Open PECS Card: Free Printable Open Icon
An open card your child can hand you when a snack bag, box, jar or door is shut. Print a sheet, or edit the card in the free PECS Card Maker.
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A full sheet of 12 cards at 2 inch on US Letter. Cut along the dotted line. No email needed.
Looking for a whole set? Browse the free PECS card templates.
When to use the open card
Use it wherever things come closed: snack packets, lunch boxes, toy tubs, bubbles, doors. Open is a request your child can make dozens of times a day, which makes it quick to learn.
How to teach the open card
- Put a favorite item in a clear container your child cannot open.
- When your child brings you the container, guide them to hand you the open card too.
- Open it at once and say "open".
- Use the card with many different containers and doors so it becomes a general request.
PECS Communication Cards
Printable picture cards, sentence strips, and a communication book to start and grow picture exchange.
Cards that go with it
Help
Snack
Eat
My Turn
BreakFrequently asked questions
- Is open different from help?
- Yes. Help asks for any kind of assistance; open asks for one specific action. Many children use both, and open is often easier to learn first.
- What can I use the open card for?
- Snack packets, lunch boxes, toy tubs, bubbles, doors and gates, anything your child wants opened.
- Can I add a photo of my child's lunch box?
- Yes. Open the card in the free maker and swap in your own photo.
- Is the open card free?
- Yes. Download the PDF free with no email, in 2 or 3 inch cards on US Letter or A4.
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