Not weird at all. Ok what I did first was take digital pics of everything and I mean everything. One of the car seat, the school, clothes, pjs, toilet, bath, lots of toys (so he could pick an activity)the park, the grocery store, you name it I have a crazy pic of it. I printed all the pictures and then headed for staples where I bought 2 big cardboard poster boards (not the flimsy kind they were like cardboard but white) I also bought velcro and a big black magic marker. I maped out Seans day for him. In Rows (two up and down) I started by wake up (had a pic of him waking up in bed) then brush hair with a pic of that, brush teeth pic of that, then get dressed (had a pic of cloths layed out on the bed) then eat breakfast (a pic of Sean eating breakfast)then go on bus (pic of Sean getting on bus)then go to school (pic of the school) next come home (pic of Sean getting off bus) the activitiy (this is when I would let Sean choose an activity of one of the pics of toys that I had for him) After that it was some down time of watching Tv had a pic of the TV, Next was Dinner (pic of Sean eating)Next was a little more TV (another pic of the TV) then it was bathtime (pic of bathtime)then story time (pic of story time) Then Finally bed, pic of Sean in bed.

Sorry to be so descriptive but that is what I did and it worked for Sean. He uses first and next cards now but the visual helped him before a lot!!!! I also had one for the weekend. Thats why I got two poster boards. Weekends are a little bit harder since its hard to schedule the weekend, but I did my best with that. I even had pics of us at gramas house if we were going there. Good luck if you need anyhelp I am here. Hugs Denise

what denise said!!!!
Lord thats a picture schedual if i ever heard of one.
I do one for steven for the week.
or for days if its something new etc,
Step by step think of it like a recipie but your adding photos to adding the milk. Just like that :)
Make sense?
XO

http://www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/visual-picture-schedule-example.html
Here you go Priscila, i searched for ya and this site is good for some examples and teaching :)

then click on Visual Scheduals thats where i saw the examples

thanks alot, that is what i needed, step by step instructions, thanks so much denise, and stevensmom, headed to that site right now! adam is on the couch looking at the sears wish book, talking bout how mimi needs a new vacuum cleaner so he can vacuum, lol! they better not buy me a vacuum for xmas!

We used a few with my sister!
We had one for meals, she could pick cerial and etc for breakfast, we have her a few options for each meal.

She had one for moods, She had one for things she wanted too.

As well what she had going on thru the day.

It sounds like we had a lot of them. But the only main one was the full day.

The meal one she seen only before time to make meals.

We kept her daily and moods on the frig. We use mag's on the back of the photos n etc.

Denise is right about lots of pictures. Make sure though that the MAIN thing in the photos that is the idea you want to express.
Another great place to get pictures is google images.

When I made my son a visual schedule and a daily/ weekly schedule is what I would recommend, I took a good sized cork board (about 3' X 2') and put the days of the week across the top using posterpard and stapled them up there. (start with Sunday because that is how real calendars are)
Next I took self stick velcro and put strips from top to bottom under each day. Even though they are self stick I stapled them on too because the self stick will peel off after you put pictures on and pull them off a few times.
Next start with the morning schedule. Put up all part os the morning, for example I had eat breakfast, brush teeth, get dressed, get back pack and coat, school bus.
After he left for school I would put up the the afternoon schedule that detailed from the time he got home until supper. After supper it was the evening routine.
Each time we did what was on his schedule I would first take him over and show him what it was time to do. When it was done I had him take it off the board so he could see it was all done.
Using the schedule in this was probably one of the very best things I have ever done for my son and he is now 22!
EVERYONE uses visual supports everyday. The calendar, phone book, grocery lists, post it notes, the TV guide the list could go on and on. We use them because we need to be able to access information. Our kids needs visuals 100 times more than we do yet so often parents and teachers don't use them.
Andy learned so so very much from using this schedule. Now, later, today, tomorrow, and how to negotiate. I could ask him when he wanted to do favorite activites and then I could put them on his "board."
It also helped me eliminate using the work NO. Kids with autism often hear NO as NEVER and then they meltdown.
If Andy wanted a cookie before supper I could say YES! ANd we would put the cookie picture after supper.
If he continued to ask for food then I knew it meant that he was REALLY hungry and I could give him something to eat.
Today Andy uses a dry earse board even though he doesn't read well. BUT he does sometimes go to his schedule and write down things he wants like "bagel" and we can negotiate about when we can go get pizza or when we can go to the mall. It really is an awesome and amazing support.
Oh and 1 more thing. Andy's language BOOMED awithin a month of using the visual schedule. using the pictures helped him use new words and more words.