Tom Tags – Mini Kits

 Tom Tags – Mini Kits

Reduce anxieties and frustrations and make it easier for your child to understand, follow and remember what they need to do with the TomTag visual support system.

Inspired by a mum and her autistic son Tom, TomTag has been created to help parents and children communicate.

With a unique and innovative design, this award-winning communication tool helps children and young people develop coping strategies to manage their day, using structure, organisation and predictability – at home, at school and when out and about.

It’s a visual support that children love to use.

Share How I Feel Mini Kit:

TomTag – I Can Do It Share How I Feel Mini Kit

The I Can Do It Share How I Feel Mini Kit is a visual feelings thermometer with 6 simple colour-graded ‘feelings’ faces to help children comfortably and confidently share and discuss their feelings, worries and emotions.

Key benefits

• Communicating their emotional state or how they feel about something helps your child to recognise and understand their feelings
• Encouraging your child to rate their anxiety or confidence level before starting a task or activity helps you to decide what support they might need
• Assessing your child’s level of anxiety or discomfort when introducing a change to routine helps you reassure them
• Reflecting back on a task, activity or event that has finished helps your child build resilience
• Quickly and easily check in with your child before school to assess their readiness for learning and after school to alert you to any issues
• Sharing with your child how you feel about their work or attitude helps them develop their ability to recognise the feelings of others

Kit contents

• 1 TomTag Button Holder (colour may vary)
• 6 buttons with symbol stickers

Dimensions

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

Our customers say

“Finally I’ve got a ‘emotion-traffic light’. This is great in many ways I can show how I feel if I’m happy or OK or Sad and up to a really deep red angry. But I could use it as a pain scale or a scale of how much energy I have or about my inner tension, how strong a certain emotion is and as well as how bad a flashback is.”

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

(C) Orkid Ideas Limited 2022

 

 

Brush My Teeth:

TomTag- I Can Do It Brush My Teeth Mini Kit

Create a visual step-by-step reminder to teach children a teeth brushing routine.

Key benefits

• Showing your child exactly what they need to do and in what order helps them to learn their teeth brushing routine in a fun, engaging and effective way
• Encouraging independence by giving your child responsibility for brushing their own teeth
• Communicating what your child needs to do without constant verbal prompting leads to less frustration and an increase in their self-confidence.
• Reminding and reinforcing in a discrete way the steps that older children and adults need to take
• Strong and durable easy clean water-resistant stickers means you can use this visual reminder in the bathroom where your child can see it

Kit contents

• 1 TomTag Button Holder (colour may vary)
• 6 blank buttons
• 6 symbol stickers
• 2 blank stickers for extra personalisation
• 1 pre-printed rectangular label naming your TomTag Button Holder

Dimensions

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

Symbols included

• toothpaste
• toothbrush
• toothpaste on brush
• brush teeth
• floss teeth
• rinse

 

First & Then (At School):

TomTag – I Know What To Expect First/ Then (At School) Mini Kit

With the I Know What To Expect First/Then Mini Kit, you can create portable and discrete personalised visual timetables to help a child with basic school routines and to learn simple sequencing skills.

A basic 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.

Key benefits

• Creating structure and basic school routines with an individualised timetable makes the school day more predictable and helps reduce a child’s anxiety
• Encouraging organisation skills and independent learning by teaching simple sequencing, task ordering and time management skills gives a child confidence and develops their self-esteem

• Supporting transitions and encouraging the completion of less-preferred activities using simple First/Then/Next prompts helps reduce a child’s negative behaviour caused by anxiety and uncertainty

• 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 schedule can easily be kept clean

Kit contents 

• 2 TomTag Button Holders (colours may vary)
• 20 blank buttons to give you the flexibility to create different timetables
• 20 symbol stickers for you to choose from to make personalised timetables
• 4 blank stickers to use for additional items or tasks
• 4 blank rectangular stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders
• Easy to follow instruction sheet to assemble your TomTag

Dimensions

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

Symbols included

• lesson, play time, work time, circle time
• home time, snack time, lunch time, story
• spellings, numeracy, reading, writing
• sport, computer time, be quiet, sit nicely, reward star
• FIRST, NEXT, THEN (as words)

 

Morning & Evening:

With the Morning and Evening Mini Kit, you can create personalised visual schedules to help your child with morning and bedtime routines at home.

A basic toolkit designed to help families who want a calmer start and end to the day and to help develop their child’s 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 mornings and evenings at home results in a calmer less chaotic start and end to the day
• Showing your child exactly what they need to do and in what order helps reduce their anxiety and meltdowns
• Communicating what your child needs to do without constant verbal prompting leads to less frustration when moving between tasks
• Encouraging independence by giving your child responsibility for themselves
• Strong and durable water-resistant stickers means you can display routines easily in the bedroom, bathroom or any other place in the house where your child can see them
• Quickly and easily adapt your routines when something different is going to happen

 

Kit contents

• 2  TomTag Button Holders (colours may vary)
• 20  blank buttons to give you the flexibility to create multiple routines
• 20 symbol stickers for you to choose from to make personalised routines
• 4  blank stickers to use for additional items or tasks
• 4  blank rectangular stickers to label your TomTag Button Holders
• Easy to follow instruction sheet to assemble your TomTag

Dimensions

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

Symbols included

• get up, bedtime, get dressed, get undressed,
• wash, shower, bath, wash hands, use toilet (sitting), use toilet (standing)
• brush hair, brush teeth, breakfast, eat, drink
• get ready, go to school, homework, read, ipad/tablet

 

 

My School Day:

With the I know What to Expect My School Day Mini Kit, you can create a portable visual timeline to help children understand what to expect during their school day.

Key benefits

• Creating a routine for your child’s school day results in a calmer start to their day
• Showing your child exactly what is going to happen and in what order helps reduce their anxiety
• Encouraging independence by giving your child responsibility for their own routine
• Communicating what your child needs to do without constant prompting leads to less frustration when moving between activities

• Durable and wipe clean water-resistant stickers means your child can take their portable visual timeline with them

 

Kit contents

• 1 TomTag Button Holder (colour may vary)
• 6 blank buttons
• 6 symbol stickers
• 2 blank stickers for extra personalisation
• 1 pre-printed rectangular label naming your TomTag Button Holder

Dimensions

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

Symbols included

• register
• lesson
• work time
• play time
• lunchtime
• circle time

 

 

Toilet Routine:

Create a visual step-by-step reminder to teach children how to perform their toileting routines independently.

Key benefits

• Showing your child exactly what they need to do and in what order helps them to learn toileting routines in a fun, engaging and effective way
• Encouraging independence by giving your child responsibility for their own toileting routine
• Communicating what your child needs to do without constant verbal prompting leads to less frustration and an increase in their self-confidence.
• Reminding in a discrete way the steps that older children and adults need to take
• Durable and easy clean water-resistant stickers means you can use this visual reminder in the bathroom where your child can see it

Kit contents

• 1 TomTag Button Holder (colour may vary)
• 6 blank buttons
• 6 symbol stickers
• 2 blank stickers for extra personalisation
• 1 pre-printed rectangular label naming your TomTag Button Holder

Dimensions

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

Symbols included

• Use toilet (sitting)
• Use toilet (standing)
• Toilet roll
• Wipe
• Flush
• Wash hands

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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