Creating Your Own
Communication Book and Pictures at Home
Using everyday items to create Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) materials for you child
Rev. 1/15/21CW
The packaging of your child’s favorite foods and toys create easy pictures.
Grocery and retail stores’ weekly flyers are filled with pictures.
Fast food restaurants’ weekly flyers are also filled with pictures.
Secure“flimsy” pictures to cardboard, index cards, milk cartons, or junk mail. This will help your child pick up the pictures easier.
Egg cartons can be used in two ways.
Yogurt Lids: Repurposed and used as picture holders | | |
Hot beverage lids | | |
Plastic Lids from milk, gatorade, water, etc. | | |
Lids from glass jars | | |
Starbucks lids | | |
Printing pictures using Google Slides
Using a blank/new document, insert a 5 x 6 table or 4 x 3 table for larger pictures.
Google search your image. Copy and paste the image into one of the blank squares in your table.
If a label is needed, insert a text box and a label.
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Portable picture boards or choice boards
Any board can be turned into a communication board to hold PECS pictures.
Examples:
Create a picture-rich environment in your home
Using Velcro or cellophane, masking, two-sided,duct, or magnetic tape,attach pictures to cupboards,refrigerators, doors, etc. for easy access.
Choice Board for refrigerator items
Choice Board for pantry items.
Bedroom and bathroom choice board
Creating Your Own PECS Book
You can create a PECS book by using a school binder, notebook, or photo album.
PECS book
Photo album
Use the binder size that works best for your child.
Place soft Velcro strips along the page dividers about two inches apart and scratchy velcro on the back of the pictures.
If needed, add a strap so your child can carry it over their shoulder.