About this activity
Twelve steps of a school day in order: llegar a la escuela, guardar la mochila, saludar a la maestra, círculo de la mañana, trabajo en las mesas, recreo, lavarse las manos, almuerzo, lectura, recoger las cosas, hacer fila para salir, ir a casa. A visual schedule does two jobs at once — it supports the transitions and it gives a child something to communicate about.
How to use it in a session
Use it as a communication tool rather than only as a schedule. Pointing to the next step supports the transition; asking what comes after recreo makes it a language activity, and the same twelve cards do both. For an AAC user, the sequence supplies vocabulary with a daily context — almuerzo and recreo will come up every single day. Ten minutes to walk the sequence, then use it live.
What to listen for
Watch whether the child can say what comes next without looking. Sequencing a familiar routine from memory is a real language skill and it usually develops after the schedule has been in place a while. Notice which transitions are hard — the difficult step is often the one before a preferred activity ends rather than the one that starts something new.
Carrying it home
The same structure works for an evening at home: cena, baño, cuento, dormir. Four pictures in order does most of what twelve does at school, and it makes the end of the day predictable.
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, the steps are in Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Do I need an account?
- No, it plays free with no login.
- Is this a schedule or a language activity?
- Both. As a schedule it supports transitions; as a language activity it gives sequencing and vocabulary with a context that repeats every day.