4-Part Sequences, Sequencing Skills

Picture sequencing sets are a staple resource in most speech and language therapy clinics and classrooms to support the development of sequencing skills. Sequencing sets can be used to develop skills in various aspects of language including vocabulary, pronouns, tenses, conjunctions, narrative, and organisation of ideas into a coherent verbal sequence.

Teachers frequently use sequence pictures as visual support for pupils who are struggling with story writing. Teachers/Specialist Teachers will also find these resources are useful for neurodiverse children who are experiencing difficulties with sequencing. Such children may have difficulty ordering events.

This pack contains 20 colourful, attractive and amusing four-part sequences which are suitable for a wide age range and for a variety of therapy and teaching targets, including sequencing skills. Examples of how these sequences begin include:

• A bear sees a bee hive in a tree. Bees mean honey!
• A spaceship is flying in the night sky. It lands in a field.
• A girl is flying a kite. She lets her dog have a turn.
• A boy is walking over a bridge. A monster lives under the bridge.
• The wizard is making a magic potion. He goes out of the room to fetch something.
• Two fish see a worm, but it’s fastened onto a hook.
• A rabbit sees some lettuce in a garden. He squeezes through the fence.
• It’s wintertime. ‘Time for me to go to sleep,’ says the bear.

Full instructions are included, as well as duplicate Black and white copies of the pictures.

If you are wishing to deliver this resource online and share it with parents and carers, please see our online digital resource.

Aims: To develop and support more complex sequencing skills.

Additional Targets: Extending sentence length; teaching conjunctions ‘and’ ‘because’; predicting; answering ‘Why’ questions; Narrative therapy; use of past/future tenses; early story writing.

Age Range: Foundation Stage – KS 1+, 4years – 7years+.

Format: PDF file, 47 pages

Snippet: Upgrade your account to send specially selected extracts of this resource, via our website, to parents and carers for homework exercises. Sequences include:

• Once upon a time, a monster came out of his cave… and… went for a walk in the forest… but… some people saw him… so… he hid behind a tree.
• One day, our cat woke up… and… walked into the kitchen… but… there was no food for him… so… he meowed really loudly.
• Last night, Hassan got into bed… and… switched off the light… but… he saw a big spider on his pillow… so… he ran out of the room.
• Amy opened a tin of soup… and… put the soup in the microwave… but… it splattered all over the inside of the microwave… so… she had to wipe it clean.