Semantic mapping, or describing different features of items (like their category, function, location, color, etc…), is an effective, research-supported way to increase vocabulary skills of your students!
This resource includes describing visuals, a blank describing/defining worksheet, and 70 one sheet, no-prep describing worksheets.
There is also a blank describing worksheet included so that you can customize the worksheets with motivating, interesting, or themed items to describe for your own caseload.
Last, the entire resource is included in a Google Slides™️ format to make teletherapy or distance learning even easier!
The objects shown on the worksheets are all nouns from the following categories:
Animals, toys, vehicles, plants, insects, tools, electronics, clothing, food, furniture, body parts, places, sports, and instruments.
Want to learn more about describing skills? Click here to read my top therapy tips, see example goals, and read a few of my favorite research articles!
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Lynsey Jacobs –
I love this one stop shop for a ton of language goals. So versatile and easy to use.
Nora M. –
Wonderful resource to help students share their thinking on how to describe, categorize words, and build vocabulary. Definitely a resource that I will use again and again through distance learning and when we are back in the classroom. Thanks for all your hard work!
Lori P. –
I used this resource during distance learning. It is an excellent product to use to teach vocabulary (nouns) in a systematic way. The visual supports and google slides helped to improve student understanding and engagement. I appreciate the use of real pictures and the blank template so I can customize my lessons.
Nicole H. –
This resource was a success with my school-age students. I liked that it used real-life pictures and the visual aid of how to describe an object was an effective cue for my students. It was very adaptable for distance learning, and I look forward to using this resource in person as well.
Cinnamon T. –
OMG!! I fell in love with this resource after you sent the freebie!!! This is such and awesome resource that has helped me during distance learning (ESY). The pictures are vivid and large enough to display during teletherapy.
Philippa R. –
Comprehensive resource
Erin W. –
I love how this resource breaks down the concepts and provides a lot of visuals. Quick and easy resource that I can use over and over with dry erase markers. Thank you!
Minnesota SLP –
Thank you!
Elizabeth M. –
Excellent resource!
Susan H. –
This resource is easily assigned and returned for data. It is also easy to expand and personalize for vocab units
alexis L. –
I love this product! Engaging and a no prep resource
Speechy Travels –
Thank you!
J B’s Cabinet –
This working very well for my deaf students in virtual summer school to help them understand critical elements and descriptive language, and how to organize that language for a written description.
Samantha V. –
Loved this resource!
Dana W. –
Love all the visuals to support my students who are learning to describe.
Annarose F. –
Another great resource! Thanks so much!
Language Encounters –
Love this! Thanks!
Lauren B. –
This is great resource for vocabulary skills and describing! I love the visual supports provided.
Ogadinma O. –
Great resource!
Kerry S. –
I love that you used real pictures. It makes the learning more authentic. Great for teletherapy.
Steph’s Speech Store –
Great resource!
Jen C. –
Excellent resource to use with distance learning. I loved how the visuals are embedded within each page.
Susan R. –
It is fantastic to have everything on one page. A well rounded resource to teach vocabulary.
cathy D. –
Great resource for teaching kids how to be more descriptive! Love the use of real pics!
Samantha T. –
This was perfect for my students!!! I work with mostly students on the spectrum and the visual/graphic organization of this is great for them!
Elissa Kaufman –
Thank you!
Hollis B. –
This has been a great resource for distance learning and I look forward to using it in the classroom as well. I like the structured it provides when teaching students how to describe objects. Wonderful visual cues! Thanks so much!
Stephanie M. –
Excellent resources and works well for online SLP sessions!
Ashley MASLP –
This resource was an absolute game changer during distance learning! I loved the free version and just had to have the full version. I love that you can open the document and type right on it while describing the images. Thank you!!
Ashley J. –
Another great resource from Speechy Musings! I used the free version during distance learning and I can’t wait to use this with my caseload when school resumes.
Melanie R. –
This is a great resource for distance learning and for sending examples to parents on how to work on describing at home. highly recommend
Jean F. –
This is prepped and ready to go for fall. These are simple and easy for kids to understand. Love that they are designed to start with basic descriptors and then have the space to develop them into sentences to explain the ideas they want to express. Really love any resources from this author. Very practical and easy to use.
Kaarin E. –
These are ready to go in the fall, either in person or virtually! The clear layout is easy for kids to navigate.
