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How to Make Visual Schedules for Preschool

Your preschoolers love a well-defined schedule; it makes them feel safe. According to Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, a good daily schedule includes a balance of large and small group activity, indoor and outdoor time, active and quite time, and child-directed and teacher-directed activities. As part of a high-quality environment, you can make a durable visual schedule that helps your young learners understand the daily plan.

Things You'll Need

  • Tagboard
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Markers
  • Packing tape
  • Heavy-duty fabric
  • Iron
  • Thread
  • Clear vinyl
  • Sewing machine
  • Adhesive tape
  • Grommets
  • Hooks
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut 2-inch by 8-inch pieces of tagboard. One set will be labeled with the activities in your schedule and the other set will be labeled with blocks of time -- cut as many as you need.

    • 2

      Label one set of tagboard cards with activities, such as “Snack," and descriptive drawings or pictures (as an additional cue for pre-readers) and label the other set with blocks of time, such as 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

    • 3

      Cover each card with packing tape or a similar heavy-duty adhesive tape to provide the protection they need to last.

    • 4

      Cut a rectangular piece of fabric large enough to accommodate a clear vinyl pocket for each of the activity and time cards. For example, if you have seven main activities in your day, allow enough room for two columns of seven, 4-inch by 10-inch vinyl pockets, with a one inch gap between them. Allow at least three inches for a border.

    • 5

      Finish the edges of the fabric by folding a 1-inch strip of the border to the back side, pressing it with your iron and stitching it in place with a sewing machine.

    • 6

      Cut one 4-inch by 10-inch rectangle of clear vinyl for every activity and time card. Arrange them in evenly-spaced columns on the front of the fabric and use your sewing machine to stitch them in place.

    • 7

      Insert one grommet in the upper right and left corners of the fabric, roughly a half inch from the edges. Hang the schedule in a highly-visible spot.

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