Presentation

  1. 1

    Lay the picture-with-label cards in a column on the left.

  2. 2

    Lay the pictures without labels beside them, matching each picture.

  3. 3

    Take a separate label, read it, and find the matching picture.

  4. 4

    Place the label under the unlabeled picture.

  5. 5

    Invite the child to read and place the rest of the labels.

  6. 6

    Show the child how to check by comparing each label with the control card.

Extensions, easiest to hardest

  1. Placing labels without first laying out the control cards, then checking
  2. Definition cards (short sentences about each item) read and matched
  3. The child makes their own labeled booklet of the topic

Control of error

The picture-with-label control cards.

Ready to move on when the child…

  • Labels a full set of cards correctly before checking
  • Reads new vocabulary in a set on their own
  • Checks independently against control cards

Try “pink tower”, “tummy”, “diaper”, “grace and courtesy”, or “October”.