Category Sorting

This category sorting activity was originally paired with the Pronoun People activity. I thought it would be best to separate them to create more flexibility with some upcoming activities. I included 7 different category pages as well as a template page and category names.

The categories include:

Dessert Foods

Breakfast Foods

Pets

Ocean Animals

Clothing/Things You Wear

School Supplies

Fruits

Instructions

1) Print this activity and laminate for durability

2) Cut out all of the various category objects and the category names

3) Select a category and start sorting

4) You can use Velcro or place the common objects on the template page

Activity Variations: You can change the degree of difficulty by adding or removing objects from the field. You can also use this activity for comparing and contrasting or describing objects. 

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The category labels are below. I usually put the labels face down and have my kiddo pick from the pile.

Below are some examples of the category cards

These category cards can be used in conjunction with the Pronoun People activity. I also plan on pairing these cards with future activities, such as Possessive People (coming soon).

Pronouns People!

A bunch of my children are working on the correct use of him vs. he, or his vs. hers etc…, It’s been a difficult concept to grasp, so I made this activity to provide a structured and repetitive activity to target those pesky pronouns. I did a bit of reworking and decided to split my original posting of Pronoun People! I think it will make things easier in regards to some upcoming activities. Pronouns People! was originally paired with a categories activity, but I believe the split will ultimately help with flexibility. This activity now includes 8 varying pronoun cards as well as two different templates. The templates provide a structured and repetitive task to target those pesky pronouns.

Instructions.

1) Print activity on cardstock and laminate for durability

2) Cut out all of the “people cards”

3) Take turns drawing a person, and place him, her, or them in the template box

4) If you have the category cards, place them in the object template box. If you don’t have them,, you can use your own manipulatives or cards

5) Have your child complete the sentences with the correct pronoun

Grab This Pronoun activity at the TPT Store 

You can also get the Category Sorting Activity at the TPT Store

Here is an example of the template card

 Here is an example of 4 of the pronoun people cards

Valentine Letters

I found a cute little Valentine’s mailbox at the Target one spot this weekend and got inspired to make my own Valentine letters. I included a vocabulary exercise to go with this activity, but there are several different ways you can use these little love letters.

I plan on mailing my kiddos their targets by attaching Velcro to the back. However, you can use these cards for just about anything. Attach your own articulation or language cards to the back using Velcro or paperclips. Also, if you laminate, you can use a dry erase marker to write out targets. 

This activity includes 

-12 Valentine’s themed letters (Three pages with 4 letters per page).

-Valentine Vocabulary Sheet

* Just for a fun little FYI, most of the towns are (or were) real places in the United States.

I am posting two versions of this activity. In one version (Small Letter), the cards are small enough to fit inside the mailbox I found at Target. The second (Large Letter) version can be used for those larger articulation/language cards. If you don’t have your own mailbox, throw some stickers on a Kleenex box and call it a day.

Small Letter Version:

Grab the Small Version at the TPT Store 

Large Letter Version:  

Grab the Large Version at the TPT Store

 

Here are the mailboxes from Target

I grabbed this photo from:

 http://4littlefergusons.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/016.jpg

Here is the small version (These fit inside the Target One Spot mailboxes)

The Large Letter version is below

 

Both versions come with the same Valentine’s vocabulary page.