Mini-Schedule Cards and Visual Directions PreK-2 SPED ELL

Back to school is all about schedules and setting routines. Visual supports are so important to differentiating instruction and building student independence. This resource is packed full of picture cards depicting actions within familiar directions to routine activities in PreK-2 classrooms and as a special education support.

The use of picture cards to break down a task is an invaluable strategy for students with autism and other special needs as well as an essential learning tool for English language learners.

Cards can be arranged with one step, two step and multiple step directions depending on the task and the literacy and language needs of the students. Pocket charts, magnetic boards, white boards, attached to binders, and table tops can are just a few ways the mini-schedules can be organized.

This set includes:

· over 120 picture cards for 60+ direction/action prompts in two skin colors

· numbers 1-12

· ordinal numbers 1-12

· first, next, then, last cards

· multiple schedule templates

· I can cards

Teaching Suggestions:

· Mini-schedules for independent student work activities

· Mini-schedules for center activities

· Task sequence within an activity

· Student choice of sequence within an activity

What teachers say

“These were helpful in providing independent tasks for my student who needed the visual reminders of what to do. This was the next step above a first/then board. “

Amy A.