Visual Schedule for Kids

A visual schedule shows a child each step of the day as a picture, so they can see what's happening now and what comes next without reading. You put the picture cards in order on a board, and when a step is done the child moves its card to All Done. It was designed for home, preschool and special education use, with autistic kids and kids with ADHD in mind.

The boards grow with the child. The simplest has two spaces, First and Then. The morning, afternoon and bedtime boards take eight steps each, and My Day has twelve, each with a time and a tick box, plus a box for when something is different today. A 5-star token board with 20 stars to cut out, a choice board with an "I want ... please" strip and a page of feelings and calm-down ideas complete the set.

The 100 cards come in five color-coded sets of 20, and 20 blank cards take a drawing or a photo of your own. The pictures are bold and simple, in calm teal with warm orange, with words in a rounded font that young children find easy to read.

• Cover and how to use, with 6 tips for grown-ups
• 2 First / Then boards
• First / Next / Then board with a 5-star token board and 20 stars to cut out
• Morning, afternoon and bedtime routine boards: 8 steps plus All Done
• My Day board: 12 steps with a time and tick box each
• Choice board with sentence strip and Yes / No / Wait labels
• Feelings page: 6 feelings and 8 calm-down ideas
• 100 picture cards: Morning & Getting Ready, School & Learning, Play & Fun, Home, Chores & Outings, Evening, Feelings & Calm
• 20 blank cards

Print at Actual size (100%). At any other scale the cards won't fit the slots on the boards. Card stock and a laminator or sheet protectors make the cards and boards sturdier. Cut the cards out along their colored frames. Hook-and-loop dots let cards move from To Do to All Done: hook side on the board, soft side on the card.