You can now enjoy a more structured day for your special needs preschooler with these printable schedule templates! An easy-to-use guide will help you create individualized, fun learning experiences tailored to your child’s specific needs and capabilities.
This quick rundown will provide you with a few tips and strategies to help you create the perfect routine for your little learner.
Here are some quick tips and printable resources for setting up and getting started!
1. START SIMPLE – Make visuals for just meaningful times of the day eg, morning work, break, lunch etc, this will help your young learner to recognise and correspond each picture with each of the activities.
2. BUY A LAMINATOR – Your laminator will become your friend! If you want all your hard work to last, laminate all mounts and visuals because they are going to go through a tough time!
3. WALL MOUNT – Mount on a wall, the schedule must be low enough for your student to access and take away finished symbols.
4. USE A FINISHED BOX – Attach a finished box at the end or side of the schedule to drop the finished visuals in before starting a new activity.
5. TRY A FILE FOLDER – A portable schedule can be used in a file folder in the same way as a wall mounted one. I find these easier with older children to check into the activities and more efficient in busy classrooms. Pop their name on it and keep all their individual support visuals in one place.
6. MODLE AND PRACTICE – Always model, practice and remind your busy student at the beginning of each activity to, “check in”, or “check your schedule“. Make a plan to pull back on all prompting until they begin to use this system independently!
Ask yourself questions to find the right types of schedule to fit the learners needs.
- Are your students able to pull off visuals when finished or can they tick a box?
- Do they need visuals?
- Can they read or write out the schedule?
- Can they tell the time and follow the order of the day?
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