Oral Language: Categorise It! provides students with the opportunity to improve their oral language and fine motor skills as they sort, describe, cut, paste and colour in a variety of images.

Presented with a series of pictures that belong to two different categories, students will need to sort and then verbally explain the decisions that they’ve made. Students can be prompted by teacher questions, for example:

1. Why does the octopus belong in this category?
2. If we took the beanie away from this category, can you think of another item of clothing to replace it with?
3. How would you describe the apple?

Once complete, students can colour the pictures!

This resource comes with three themes, making it ideal for individual or small group work:

1. Animals
2. Food
3. Clothes

Our SCUMPS Posters and SCUMPS Display would be ideal to refer to during this task. If you’re looking for more oral language activities, check out Oral Language: Sort It! and Oral Language: Where is It?

This resource is available in our basic fun font and all Australian state fonts.