My Waiting Tracker: Visual Timers, Waiting Road & Calm Cards | Printable for Autistic, ADHD & SEN Children
Waiting is hard. Waiting ends. This pack helps children who find waiting difficult see how much is left, and gives them things to do while they wait.
Made in the HugBug Calm Corner style for autistic, ADHD and SEN children, with a friendly first-person voice (“I can wait. I am doing it.”).
What’s inside (13 printable pages):
- Story: “Waiting is hard. Waiting ends.” (6 panels)
- 8 Waiting Words cards
- 8 While I Wait calming cards: count, breathe, squeeze, wiggle, look, think, hum, hold
- The Waiting Road, a 10-stop path to colour in
- 3 waiting trackers: stairs, a 10-block bar and a caterpillar
- Visual timers for 2, 5, 10 and 15 minutes
- 4 First/Then boards
- 14-day countdown for big days
- “I Waited!” 30-star chart and certificate
- Grown-up guide
How to use it: Print at home on A4. Pick the tracker that suits your child, colour in a piece each time they wait, and celebrate with the star chart.
Licence: Single-user. For one family, or one teacher or practitioner using it with their own children, class or group. Please don’t share, resell or post it online. Colleagues are welcome to buy their own copy.
This is a supportive tool, not medical or clinical advice.