Description

Ages: 6-12

Grades: 1st-6th

Author: Rachele Ellsworth, M.S., CCC-SLP

Boost vocabulary, flexible thinking, and classification skills!

Speech Corner Photo Cards for Extensive Category Practice is a versatile card set helps students understand how a single item can belong to multiple categories based on its features, function, or context. Whether naming or pointing, learners gain valuable experience exploring how attributes define relationships between objects.

Think beyond one category!

Each card presents a central item and prompts students to identify the different categories it can belong to. This flexible approach deepens critical thinking and semantic understanding, showing students that objects can be grouped in more than one way—an essential skill for expressive language and comprehension.

Targets key language goals:

• Naming and identifying categories

• Understanding item attributes and functions

• Expanding vocabulary and conceptual knowledge

• Strengthening cognitive flexibility and reasoning

Perfect for:

• Speech-language therapy

• Special education and resource rooms

• Vocabulary intervention groups

• 1:1 instruction or classroom centers

• ESL/ELL learners developing semantic skills

Includes:

✔️ 50 durable, full-color cards
✔️ Instructor-friendly answer key
✔️ Endless opportunities for categorization discussion and expansion