Help Your Child Get Ready for School: 120 Classroom Picture Cards for Autism & Preschool

Starting school, or finding the classroom hard? Show your child the new places, people and routines before the first day, and give them a picture to point to when they need the toilet, a drink or some help.

120 printable school picture cards for preschoolers, kindergarten and children who are autistic, non-speaking or just learning to talk. Clear, simple pictures on a white background, with one word under each picture.

WHAT YOU GET (15 PAGES)

• 120 picture cards, 2 x 2 inches (5 cm), in 10 color-coded groups of 12:

- Classroom Things, Art Supplies, School Places, School Activities, Playground

- School Routine, Class Requests, People at School, Lunch at School, Learning

• 12 blank cards for your child's own teacher, classroom or friends

• Sentence strips: I need... / Can I have the...? / It's time for... / I want to go to the...

• 2 checklist pages with every card, to track new words

• How to use page: get ready for school, ask for help, school day schedule, talk about the day

• 2 PDF files: US Letter (US words) and A4 (Australian / New Zealand words such as rubber, sick bay, morning tea and bubbler), plus a printing guide

HOW TO USE

1. Print at 100% scale (Actual size), laminate if you like, and cut out the cards.

2. Before school starts, look at the cards together: the classroom, the teacher, the bag hook, lunch time.

3. Put a few request cards (toilet, drink, help, break) where your child can reach them.

4. Line up the routine cards to show the school day in order.

5. After school, let your child pick the cards for what they did today.

MATCHING SETS

All cards are 2 x 2 inches, the same size and style as my Communication Cards, Food Cards and First Words cards, so you can mix them on the same boards.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.

• The files are PDFs and are not editable.

• These cards support language and routines at home and in class. They are not a therapy program and do not replace the advice of your child's teacher or speech therapist.

• Colors may look slightly different depending on your screen and printer.

• The pictures were created by me with the help of AI tools, then selected, cleaned up and laid out for print.

TERMS OF USE

For personal, classroom and therapy use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own home, class or clients. Files may not be resold, shared or redistributed.

If there is any problem with your files, send me a message and I will fix it for you. This does not affect your rights under consumer law.