Apple Themed Prepositions Activities for Speech Therapy - Spatial Concepts

This apple themed prepositions resource is perfect for supporting your students to understand and use 8 spatial concepts. These engaging materials are great for your Speech Therapy sessions throughout fall.

The prepositions covered in this resource include:

In, On, Under, Behind, In front of, Next to, Above, Between.

This Apple Themed Prepositions Resource includes:

• Sentence strip and visuals
• 10 activity ideas for the stimulus cards
• Preposition stimulus cards (64 cards; 8 cards per preposition)
• ‘Where is the Apple?’ Interactive book (+ instructions)
• Preposition clip cards (4 cards per preposition) (+ instructions and ideas for use)
• 8 repetitive foldable books (1 per preposition)
• 8 preposition dough mats (1 mat per preposition, + 1 mixed) (+ instructions and ideas for use)
• Printable worksheets (6 total)
• “Hands on” activity instructions and ideas + 5 apples
• Ideas for home practice (caregiver-friendly handout).

Please note, the downloadable file is a zip file as both US and UK/AUS Versions are included.

About this apple themed Spatial Concepts resource:

The following prepositions are targeted in this resource: in, on, under, behind, in front, next to, between, above.

The activities included within this resource are intentionally repetitive; they have been designed in a way that provides students with multiple opportunities to hear and use the target prepositions (in single words and phrases).

Designed with research in mind.

The images included in this resource are also intentionally repetitive. The apple is always the subject. The other objects have been kept consistent throughout the resource, so students can focus more on learning and using the prepositions, than on the objects themselves. Research by Nicholas et al, (2019) suggests that too much variability of objects and labels can be overwhelming when teaching prepositions. So the same objects have been used throughout. You can choose to further limit the amount of objects for some of the activities (such as when using the stimulus cards or the clip cards), if required.

Source:  

Nicholas, K., Alt, M., & Hauwiller, E. (2019). ‘Variability of input in preposition learning by preschoolers with developmental language disorder and typically-developing language’. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. Vol 35;1. pp.55-74.

Also available in a money-saving bundle:

This themed prepositions resource is part of a larger, money-saving, prepositions bundle. Check out the bundle here.

The bundle is the most cost-effective option if you enjoy themed activities and have students working on spatial concepts. If you own the bundle, please don't purchase this pack as it is already included!