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PECS Eating Place Mat – Special Ed Mealtime Tool

Mealtime routines are supported by a printable eating place mat built around PECS picture symbols for students who communicate visually.
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Not Grade Specific
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Updated Oct 06, 2023

Subject
Special Resources, Life Skills
Topic
PECS, Special Needs
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The Eating Place Mat with PECS: A Valuable Teaching Resource

This Eating Place Mat with PECS tool is an especially effective resource for educators across varying grade levels. It's particularly beneficial in instruction of students with special needs as it merges the subjects of health and life skills effectively.

Product Description

The Eating Place Mat with PECS essentially serves as a guideline to help students master basic meal setup tasks. The PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) version contains graphics signifying common eating-related terms such as:

  • "Finished"

  • "More"

  • "Drink"

  • "Food"

These visual aids cater specifically to those individuals who may find communication more challenging than others.

How to Use it?

The instructions alongside are easy to follow: Simply print on 11x17 paper and laminate - ensuring the product remains durable over time due to frequent handling in classrooms where meals or snacks are commonly consumed.

Homeschooling Parents Can Benefit Too!

Apart from just being a teaching resource, homeschooling parents seeking unique methodologies for imparting essential life skills can also find use in it.

If you're operating within a classroom setting or facilitating one-on-one interactions at home, you'll witness how this specialized placemat proves its value - particularly wherever traditional communication methods present challenges!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Teaching tips

  • Print at 11x17 and laminate, as the author's instructions suggest, so the mat survives daily mealtime handling

  • Use the mat during real meals and snacks rather than as a lesson page — it is a communication and routine support, not a worksheet

  • The permissions page allows reproduction for your own classroom, so print a copy per student rather than sharing one

Skills covered

  • Mealtime communication — PECS picture symbols give non-speaking or minimally speaking students a way to express mealtime needs.

  • Meal setup routine — the place-mat format guides students through basic table arrangement at eating times.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • PECS

  • Mealtime routine

  • Visual supports

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