This resource contains a set of 30 autumn-themed word cards that can be used to address the skills of describing (within constraints) and naming to description. There are 5 pages (containing 6 cards each) that resemble the page that can be seen in the preview file.
I work for two pediatric private practices and primarily use this describing activity with elementary schoolers who are readers and who present with language formulation disfluencies (i.e., a high number of restarts, revisions, hesitations, thinking words like “um”) and related word retrieval difficulty. I have also used this activity with social-language groups.
These cards can be used to work on:
- formulating sentences using age-appropriate grammar, higher-level vocabulary, and appropriate word choice
- “talking around” words that are difficult to retrieve
- producing synonyms/antonyms
- explaining word relationships (e.g., "How do leaves go with fall?")
- listening comprehension/recall skills (i.e., through visualization practice
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You can also modify this resource to be used with younger children by taking away the forbidden words and/or pulling up a picture of each target word (via Google images) for them to describe.