"What's Wacky?"® Language Cards

"What's Wacky?"® Language Cards is an illustrated card pair set targeting expressive language through absurd, humorous scenes, designed for use by Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and teachers with students in grades prekindergarten through grade 5 and children ages 3 to 11.

Twenty-eight pairs of wacky illustrated scenes featuring animals and objects in hilariously impossible situations give Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and teachers an irresistibly funny stimulus for generating rich, spontaneous expressive language in students who otherwise resist structured language tasks.

"What's Wacky?"® Language Cards presents 56 illustrated cards (2½" x 3½") in 28 matched pairs: each pair shows the same wacky scene from two slightly different angles or moments. Scenes include a pig vacuuming his pig pen, a dog mowing the lawn, and other equally absurd situations that students cannot help but react to. Use the paired format for matching and memory games, or present individual cards as open-ended language stimuli for describing, explaining, story-building, or humour comprehension activities. Two list cards and two instruction/idea cards are included. 

Who are these expressive language cards helpful for?

"What's Wacky?"® Language Cards is designed to target expressive language, descriptive vocabulary, explaining and reasoning, humour comprehension, and creative narrative skills in students in grades prekindergarten through grade 5 and children ages 3 to 11. Ideal for use by Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and teachers in individual therapy sessions or small group language instruction.

Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and teachers love these cards:

Absurd and humorous stimuli are among the most effective ways to elicit spontaneous, extended language from students who are reluctant to engage with structured language tasks, because the scenes trigger a genuine, unprompted reaction that generates natural language rather than practised responses. Understanding that an image is wacky also requires the metalinguistic awareness to identify what is wrong and why, which targets a level of reasoning that vocabulary cards presenting realistic scenes cannot. By Sharon G. Webber, M.S.

"What's Wacky?"® Language Cards include:

• 56 illustrated cards (2.5" x 3.5"): 28 pairs of wacky scenes, numbered and lettered for easy sorting
• Two list cards and two instruction/idea cards
• Sturdy storage tin
• Free progress tracking datasheet available for download from Super Duper Publications

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