Free Picture Cards for Teaching Prepositions

Learning to understand and use prepositions in speech has been one of Junior’s speech therapy goals for quite some time. Naturally, we practice using prepositions in our daily living. For example, shoes go in the cabinet, and the book is under the bed. We practice them during purposeful play: The train goes over the bridge, and the red car is behind the green car. Playing Hide and Seek is another fun way to practice prepositions. However, it is also helpful to practice them with flashcards so Junior can see and read the prepositions. So I made him three sets of picture cards to help him learn some of the most basic prepositions.

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More Handwriting Worksheets for Children with (or without) Down Syndrome

Teaching my son with Down Syndrome to write letters and numbers has been a long, slow process. But little by little we’re getting there! Many schools and homeschoolers use the wonderful handwriting program by Learning Without Tears (formerly Handwriting Without Tears.) But I have needed to adapt some of their materials in order for Junior to be successful.

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