practical goals, levels and subjects
These answers focus on the questions that matter most when selecting an ability-based, functional curriculum for a child, teenager or older learner with intellectual disability.
Need help choosing?
Use the Placement Guide or contact Able Marga.
01What is a functional curriculum for intellectual disability?
A functional curriculum organises learning around skills that can be used in everyday life. At Able Marga, this includes daily routines, functional maths, useful literacy and communication. The learner begins at their present ability and practises a clear next step that can later be connected with a real situation.
02My child is older but working at an early level — will Able Marga fit?
The Able Marga pathway is ability-based rather than strictly age-based. An older learner can begin with foundational work when that matches their current skills. Use the Placement Guide separately for each subject because a learner may be at different levels in Life Skills, Maths, English and Communication.
03Which subject helps most with independence?
It depends on the support the learner needs most. Life Skills is often a practical first choice for routines and daily participation. Functional Maths can support quantity and money foundations, while Functional English and Social & Communication Skills can strengthen useful recognition, requests, choices and everyday interaction.
04Do all activities require the same kind of response?
No. Response demands change with the activity and progression level. A learner may point, match, circle, place a card, trace, write, read or use AAC-friendly picture supports. Choose the activity format that lets the learner show understanding without adding an unnecessary barrier.
05Can these resources be used for home schooling, school and therapy?
Yes. The printable format can support home schooling, school and therapy when the selected activities fit the learner’s goals. For best consistency, use the same functional skill across settings and coordinate with the learner’s educator or therapist when they already have a structured programme.
One practical goal at a time
Start with a skill the learner can use beyond the worksheet
Choose the subject that matches the learner’s current priority, or try a free sample first. Build understanding on the page, repeat when useful, then connect the same skill with everyday life.
01 Life Skills for routines and participation
02 Functional Maths for real-life numeracy
03 Functional English for useful literacy
04 Social & Communication for everyday interaction
Not sure where to begin? Open the Placement Guide →