Free printable
Free First-Then board to print
A First-Then board shows your child what happens first and what comes next, so they don't have to guess. Print the board and the picture cards, or stick on photos of your child's own things.
How to use it
- Print both pages on letter paper, in colour if you can. Card stock lasts longer, and you can laminate it if you have a laminator.
- Cut out the picture cards. Add a small piece of Velcro to the back of each card and to the First, Then and Finished spaces on the board.
- Put the card for what happens first in the First space, and what comes next in the Then space.
- When an activity ends, move its card to Finished, move Then across to First, and add the new Then card.
- Use the same few words each time, such as "First shoes, then park", and put nice things on the board too.
What you will print
First
Picture card here
Then
Picture card here
FinishedMove cards here when they are done
Picture cards
Cut along the dashed lines. Draw or stick photos on the blank cards.
Breakfast
Get dressed
Bathroom
Brush teeth
Car
Daycare or school
Park
Lunch
Snack
Play
Shopping
TV
Story
Bath
Bed
Your own picture
Your own picture
Your own picture