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Categories
Categories are a group or class of items with shared characteristics. Categories are a foundation for how we learn, relate, store, and recall words. Arranging thoughts, concepts, and words into categories facilitate meaning, memory, and retrieval. Categories give a connection between words based upon similarities and differences.
Activity List(s) - top 20 (View all)
- What belongs in this Group? Valentine's Day Edition 1
- What belongs in this Group? Christmas Edition 1
- 6 Sports that use a Ball 1
- Football Equipment List 1
- Name the category: Christmas Edition 1
- What belongs in this Group? Thanksgiving Edition 1
- Category List for younger students 2
- Name the Category: Valentine's Day Edition 1
- Concrete Divergent Naming Categories 0
- What belongs in this Group? Winter Edition 1
- Find an animal - "Here We Are" 4
- Guess the Category Phrase list 2
- Things found in the kitchen 1
- Early Categories 1
- Name the category: Thanksgiving Edition 1
- Name the category: Spring edition 2
- Name the Category: Winter Edition 1
- Name the category: Halloween Edition 2
- Animal categories - "Here We Are" 4
- Planets in Solar System 1
Visual Schedule Cards
Goal Bank
- Omar will demonstrate improved expressive language vocabulary in and out of the therapy setting by naming 6 items in a category, (for example sports, holidays, months, items that are round, large, cold, used to clean, at school, etc) with 90% accuracy in 3 out of 5 opportunities over 5 sessions, with fading prompts as measured by SLP observation and data. 3
- Golda will receptively identify categories when given at least 4 items, expressively name at least 3 items when given a category, and identify/explain why items do or don't belong in a category with 80% accuracy over 4 consecutive sessions as measured by clinician data and observation to increase receptive and expressive language skills. 4
- Willia will state how 4 items are related, with and without visual cues, with 90% accuracy over 4 consecutive sessions to improve language expression. 3
- Given structured therapy materials and decreasing prompts/cues, Clair will demonstrate improved expressive vocabulary by a) describing 4 attributes of pictures or objects and b) naming categories and category items, and c) identifying/describing an object's function, with 90% accuracy, in 4 consecutive sessions as measured by SLP observation and data collection taken during each therapy session. 3
- When presented with 4 objects or pictures, Marc will categorize stimulus items as the same or different when provided fading verbal and gesture cues to increase receptive and expressive language skills with 90% accuracy across 4 sessions as measured by clinician data collection. 3
- Jane will categorize foods with 80% accuracy given minimal support from clinician in 3 out of 5 treatment sessions. 0
- To increase her expressive and receptive vocabulary, Jane will label or identify targeted age-appropriate vocabulary (colors , animals , shapes , etc.) with 80% accuracy given moderate cueing across 3 consecutive sessions within 6 months time. 0
- Given objects, pictures, or visual stimuli, Zita will receptively and expressively identify age-appropriate vocabulary words, actions, and concepts, and sort them into categories with 90% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions to increase receptive and expressive language skills. 3
Resources - top 20 (View all)
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Category Match Up 1
Allison Fors
Identify or match items that below in each room or setting. (outside, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc.)
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Thanksgiving Speech and Language Pack 2
Jessica Lenden-Holt
16 pages of Thanksgiving themed activities.
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Think Fast 1
Glenna Nave
Directions: Before playing, decide on a time limit i.e. 10, 20, 30 seconds. Turn over a category card and player 1 has the designated amount of time to list something that fits within the category....
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Christmas Speech, Language, and Reinforcer Activities 1
Jessica Lenden-Holt
23 pages of Christmas/holiday/winter scenes, large variety of holiday related items, and a large variety of presents (different sizes/shape/colors)., dress up Santa, speech reinforcer activities.
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Kiki's Holiday Breakfast Story 5
Bailey Morgan, MA, CCC-SLP
A story about Kiki who is planning to make breakfast for the holidays. The story focuses on planning, making lists, requesting, problem solving, following a recipe, and more.
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Common Objects 48 Pictures For Analogies, Object Function, Naming, Categories, Wh Questions 6
Jessica Lenden-Holt
48 pictures of common items: household items, clothing, toys, and more.
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Sports Game Boards, Players, Jerseys, Balls For Football, Soccer, Baseball, Basketball and More 2
Jessica Lenden-Holt
24 pages of sports themed speech and language activities
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Alphabet Match Mat Toy Theme Activity 1
Sara Lowczyk
An alphabet match mat with 26 vocabulary words, 1 alphabet board. 2 sets of vocabulary cards with visual support of words and without. Bonus sentence strips.
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Vocabulary Cards For Spring/Easter Matching/Go Fish Games 2
Sara Lowczyk
24 vocabulary cards to be used in matching games, go-fish, flash cards, etc.
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Thanksgiving Pronoun Sort 1
Sara Lowczyk
A pronoun activity and worksheet with a Thanksgiving theme.
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Thanksgiving Vocabulary Cariboo Cards 2
Sara Lowczyk
40 Cariboo cards (two sets, one with words and one without words) related to Thanksgiving vocabulary. Can also be used as small flash cards for other activities.
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Kitchen Items/Food Items/Create a Scene Activity 4
Jessica Lenden-Holt
19 pages. Variety of kitchen and food pictures with other kitchen items. Can be modified for a variety of language or articulation activities. Wh-question cards, command cards, recipe card, and more
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Kiki's Spring Language Adventure: Describe It (Color Edition) 1
Gabriella Cousino, M.S., CF-SLP
"Kiki's Spring Language Adventure: Describe It (Color Edition)" is a resource created to target use of adjectives, color names, modifiers, and overall use of descriptive language. In this resource,...
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Pets and Animals Speech, Language, Reinforcer Activity 4
Jessica Lenden-Holt
17 pages of pet themed speech and language activities. Create a scene with dogs and dog house. Create a scene with cats and cat items. Add frogs to water. Add birds to bird cage. Question cards, co...
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Summer Beach Create a Scene, Speech/Language/Reinforcer Activities 3
Jessica Lenden-Holt
19 pages of summer beach scenes, summer/beach items, different sizes and colors of items, sea life, people, question cards, following directions cards, and more. Can be used as a reinforcer for cor...
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Living Room Build a Scene: Speech and Language Activities 4
Jessica Lenden-Holt
16 pages of multiple living room scenes, living room items, different sized items, design your own living room activity, family members, pets.
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Pirate Themed Speech and Language Activities 2
Jessica Lenden-Holt
16 pages of pirate themed activities. Gold Coins/Treasure Chest. Pirate Clothing. Treasure Map/Pirate Items. Question cards. Command cards. Fill-in-the-blank pirate story with category items. 2 pir...
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Egg Coloring/Craft 2
Jessica Lenden-Holt
*Coloring/craft activity *11 white eggs *8 medium, 1 large, 1 small *Can be modified to target articulation or language skills.
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Milleena Fonseca
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Reference links
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How and Why to Teach Categories in Speech Therapy 1
Author: @allison_fors - Categories in speech therapy! Categories are a foundation for how we learn, relate, store, and recall words. Discover speech therapy activities and more.