Story
Materials can provide a critical link to meaning when engaging a person in a learning activity. If the language associated with a concept or event is undeveloped or weak, the use of visual and tactile prompts can promote understanding that is confounded by speech. The motor memory that occurs with physical manipulation of items assists learning and recall. Visuals are more effective if they are clear, uncluttered, iconic, and sized appropriately for the task or activity. The manipulatives printables listed below can be printed, laminated, cut and matched to a variety of learning activities.
DISPLAY AREAS
Manipulatives
Puppets/Mobiles/Table Stands/Boards
Pop-ups
Foldables
MANIPULATIVES
Types:
Pocket Card
Sequence Picture
Sequence Path
Sequence Talk
Sequence Next / First...Then
Place
Size
Number
Color
Category
Games
Place
Three Little Pigs Story - Places: Animals and items in the story can be placed on a background to match each of 8 sequenced events in the story.
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Rooms in a House - Places: Choose a word to match each image. Then produce the sentence. Pointing can be a prompt for "reading" the sentence. Print, cut, and assemble strips into books.
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Where Is The Cat Stories: Places 1 Manipulate cards to describe locations using prepostions "in", "on", and "under". Print, and cut the cards.
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Where Is The Cat Stories: Places 2 Place images in empty boxes to describe locations using prepostions "in", "on", and "under". Print, and cut the small cards to place in the empty boxes.
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Size
Three Little Pigs Story - Size - Sort: Sort the Three Little Pigs that are shown on cards in three different sizes (big, medium, little).
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Three Little Pigs Story - Size - Order: Place the cards in order of the Three Little Pigs in different sizes (small to large, large to small).
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Three Little Pigs Story - Size - Sentence Strip/Cards: Place the cards in order to form sentences with the Three Little Pigs in different sizes (small to large, large to small).
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Number
Three Little Pigs Story - Numbers: In the story of the Three Little Pigs there are 3 pigs, 3 houses, and 3 events. There are many opportunities for counting.
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One Potato Rhyme - Talk: This is a well known rhyme for counting. The lesson includes pictures of each potato as the rhyme proceeds. They can be cut out and manipulated to ask and answer questions and prompt the telling of the rhyme.
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Oranges - Numbers: Oranges are matched with numbers 1-5. There are many opportunities for counting.
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Color
Three Little Pigs Story - Clothes Color - Sort: In these lessons you can sort cards with 10 Little Pigs and 10 different colors of pants. There are also cards for color markers and words.
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Three Little Pigs Story - Clothes Color - Sentence Strip/Cards: In this lesson you can review, repeat, and choose 3 word sentences about the colors of the pants a pig is wearing.
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Valentines Day Hearts Color - Sort: In these lessons you can sort cards with 6 Valentines Day hearts and 6 different color squares. There are also cards for words.
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Valentines Day Hearts Color - Sentence Strip/Cards: In this lesson you can review, repeat, and choose 4 word sentences about the colors of 6 Valentines Day hearts.
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Category
Three Little Pigs Story - Category - Group: In the story of the Three Little Pigs there are 3 pigs and a wolf. These animals can be grouped with other pigs and wolves.
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Three Little Pigs Story - Category - Sort: In the story of the Three Little Pigs there are 3 pigs and a wolf. These animals can be sorted along with other items in common categories.
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Games
Tic-Tac-Toe / Valentines Day Candy Hearts: Use candy hearts as game pieces.
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