🎯 First flour, then dough, and finally a fragrant cake. “Before and After” is an association game with three-stage photo sequences (before, during and after) that helps children grasp how events line up in time and how one state turns into the next.
✨ What does this game develop?
- A sense of time and sequence – what came first, and what came after?
- Logical thinking – linking causes with their effects;
- Language – telling a sequence teaches the use of “first”, “then” and “at the end”;
- Attention and memory – you have to spot the details that give the order away.
🎲 How to play at home?
The child lays three photographs on the long card in the right order in time and tells what is happening. Start with familiar everyday situations, then let the child build the sequences alone – and deliberately “make a mistake”: will they notice? Telling a sequence before bed can become a lovely ritual that quietly develops connected speech.
🧑🏫 Tips for professionals
For speech and language therapists, sequencing cards are one of the key aids for developing connected narrative: they give a thought its structure and teach time connectives and the use of verb tenses. For special-needs educators the sequences help with difficulties in planning and in understanding process, and for psychologists they are a way to discuss everyday routines. The three-step format is ideal for beginners.
📦 What is in the set?
- 10 long sturdy cardboard cards (7,5 × 22,5 cm);
- 60 square cards (7,5 × 7,5 cm).
Note: the game instructions may be in Spanish, but the game is simple to follow and the clear pictures let you start playing straight away.
👶 Who is it for?
Recommended from 4 years. A valuable aid for the home, nurseries and speech therapy rooms – for everyone who helps a child understand how the world moves through time.
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