Description
Are you looking to introduce TEMPORAL CONCEPTS (before/after, first/next, etc.) and SEQUENCING CONCEPTS (simple 2-step sequences)? Download this resource to teach these critical language skills within structured activities.
This is perfect for introducing early time concepts and beginning sequencing concepts. Both of these skills are essential to success in other academic areas, as well as life skills areas.
Not just for sequencing + time concepts! Utilize the resource for predicting, past tense verbs, sentence structure, and grammar skills!
Target temporal and sequential skills with these printable worksheets. Keep your students engaged and provide lots of practice opportunities! The action pictures included are appropriate for all ages.
Target these skills with the questions:
- What happened before?
- What happened after?
- What happened first?
- What happened second/next/last?
- What happened in the beginning?
- What happened in the end?
✅ WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Temporal Concepts Visuals page
- Before/After Temporal Sequencing Mat
- First/Next Temporal Sequencing Mat
- 48 large action pictures (24 pairs)
- 4 Temporal Sequencing “Cut & Paste” Pages
- Black and white versions are included for a print-friendly option or to send home for homework.
The mats and large pictures are perfect for introducing and teaching concepts.
The “Cut & Paste” pages utilize the same action sequences to ensure the skills are learned and generalized.
Permanent Assembly
1. Laminate sequence mat
2. Cut & laminate the big cards
3. Place velcro on the back of the picture cards and on the before/after squares on the mat
4. Student places the before and after picture in the correct order on the mat
Quick Assembly/Homework Pages
1. Cut out the 12 pictures found on each page
2. Give the student one set of before/after cards
3. Student places pictures in the correct order on the page
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SLPS AND EDUCATORS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Great product that makes it easy to introduce these temporal concepts. The black and white make great no prep sheets we can do in a session and then I can send for homework or give to an EA to reinforce.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Easy to use and concrete resource for helping my students learn sequential and temporal concepts.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It is so hard to find activities to work directly on before/after sequential concepts! These picture cards are so great, along with the organizers.”
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Curriculum For Autism –
Great activity! Just what I was looking for to practice past tenses.
Love Speech Therapy by Betsy B. –
Can’t wait to use these with my kiddos. Thank you!
Alicia F. –
Nice activity! Thanks – perfect for before/after, predicting and past tense verbs.
Jennifer H. –
Lots of pictures!
Creating Communicators –
This pack is so great! I love that there are 2 versions-black and white and color versions. You can use the black and white for homework and reinforcement!
Love your work! 🙂
rita W. –
great to have color to laminate and black/white to send home.
Leslee S. –
This is perfect! So many of my students struggle with the before/after concept and this provides the visual support they need.
Melissa A. –
always looking for news ways to work on these concepts! thanks!
Sheri H. –
Teaching before and after is always difficult so I’m very excited for these resources!
Amanda S. –
Great quality material
Felicia D. –
Love the visuals these provide for temporal concepts.
Jessica O. –
I love using this resource! I wish there were more!
Barbara V. –
I think this will really help my students!
Carole C. –
Always need more materials for before and after. Can’t say enough good things about your materials. I may be your biggest fan!
Denise D. –
Thank you!
Buyer –
Loved this!!
Jessica L. –
Thank you for including many functional sequences!
Laura K. –
I’ve only used this once. I’m hoping to get more use out it. Lots of my kids struggle with temporal concepts. Thanks!
Leah K. –
This is great. Thank you!
Melissa B. –
Excellent resource for working on before/after
Catherine L. –
excellent thanks.
Ms Gardenia’s Speech Room –
Great for RTI in the ECC campus.
Megan R. –
Thank you!
Yolande Grenfell –
Thank you – very helpful
Elissa Kaufman –
Thanks!
Joy L. –
This is exactly what I was looking for, to teach the concept of sequencing. Thank you.
Lauren T. –
Just what I needed! thank you
Lindsey W. –
Kids are loving this in PreK.
Melissa R. –
Great product, thanks!
roslyn W. –
helpful
Brooke L. –
Just what I was looking for. THANKS!
Kristin Russo –
Excited to use this product!
Marissa B. –
Perfect activity to teach before/after!
Stephanie Z. –
thanks! great help
Jennifer A. –
This is an easy to use resource for working on temporal directions. It provides a lot of practice. Very nice quality. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Joni M. –
Great resource!
Cassandra W. –
A great resource! I am always after more temporal concept resources. Thank you!
Mary P. –
Can never have enough sequencing activities! The colorful pics are great for my kids with special needs
Mary L. –
Helpful resource for targeting these concepts.
