You can use the ready-to-go visual schedule and even edit the text to the wording you like. These activities can turn into fun games if your wee ones like them.This picture schedule will help your young students understand what's happening through their school day. Which activity has the letter “H” at the end? Which activity starts with the letter “L”? Which activity starts with the sound “L”? Questions can range dramatically depending on your child’s reading level.
Pre-readers will like this activity, as they are reading the pictures. You could ask your child questions about the words.
I also write the words underneath the pictures (since I fake laminate my paper, I use washable markers and it comes right off). For example:įinally, our morning will end with what activity? Reading: This is a great time to introduce (or re-visit) the words First, Then, Next, Finally. How many activities are in between Quiet Time and Outside Time? How many activities are there before lunch? Math: Consider asking your child basic counting questions, such as: I think it is very reassuring for him knowing the plan of the day. He also loves checking the schedule each morning. He loves removing the pictures when he has completed the activity. Having a visual schedule has helped immensely with my wee one knowing when he is to do what. (we schedule until rest and then after rest until bed). I update the schedule before I go to bed for what our day will look like in the morning and then again during rest time. That’s it! We added magnets and keep it on the fridge. You could make this look very fancy and beautiful. I covered with clear shelf liner (which I love and purchase at the Dollar Store – it is my at home cheap and simple laminater).Īfter I attached velcro to the back of each picture and put the other side of the velcro onto the construction paper (which I had also fake laminated using shelf paper). I then cut out these pictures and glued them onto construction paper and then cardboard. Here are the ones we used: Visual Schedule Pictures You could also find them in Google Images.
Next I found each picture using Microsoft Clip Art and printed them. Our schedule includes pictures for: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Outside play, Inside play, Quiet play, Story time, Colouring/Art, Movie/TV, Mommy and Sammy Learning Time, Bike, Cooking, Car, Shopping, Daddy coming home from work, Getting dressed, Pajamas, Brushing teeth, Bath, Bedtime, etc. I did this over one day, jotting down the little changes in routine or activities we generally do in a day. To begin I wrote down all of the things I would want on our schedule.
It is a visual reminder of what our day looks like. We use our visual schedule to show the order in which things will happen. He was also beginning to struggle with bedtime, having trouble with getting his pajamas on and settling in for stories. He would get up from his rest time (at around 2:00 pm) and ask for breakfast, or ask if it was tomorrow. I decided to create a visual schedule for my 3 year old because he was having some trouble with his routine. Creating a visual schedule for your child is simple and can really help your little one with routine and change. A meaningful learning activity for many wee ones is sticking to a visual schedule.