CHEFAN Sequencing Cards, Sequence Game for Kids, Daily Routine for Speech Therapy, Sentence Building for Autism, Special Education, Preschool, Classroom

These are a set with four sequencing cards in them. The pictures are real and good quality and fairly decent in size to be looked at.

I'm super happy with this set of sequencing cards. I ordered these to use with my kindergarten class. Each of the 20 sets has three photo cards and the student is supposed to put them in the correct order. These have some really nice images, but some might need to be a learning opportunity as not every child will know/recognize each of these sequences. Because of this, I will be usng these with a small group of students so I can talk about what is happening in the picture and use transition words such as first, next, then . . .The cards are coated and can be used with dry erase pens. They store neatly in a small felt box with handle. Quality classroom resource!

Here is a set of cards for practicing the skill of sequencing. That is, the ability to look at an array of images, and to discern the relationship between them, so that you can determine what happened first, next, and last. This is an important skill for young children to learn, and it is one of the things they practice in Pre-K and kindergarten. This particular set appears to have garnered a relatively positive reaction from others, but the company made some choices which I think undermine the point of the product, so I wanted to make sure you know what to expect.To be fair, there were several things I liked about the product. The cards are a good size, and the printing is clear. In other words, nothing is blurry or pixelated. I definitely appreciate that the company decided to use detailed photographs rather than just line drawings or cartoonish figures. The photos give a lot more visual information, and the images are more precise and exact. For the sake of clarity, each set of three sequential events is separated by borders of different colors, and each card within a sequence is labeled •, ••, or •••, indicating the correct order of events.But the set falls short for me in several ways. For one thing, the cardstock seems quite thin and fragile. It's slightly heavier than a sticky note, but feels less stiff and substantial than an index card. These would never last in a classroom setting, but even for home use, I would suggest laminating them so they don't rip by accident. The various border colors meant to help distinguish between cards belonging to different sequences isn't really all that helpful, given that several sequences rely on similar blue and turquoise shades. As the adult, you probably don't need the borders to sort between the events, so presumably the borders are there to assist a child in pulling together related events. In that case I think the company should have made more of an effort to choose dissimilar colors, in order to eliminate, or at least limit, confusion for a young learner.You may or may not regard my main concern as being a real problem, but I'm going to put it out there anyway, so you have all the information you need to make your own decision. Personally, I really, really didn't like the fact that the company failed to choose consistent images *within* a sequence. For example, one sequence shows a clean, empty plate, then a spaghetti dinner, and then an empty plate with smears of remaining sauce. We all understand how to interpret that, but for some reason, each of those three photos features a different plate, and different flatware. They change every time. In another sequence, the first image is of floppy slices of wheat sandwich bread, while the second is of building a sandwich on what appears to be crusty, white artisanal bread. A third example: a sequence begins with a clear plastic tote and big Lego blocks scattered across a floor, then the next image is of a girl, on a different rug, with wooden toys and a brown cardboard box, and last is a brown banker box floating in front of a white background (no room or floor at all) and filled with stuffed toys and chunky plastic vehicles.The problem I see here is that all these background details are not supposed to change from one picture to the next within a single sequence. Instead, the images are supposed to be internally consistent as a sequence of events, with one action (either shown or implied) leading to the second picture, then generally the same action happens again, or the next step in a process, which leads to the last picture. One should lead to th next, and flow from the one before. Young children are supposed to be able to decode what's happening, and if everything seems to be fluid from one image to another, that makes the task unnecessarily tricky. In the spaghetti example above, everything in the pictures changes from one image to another. It's like the company just used random stock photos they found online, and then didn't even bother in every case to shoot for pictures which look like they belong together. The one I described above, about cleaning up toys, is probably the most egregious example of that. Different toys, different storage solution, different settings or backgrounds for all three.I just don't know what they were thinking, although the thought that these are just randomly searched Internet images leads me to wonder if they were trying to be cheap and save money, which makes sense given the flimsy material they used for the cards. Nevertheless, I could salvage the problem with the cardstock by mounting these on something more substantial, or by laminating, or both. There's nothing I can do, though, about the sometimes very poorly chosen images, and it's not just two or three of them. Several of the sequences feature internal inconsistencies, yet others were fine. The seed sprouting, and the apple being eaten, are both examples of how to design a set like this. If all the images for the sequences had been chosen like that, I would have given a higher rating. Probably would be a four-or four-and-a-half star product at that point. As it is, though, I'm going with two. This is not the kind of thing we would have used in the classroom, when I was in education.

On the positive side, I love that there are 20 different sets of sequencing cards in this kit as this provides a good amount of trials to reinforce sequencing learning. I also love that each set of 3 cards is colored the same for easy distinction between the sets. I also love the single, double, or triple dot reference on the back to quickly verify the correct order of cards. The pictures on the cards are clear photos of real objects/actions, and are easy to distinguish. Each set is of a simple action that should be familiar to most children. On the negative side, I wish that these cards were made from a thicker card stock. Although they are laminated, they are on the thinner side. Also, although the carrying case is convenient, it is made from felt, so I’m not sure how durable it will be.

There are so many ways these cards can be used as sparks for creativity. For very young or special ed students, just identifying and telling the story of what is happening from card to card would be valuable. As a drawing teacher who sometimes does animation, the idea of sequencing has lots of uses. They are strong enough to take use. This is the kind of thing I would get as an idea and then spend a thousand hours taking pictures of sequences - but thanks to these cards I don't have to! These will live in my inspiration box, an area where I have all kinds of things that might spark a creative project.

Well constructed cards with nice quality, clear photos for each sequence. The choice of photos doesn’t always make the most sence.

They show real scenarios with descriptive stages to allow the children to identify first, second, and third in order.

I work with autistic kindergartners and these are a great training exercise for them. The cards are very easy for my kids to see and understand.