Before and After Concept Cards
Category: Education / Speech Therapy
Step-by-step practice with before, after, first, then and last: 120 cards in 4 stages, no-cut worksheets, a group game, IEP data sheets and a parent guide.
Give your child clear, step-by-step practice with before and after, to help with first-then directions and picture stories. These before and after concept cards are made for speech therapists, special education teachers and preschool and kindergarten teachers working on temporal concepts. Your student moves from pointing to telling to following two-step directions to saying full sentences, and you see the progress on simple data sheets. This printable pack has 120 cards in 4 stages, worksheets, a group game and a parent guide.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 1 ZIP file with 3 PDF files
• Before-and-After-Concept-Cards-A4.pdf: 71 pages, A4 paper
• Before-and-After-Concept-Cards-US-Letter.pdf: 71 pages, US Letter paper
• PRINT-GUIDE.pdf: 4 pages (which file to use, how to print, page finder, terms explained)
INSIDE EACH PRINT FILE
• 120 picture cards in 4 stages, 30 cards per stage, 6 cards per page with dashed cut lines; every card shows its stage and number
• 2 picture mats for the direction cards: Mat A (6 shapes) and Mat B (8 everyday things)
• 16 no-cut worksheets, 4 for each stage
• Answer keys for all 120 cards and the worksheets, with a model sentence for every sentence card
• Group card game "Before & After Match": 48 game cards (24 pairs), 3 ways to play, a Before / After sorting mat and a First / Then / Last mat
• 5 concept word cards: first, then, last, before, after
• Teacher pages: how to use, teaching tips and scoring, prompt steps, and a guide page for each stage
• 6 IEP data pages: sample IEP goals, session data sheet, group data sheet, directions error check, progress graph, mastery tracker for all 120 cards
• For families: 10 ways to use before and after at home (2 pages) and a home practice page
THE 4 STAGES
• Stage 1, Understand: point to what happened first, last, before or after (2 or 3 pictures in a mixed order)
• Stage 2, Tell: what happened after? what happened before? what will happen after? and first, then, last with 3 pictures
• Stage 3, Follow directions: 2-step directions such as "Before you touch the heart, touch the triangle", from the easy order to the reverse order
• Stage 4, Sentences: everyday routines with sentence frames such as "I ___ before I ___" and "After I ___, I ___"
PERFECT FOR
• Speech-language therapists working on temporal concepts, basic concepts and following directions
• Special education teachers and resource rooms
• Preschool, pre-K and kindergarten classrooms
• Small groups, centers and homeschool
• Children who are not ready for picture sequencing yet
HOW TO USE
• Warm up with the 5 concept word cards
• Pick 6 to 10 cards from one stage and read each card the same way
• Mark each answer on the data sheet: + correct, P with a prompt, – not yet
• Practice with a worksheet, the card game or a real routine
• Move to the next stage at about 80% correct with no help
HOW TO PRINT
• Open the PDF that matches your paper: A4 or US Letter
• Print at "Actual size" or 100%, not "Fit to page"
• Black and white printing is all you need
• Cardstock (65-110 lb / 176-300 gsm) makes sturdy cards; laminate them to reuse
• Print card pages single-sided and cut along the dashed lines; the worksheets need no cutting
PLEASE NOTE
• This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped.
• Printed results can look slightly different depending on your printer and paper.
• Designed by Printivora: an exclusive design for our shop, built from our own original ideas and prompts, with the help of AI tools.
• For personal use, or for one therapist, one teacher, one classroom or one homeschool group.
• Please do not resell, share or upload the files or the printed pages.
• Some pictures show things only a grown-up should do, such as cooking or using a knife; talk about this with the child.
• Scissors, cardstock and laminating are not included. This pack is practice material, not a diagnostic test; the sample IEP goals are wording to adapt with your team.
• Ready for the next step? Our Sequencing Cards First Next Then Last pack puts these words to work with 3- and 4-step picture stories.
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