Caitlin P. –
Great visuals and activities for teaching before & after! My kindergartens loved it.
Jana S. –
Helpful
Vickye L. –
Looks great— the picture cues are so important for the little ones. Thank You
Miss Ren Speech –
These are great for those kids who struggle with sequencing especially the temporal terms like before and after. Also great if you travel between buildings! Thanks
Karen B. –
I loved this activity, but it was a little hard for my pre-k kids with special needs.
Erin H. –
This product is great for some of my younger language students! I love how clearly it is structured. My students liked coloring along with the activity, too! Thanks for an awesome product. 🙂
Kendra M. –
Great! Thanks so much!
Rebecca C. –
The pictures are clear and give a clear overview of how to use temporal concepts in sentences and in routines.
Kristen H. –
Very clear and easy to use!
Kerri B. –
Thank you.
Lauren S –
This is a useful resource to teach before/after. I am happy I found this product; I haven’t seen many materials for it on tpt. I just wish the actions/sequences depicted were a bit more familiar. Many of the action sequences are unfamiliar actions to the children I work with,
A Sprinkle of Speech –
Great! The visual (mat) really helps to teach this concept! Thank you!
Brittany M. –
Thank you for this hands on activity to help teach the concept of time.
Justine Holland –
Thanks!
Grace C. –
Love this! I use it constantly!
Claire B. –
A great resource for teaching temporal concepts. Easy to use and print and go!
MollySLP –
Great resource
Sarah R. –
Excellent activity
Natalie B. –
Great visual to use to explain a difficult concept to little ones! I love how many examples are included so there’s always enough to do with no repeats!
Leslie C. –
Great for temporal concept teaching with ASD students as the words help prompt them.
Tiana M. –
Good for use in functional speech therapy.
Kim S. –
Just printed and am putting in planning this week. Activities look complete and easy for the kids to do and give feedback on.
diane W. –
This is great!
Emily Jost –
These cards made planning for sequencing easier.
Kristen C. –
Great! Thank you!
Olivia S. –
This is easy to use and comprehensive. Thanks!
Brigid L. –
Thank you for this useful resource.
Mary Jo K. –
Thank you
Olivia C. –
GREAT visuals!
Shaune A. –
Perfect for my student!
Karena Haskoor –
Great resource!
Communication For Life –
Perfect match for your bundle! Thank you!
Soraya Christie –
Great product, thanks!
Brenna Ryan Speech Therapy –
Thank you for this product!
Jessica Reed –
Love this product!!
Berenice S. –
Temporal concepts are difficulty concepts to understand for my students. The pictures are engaging and easy for students to understand sequence.
Christina S. –
Thanks
Brigitte D. –
Thanks!
Natali C. –
Thank you!
Morreale’s Materials –
Good visuals
Andrea L –
Thank you!
Shelli N. –
Thank You!
Melanie M. –
So helpful!
Bauman Speech –
This can be a tricky concept to teach, but I love how this resource breaks it down. Thank you!!
Linda K. –
Great resource
Jessica P. –
Helpful, but some students had difficulty understanding what was happening in some of the pictures.
Ambar L. –
Good resource to teach sequencing.
Minnesota SLP –
My students always enjoy these worksheets. Thank you!
Brittany M. –
This resource is extremely helpful especially because of the simple visuals that engage my clients with autism.
AshleyTheSLP –
Quick and easy to print and use for targeting sequencing. It fit the bill for what I needed without costing a lot.
kaitlyn K. –
Love it.
Esther P. –
Great resource!
Lindsey West –
This was a great resource for my student with autism. I will use it with other students when we go back to school.
Kay B. –
Great resource!
Heidi M. –
It is so hard to find activities to work directly on before/after sequential concepts! These picture cards are so great, along with the organizers.
Ogadinma O. –
Great resource!
Anna P. –
Love how clearly set out this resource is! If you’re using this for online learning – need some time to set it out. Looking forward to using this in f2f learning!
Eileen F. –
Thank you! Great resource
MARLEN N. –
Very useful
Meagan M. –
I love how this resource included the before/after visuals. This is exactly what I was looking for to use with my student. It did take some time to prepare but worth it. Thanks!
Sook C. –
Great visuals and use of placement mats. I did find the images chosen hard to expand on with the use of ‘after’ and ‘before’ concepts in sentences – they work better when you model the use of ‘after’ and ‘before’ out of context.
Elisabeth G. –
love this! just what i needed!
Speechyspot –
Great visuals.
Thank you
Amber Froney –
Great resource for teaching before and after!
Leah O. –
Good for my older students with more profound disabilities. Very simple but effective.
