Janet



I made this cube of bird photos as a start to a collection of cubes. As a preschool speech-language pathologist, I'm always looking for new, fun ways to help children learn vocabulary and categories, and also to practice saying words as part of speech therapy. I plan to make additional animal cubes, and then use them in a game format (roll the block, say the words). I can also see involving the students by naming a category (e.g., foods) and having them name 6 things in that category, and putting the cube together from their own ideas.

Another possibility, related to a popular theme in preschool, is to make individual cubes with "My Favorite Things" - each child can pick 6 things they like and we can make a cube for them to use to tell others. We may even have the children bring in some favorite things, photograph them, upload the photos, and incorporate them (and the child's photo) into their own personalized cubes.