Welcome to FREE LANGUAGE STUFF!  Here you can find hundreds of language worksheets and activities in more than 20 areas.  To view activities and other information in each language area click on the appropriate button below.  Many of the activities have been sorted by type to the right.  New activities are posted on the front page, and on area pages.  My profile can be found here.

By clicking on the following buttons you can access information in each area, including detailed word lists, teaching ideas, worksheets, and more!

Preposition “War” Cards

These combine the traditional “War” card game with plenty of practice opportunities – these are specifically for later developing prepositions, such as around, through, toward, etc.  This game is super easy to learn, yet fun, and can be modified in many ways.  The basic gist is that the cards are divided up between each participant, and then for each turn one card is turned over, with the highest card holder keeping all of the cards.  Whoever eventually gets the most, or them all, wins.  In the case of ties, each tied player plays two cards face down before playing the third card face up, with the victor claiming all of the cards for that round.

preview images:

1) war cards preps 1 pic.png war cards preps 1b pic.png  2) war cards preps 2 pic.png war cards preps 2b pic.png   3) war cards preps 3 pic.png war cards preps 3b pic.png

pdf files:  1) war cards later dev prepositions 1;  2) war cards later dev prepositions 2;  3) war cards later dev prepositions 3

Some Specific Language Therapy Ideas

(Click on image for smaller preview, and PDF link for larger file)

1)    2) categories preview   3) clauses phrases expanding sentence length preview   4) comparatives and superlatives preview

1) Attributes and Functions PDF;     2) Categories PDF ;     3) Clauses, Phrases and Expanding Sentences PDF;     4) Comparatives and Superlatives PDF

Objective Language Therapy

There are several posts on my other blog – The Language Fix – on making language therapy objective, but because they’re scattered and hard to find, I’m combining the information into a page that can be accessed from the top menu.

Objective Language Therapy is an attempt to shift subjective, scattered approaches into an approach that can be used to know where language impaired kids are at and where they need to go.  Instead of statements like, “He’s doing better with making sentences,” Objective Language Therapy encourages objective statements like, “His use of age appropriate prepositions in sentences has increased from 20% to 90%.” or “He requires minimal cues to produce sentences with basic prepositions, an improvement from last year when he required extensive cueing.”

While the approach may be a little tricky to learn at first, it removes the guesswork so long a part of language therapy.  It replaces the discomfort so many SLPs feel with language therapy with the knowledge that what we’re doing is really helping kids achieve their language goals, and when they’re not it tells us what exactly we need to change.  Anybody who’s comfortable with articulation therapy will recognize several of the same concepts that make it so comfortable, with the tweaks needed to accommodate language’s unique complexity and variety.  Objective Language Therapy transforms language therapy from an art to a science.  Click here to learn more.

Language Therapy Ideas – Attributes

I’m adding to these specific language therapy ideas on the individual pages, and making a large list over on The Language Fix blog.  It’s gonna be HUGE!  This is just the start…

Attributes/Functions

Catalog.  Get out a catalog. Talk about the items for sale.

Example statements:  “Why would somebody want a coat?” “It keeps you warm”. “Why do people buy wallets?”  “Why are those pillows so big?”  “What do you need umbrellas for?”  “Are those shoes big or little?”  “Does that blanket look comfortable?”  “Could I wear those gloves, or would they be too tight?”

Textbook.  Get out a textbook. Instruct student to describe vocabulary words at or below student’s level by using functions.

Example statements:  “What does a period do?”  “What is a shelter?”  “Why do bears have to hibernate?”  “What is a map?”  “Why would you need an index?”  “What was a covered wagon?” “What is the Constitution?”

Look around you. Describe functions of objects in your environment or of things commonly seen in offices. Take a walk, and describe functions of things seen in the hall out the window, etc.

Example statements:  “What is a stapler?” “It attaches papers together.” “What is a trash dumpster?” “It holds the building’s trash until the garbage men get it.”

Specific interests.  For example, for younger kids, talk about video games, television, or sports, or for older students talk about cooking, construction, or health care.  Discuss

specific interests.  Use the internet if needed.

Example statements:  “What does a cutting board do?” “What does a remote do?” “What do anesthesiologists do?”

Homework maker:  Create a list of from five to ten words at student’s level.  Write directions such as the following:  “Provide a function for each vocabulary word.”  Write helper next to a blank line for any helper to sign.  Provide individualized incentives for completed return.  For example:attribute-homework-example

Science Galore! Vocabulary Worksheets

This is a free sample of a huge pack of these just released on Teachers Pay Teachers!  The full pack has TONS more puzzles (116 total).  Many, many areas, including Astronomy, Energy, Measurement, Research, Machines, Discoveries, Technology, Chemistry, and Biology.  Do your part to reinforce critical STEM vocabulary – only 4 dollars for the complete set!

Science Vocabulary Worksheets

Click on picture to view a small preview of each activity. Click on Doc or PDF to download worksheets in preferred format.

Earth Science

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(1) ancient earth bullseye Doc PDF;     (2) ancient earth sentence maze Doc PDF;     (3) earth science sentence drop 1 Doc PDF;     (4) earth science sentence search 1 Doc ;    (5) meteorology bullseye Doc PDF;     (6) meteorology sentence maze Doc PDF;     (7) cumulative answers Doc PDF

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Basic Concepts – Picture Pages

(The pictures are small preview images, and the words precede links to the documents in odt – Open Office – and PDF formats.)

1)positional concepts;    2)quantity concepts;    3)sequence concepts;    4)time concepts

1) positional concepts odt pdf; 2) quantity concepts odt pdf; 3) sequence concepts odt pdf; 4) time concepts odt pdf

Pointy Puzzles – Free Samples

(The pictures are small preview images, and the words precede links to the documents in odt and PDF formats.)

(1) preview 1 pronouns    (2) preview 2 categories     (3) preview 3 idioms     (4) preview 4 subject verb agreement

(1) Pronouns odt PDF;     (2) Categories odt PDF;     (3) Idioms odt PDF;     (4) Subject-Verb Agreement odt PDF

Many more of these can be found for super cheap at my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Verb Close-Ups Verb Activity

Use these unique and motivating cards to practice verbs!  Each picture is a png format preview of the activity which can be downloaded by clicking the corresponding PDF or ODT link below.

1)verb close ups 32)verb close ups 23)verb closeups 14)verb close ups 45)verb close ups 51) PDF ODT;  2)  PDF ODT;  3)  PDF ODT;  4)  PDF ODT;  5)  PDF ODT


or… Pull out your phone (also works well on computers) and try these FREE mobile verb close-ups.

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Words That Work

Practice helping verbs, pronouns, contractions, and adjectives with a unique twist.

1) is and areis are PDF Doc;     2) has and havehas have PDF Doc;

3) he’s, she’s, and you’re words that work basic contractions hes shes yourePDF Doc; 4) adjectives words that work adjectivesPDF Doc