Ericka P. –
My kiddos enjoyed!!
imalisawork –
Great resource for my students.
Katheryn S. –
Great resource! Thank you 🙂
Anita B. –
Excellent resource – my students loved it!
Shannon Z. –
Great resource for visual cues!
Kelly S. –
The visuals are simple and easy to see. Love it!
Lizzy P. –
Great at supporting temporal concept understanding
Cortney Krugman –
This is a great, low prep resource to pair with a reinforcer game to work on basic temporal concepts!
Alyssa V. –
Love this resource! The visuals were really beneficial in helping my students understand temporal concepts!
Riley B. –
This resource is so helpful! One of my favourites.
Devon G. –
great
Jordan T. –
Great product!
Sherridan Micallef –
Such a great resource!
Erin M. –
This is an easy to use/create resource for working on temporal directions. It provided lots of practise opportunities with great quality pictures – Kept my student very engaged.
The Elementary Speechy –
Great resource
Wanda W. –
Thank you so much for the great resource! My kiddos love this and I truly appreciate the B&W version of the pictures 🙂
Maureen Aromi –
I really liked the format of these cards, as it was similar to the “first, then” cards used in some of our classrooms. It helped the students understand the concept of moving from one time to another.
Christina Gigante –
I love this activity for working on understanding sequencing concepts!
Rachel N. –
Great resource!
Sienna P. –
This is a great resource for teaching very simple sequencing and also great for short story retell.
Alyssa S. –
This has been a very helpful resource to address learning and memory with students.
Karin W. –
Loved this, great for beginning work on sequencing with my young learners
Brittany B. –
Great resource!
Toni V. –
Easy to use and concrete resource for helping my students learn sequential and temporal concepts.
erika B. –
This is a great supplimental resource for practicing IEP goals with students in my adaptive classroom.
Leandra S. –
I really love this set of sequencing cards and use them for sentence structure / grammar as well as sequencing words.
Laura L. –
Great product that makes it easy to introduce these temporal concepts. The black and white make great no prep sheets we can do in a session and then I can send for homework or give to an EA to reinforce.
Speech Wonderland –
Great resource for teaching sequencing, thank you!
Yocelyng S. –
Thanks so much for such a great resource to use with my SLP students 🙂
Cara Brennan –
This resource is great for targeting sequencing. I love the visuals!
Brittanie M. –
The visuals in this bundle are very helpful, my students struggle with temporal concepts and having this near by is a home-run.
Rebekah E. –
Good visual for teaching temporal concept to students.
Megan M. –
My patients love using this activity! The simple layout is very helpful! Thank you!
Karen J. –
Great resource for students on the autism spectrum.
Lauren Gingerich –
This breaks the skill down well and helps with student comprehension
Speechaholic SLP –
Great activity for working on teaching early sequencing skills and temporal concepts. A must have for IEP sequencing goals.
Kristi W. –
I’ve been looking for some good before/after, first/last resources. This has been working out well.
Empowering Speech Services –
Love this! Thank you so much for creating it. It is perfect!
Rebecca S. –
Great resource to use, minimal prep which makes it easy to set up.
Ashley B. –
This resource helped engage my students. LOVE IT!
Hannah M. –
I love this resource and highly recommend it to teachers/therapists working on sequencing.
Isabelle K. –
Loved the variety of sizes and ways to print for options depending on the student or day.
Midwest SLP –
This resource is amazing! So easy to use and such a great tool for sessions!
Casey F. –
I used this with EL students. They did a really great job with some difficult concepts.
Elizabeth S. –
Great resource, was exactly what I was looking for
Kelsey O. –
I liked the visuals for specifically teaching some of these sequencing concepts. Sometimes my students found some of the graphics a little bit confusing. We have been working through and using that as an opportunity to ask for help/clarification.
Paula P. –
My students loved using the resource to engage in sequencing to retell the events with temporal language.
Professional Yapper’s Resources –
These are must-have visuals for sequential concepts. Love them!!!
Samantha Z. –
Helpful resource when working on temporal concepts!
Samantha P. –
This really helped my special education students, thank you!
Nawal –
This is soooo great for generalisation of the before and after concepts!
Caitlin –
I’ve used this with a few lower life skills students and it was such a great tool to help them process sequential tasks!
Monina Cordero –
Been looking for a 2-step set that I can download as overseas shipping can get complicated during lockdown. These cards are exactly what I needed. Illustrations are of high quality and scenes are clearly depicted. Instructions included. Thanks, Allison!
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Retired special educator, homeschool mama
Manila, Philippines