I Know What To Expect Sets

TomTag- I Know What To Expect At Home Kit

TomTag is a flexible visual support and communication tool that can be used to create personalised visual timetables, schedules, prompts and checklists helping children with daily routines or situations they find difficult by providing them with structure, predictability and reassurance– at home, at school and when out and about.

With the I Know What To Expect At Home Kit, you can create personalised visual schedules,  reminders and checklists to help your child with unstructured time and routines in the home and when going out and about.

A popular and versatile kit to help children understand what they are doing and when in their home routines and to help develop their independent skills.

Everything’s ready to go with TomTag’s colourful, sturdy tags, click-in buttons and symbol stickers. All you need to do is personalise it – just pick, stick, click and off you go. Most children love stickers so let them join in the fun! Helping set them up will encourage them to use it too!

Key benefits

• Creating a structure and routine to your child’s day at home results in a calmer and less chaotic family life
• Showing your child what to expect during their day helps reduce their anxiety and meltdowns caused by unstructured time
• Communicating behaviour expectations helps your child understand what is being said or asked of them and teaches them appropriate social behaviour
• Showing your child what they need to do and in what order leads to less frustration when moving between tasks

• Breaking down self-care activities into smaller steps helps your child learn these important life skills in a fun, engaging and effective way

• Quickly and easily adapt your routines when something different is going to happen

 

Kit contents

• 7 TomTag Button Holders
• 50 blank buttons to give you the flexibility to create multiple schedules
• 2 attachment loops to fasten TomTag to a hook, belt or bag
• Easy to follow instruction sheet to assemble your TomTag
• In The House sticker pack which contains
  • 72 different symbol stickers (2 copies of each) for

• Personal care & behaviour: Get up, shower, get dressed, brush hair, brush teeth, undress, wash, bath, bed time, use toilet, wash hands, go to sleep, tablets/medicine, glasses, ear defenders, mobile phone, please,  thank you, time out, reward, use timer, quiet, share
• Mealtimes: breakfast, snack, fruit, lunch, sandwich, dinner, sweet treats, picnic, eat, drink
• People & places: mum, dad, brother, sister, family, grandparents, visitor, friend, babysitter, living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen
• Activities: TV, games, baking, read, hobby, homework, tidy up, go to school, no school, walk dog, craft, play inside, iPad/tablet, messy play, listen to music, gaming, play outside, party, lego, pack school bag, puzzles, sensory time, computer, get ready

• 12 blank round stickers for personalisation
• 8 blank rectangular stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders
• Week day stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders

• Out & About sticker pack which contains

• • 72 different symbol stickers (2 copies of each) for

• Places to go: art gallery, museum, day centre, school, friends house, theatre, cinema, café, restaurant, library, home, leisure centre, club, bowling, soft play, church, park, farm, zoo, playground,
• Shops:Shop, supermarket, shopping centre, market, butchers, bread shop, fruit & veg shop, shoe shop, toy shop, clothes shop, changing room (M & F)
• Shopping:buy, spend, take change, bank card, pay with card, checkout, wallet, purse, cash machine, trolley, shopping bag, shopping
• Transport & travel:car, car seat, fasten seat belt, car park, tricycle, bicycle, scooter, bus, bus stop, train, train station, crossing, cross road, town, city
• Behaviour: no biting, no pushing, no kicking, toilets, treat, don’t touch, walk, don’t run, walk together, hold hands, queue, look and listen, wait

• 12 blank round stickers for personalisation
• 8 blank rectangular stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders

Click the gallery to view the symbol images

Dimensions

• TomTag Button Holder:18cm x 3cm
• Buttons: 2cm diameter

TomTag – I Know What To Expect At School Kit

With the I Know What To Expect At School Kit, you can create portable and discrete personalised visual timetables and prompts to help a child know what to expect and how to behave at school.

A valuable classroom toolkit for busy teachers and support staff to help children understand the structure of their school day and to help develop their memory, organisation and independence skills.

Everything’s ready to go with TomTag’s colourful, sturdy tags, click-in buttons and symbol stickers. All you need to do is personalise it – just pick, stick, click and off you go. Most children love stickers so let them join in the fun! Helping set them up will encourage them to use it too!

Key benefits

• Creating structure and routine results in predictability which reduces a child’s anxiety and aids their concentration
• Showing a child what they need to do helps to reinforce verbal instructions
• Encouraging independent working and learning by giving a child responsibility for manging their own timetable
• Supporting transitions and encouraging the completion of less-preferred activities using simple First/Then/Next prompts helps reduce a child’s negative behaviour
• Communicating behavioural and social expectations helps a child understand and remember how to behave in the classroom
• Quickly and easily adapt a child’s timetable when something different is going to happen
• Time saving for busy educational staff as everything is ready with no printing, laminating or Velcro required!
• Strong and durable water-resistant stickers means a child’s timetable can easily be kept clean

 

Kit contents

• 6 TomTag Button Holders
• 40 blank buttons to give you the flexibility to create multiple timetables and prompts
• 1 attachment loop to fasten TomTag to a hook, belt or bag
• Easy to follow instruction sheet to assemble your TomTag
• School Timetable sticker pack which contains
  • 84 different symbol stickers (2 copies of each) for

• Lesson time:literacy, numeracy, geography, history, science, French, German, Spanish, PSHE, drama, music, art, RE, spellings, writing, reading, ICT, DT/craft, sewing, cooking
• In the classroom:register, brain gym,  mental maths, assembly, story, lesson, role-play, computer time, story time, work time, show & tell, circle time, group work, test, singing
• Around school:swimming, gymnastics, dance, sport, football, netball, PE, snack time, lunchtime, packed lunch, play time, buddy time, forest school, library, play date, school club, field trip, concert, bus, home
• Rules & behaviour:listen, ask, stop, help, good work, put hand up, be quiet, sit down, cross legs, line up, put away, reward star, now, next, first, then

• 12 blank round stickers for personalisation
• 8 blank rectangular stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders

 

Click the gallery to view the symbol images

Dimensions

• TomTag Button Holder:18cm x 3cm
• Buttons: 2cm diameter

WARNING: Please note – TomTag is not a toy. Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts

Symbol images produced under licence from Widgit Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2002-2022 www.widgit.com

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