3 Step Sequencing Cards for Preschoolers

Kids will begin to make sense of the order in which events happen when you introduce them to sequencing with these 3 step sequencing cards for kids.

When you use sequencing cards with your preschoolers, you’re helping them understand how events occur in a logical order. This skill is necessary as they begin to hone their beginning math skills.

Sequencing allows them to recognize patterns in their everyday lives. It helps them make sense of the world around them.

3-Step Sequence Cards

Working on sequencing activities helps preschoolers begin to retell stories as they talk about the beginning, middle, and end. It also helps bring order to the things they do for themselves as they work toward independence – first socks, then shoes, etc.

Use sequencing words often.

Use words like first, next, and last as you go about your day. First, pour cereal in your bowl. Next, pour milk on it. Last, eat your cereal.

Use ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc) as you play games or notice things around you. The teenager is first in the grocery line. Second is the mom with the baby. We’re third in line. Who is fourth?

Talk about the stories you read at bedtime. Ask your child what happened in the beginning. What happened in the middle? How did it end?

Practice with sequence cards.

These 3-step sequencing cards printables are perfect for preschoolers and pre-readers. This printable pack contains 25 sets of sequencing cards plus a set of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cards.

I suggest printing them on cardstock and laminating them for durability. Then, cut out all of the cards. Put the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cards on your workspace. Choose a set of cards (an egg hatching, for instance).

Discuss each of the steps with your preschooler. You can even make a story out of them as you go. One day, I found an egg in the backyard. I brought it inside and put it on the table. The next morning, I noticed a crack on the eggshell. Later in the day, the egg cracked open and a baby chick popped out.

Kids will begin to make sense of the order in which events happen when you introduce them to sequencing with these 3 step sequencing cards for kids.

Once your preschooler gets the hang of it, they can work on this activity independently. It’s easy for you to peek over and be sure they’re sequencing correctly. If not, you can walk them through the steps and help them re-order the cards.

Let them tell you stories about their favorite set of cards. If you’d like to expand the lesson, you can add these “how to” writing pages.

PRESCHOOL BOOKS FOR TEACHING SEQUENCING

Fill your book basket with a great collection of books that teach sequencing. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie BookThe Very Hungry CaterpillarHow to Make an Apple Pie and See the World[HT MAKE AN APPLE PIE & SEE WOR][Paperback]

 

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he’ll ask for a glass of milk. He’ll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn’t have a milk mustache, and then he’ll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim….

The Very Hungry Caterpillar – One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. On Monday, he ate through one apple; on Tuesday, he ate through three plums – and still he was hungry. When full at last, he made a cocoon around himself and went to sleep, to wake up a few weeks later wonderfully transformed into a butterfly!

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World – An apple pie is easy to make…if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients.

Teaching Resources

Sequencing puzzles are a great way to encourage problem solving skills! These puzzles have kids sequencing size, numbers, seed to flower, making an apple pie, and more. 

This set of 26 four-step sequencing cards is perfect for little ones. And, they’re numbered on the back to make them self-checking. 

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20 Comments

  1. Hi!
    Love the sequencing cards. I am not sure why the 2nd set of jelly beans jars was included as I see no difference it any of the cards. Perhaps I am just missing the change. Thanks.

  2. Thank you for these cards! Next week we find out how school will look in the fall after COVID-19. Hopefully I’ll only need to print one set!

  3. Would love to use your Humpty-Dumpty, S’Mores and Bubble Gum Machine sequencing cards for my toddler storytime tomorrow. Can I get access to them quickly?

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