Kitchen Words: Drag to the Picture
Eight kitchen words, from spoon and fork to soup and pie, dragged onto their pictures.
How to run it
Say each word as the student picks it up, then have them say it back before dropping it. For a student who is not reading yet, name the word yourself and let them find the picture; for a reader, let them read it and check. Add one describing question per item, such as what do we eat with a spoon, to move from naming toward talking. Five minutes is plenty.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentPresent the item and wait 5 seconds of quiet before helping.Log as correct
- HintGive a clue about the word's category, what it does, or where you find it.Log as cued
- Two choicesOffer two answers, the right one not always second.Log as cued
- ModelGive the answer in a sentence; the student says it back and uses it once more.Log as cued
Adjust it
Use fewer items and start with the ones the student already knows, such as 'spoon' and 'fork'.
Ask for the word in a sentence of the student's own, or a second example from the same group.
Matching IEP goal
Given vocabulary cards, Student will name, sort or define target words in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Eight kitchen words, spoon, fork, cup, jar, milk, soup, cake and pie, each dragged onto its picture. The words come from a room every child knows, which makes this a good first board for a student building early nouns, and a quick check of whether a word the family uses at home is one the child actually recognizes when it is named.
What to listen for
Watch which pairs are confused. Spoon and fork, or cup and jar, sit close in meaning, and a mix-up there is different from a random miss. Notice whether the student says the word or only moves it. A child who places every card correctly but cannot name the pie or the jar when you point is recognizing words, not yet producing them.
Carrying it home
Name things while you cook or set the table: hand me a spoon, pour the milk, stir the soup. Pause before the word and let the child fill it in. Ask them to fetch one item at a time from the kitchen. Real objects in a real routine give the words far more practice than the screen alone.
What's in this activity
- spoon
- fork
- cup
- jar
- milk
- soup
- cake
- pie
Questions
- Who is this for?
- PreK through first grade students building early noun vocabulary, and older students with limited vocabulary who need concrete, everyday words.
- Is it free?
- Yes. It plays free in the browser with no login. An account adds session data, goal scoring and assignment to a student.
- Can I make my own version?
- Yes. In the Activity Studio you can type your own word list once and play it as picture cards, a wheel, speaking cards or a spelling board.