Ellen H. –
These are a great resource for receptive and expressive language skill development. So colorful and can be used for written expression as well as verbal. Motivating pictures!
Kaitlin N. –
This resource is awesome! So much time was put into making the resource engaging and realistic. I like that the pictures are real and appropriate for older kids. Thank you!
Desert Speechie –
This resource have been SO great to use during distance learning- my students love working on these sheets!
Jaclyn B. –
So great for kids working on describing!
Sandra Boyle –
Great resource. Thank you!
Lori C. –
Great resource with visuals that targets describing. Thank you!
SLP Roundup –
I was able to use this resource during distance learning for vocabulary development. I love the visuals and it uses language that my students are familiar with. I like the basic layout and real photos.
Andrea L –
Thanks!
Jill S. –
Love everything this seller makes. These are particularly useful for my students who need more support when describing.
Michelle G. –
This saved me so much time preparing lessons to present online.
Bauman Speech –
I love this resource! I work on describing/labeling objects with so many students, and I love how this breaks it down for them. It’s so easy to use! LOVE! Thank you so much!
Suzie R. –
Great resource for developing descriptive vocabulary and sentence writing.
Michele M. –
This is a great resource, and I’ve been able to use it for several different things, including vocabulary, describing, sentence construction and more! Super practical and easy to use. Thank you!
Ashley M. –
Great resource!
Michelle L. –
Great no print resource that can be used for distance learning or in person. Love the real photos and the visual cues for describing. Thanks!
Kathleen V. –
All of Shannon’s resources are excellent. They are thoroughly research and well planned out. The real photographs are great and the structure is easy to teach. I highly recommend this resource.
Joann L. –
This resource was great! I have used it with several students, they like the real pictures and the structure of the resource is helping students more independently (using the visuals of the resource rather than me) create some longer, more detailed responses when describing. Great Resource!
Danielle M. –
The systematic way in which I’m able to teach describing is fantastic. Thank you!
Barbara T. –
All of Shannon’s resources are researched and well planned out. They align with state standards The real photographs are great and the structure is easy to teach. This is a great resource to use to teach mainly nouns. I highly recommend this resource.
Corina G. –
Great resource! My students loved the photos and I liked the visuals.
Stephanie P. –
fabulous! no complaints, great resource.
Emily C. –
My students responded so well to the photographs and visuals on each page!
Sarah M. –
This is a very useful resource, as it makes the task of describing something very explicit.
Heather T. –
So excited that I can use this resource as a “staple” as I rotate themes for my classroom. Easy to use digitally and familiar format for my students.
Carol B. –
Loved using this. So helpful encouraging expression.
Kristian A. –
This is a fantastic resource to use in person or with distance learning. This has been very engaging for my students.
Peg Hutson – SLP Resources –
Great to explicitly teach describing skills.
Cheridan N. –
I love all of Speechy Musings’ products, and this one is definitely included!
Speech Wonderland –
Another fantastic resource from Speechy Musings!
Amanda S. –
BUY THIS! I love everything about this. The one-page layout is so nice to use when working with students and it is super distance learning friendly.
Aubree G. –
I fell in love with these activities when Shannon released them during the COVID break. Now I am continuing to use them in distance learning throughout the extended school year, and I plan to use them during the upcoming year. As always, her leveling of skills and visuals are spot on.
Brooke G. –
I was able to share this on the screen and discuss the pictures with my students. Great resource.
Ashli G. –
This is great for describing.
Rebecca S. –
I love the simplicity and versatility of this resource. All of your resources break down concepts into their simplest parts providing the scaffolding needed for success and mastery.
Emily M. –
I feel like I can never have enough describing activities! I like the icons used for each quality of describing and the real pictures. Great activity per usual!
KC Speechie –
Extremely thorough resource with very engaging graphics that are consistent throughout the product. Definitely recommend!
Courtney W. –
This is a great resource to work on describing!
Ellen P. –
Love this product!
Lindsey S. –
This resource was engaging even for the younger kiddos! The visuals were great and easy to follow along with!
Kayla S. –
I have so many students on my caseload that will benefit from this resource. Worth every penny!
Sarah H. –
I pretty much love every resource that you put out there, this was no exception! Thanks for being awesome!
Andrea B. –
My students loved the visual supports on these sheets in addition to verbal scaffolding I could provide as they needed it! Wonderful resource!
SLT Roots –
Works well with both virtual learning and in person therapy.
Natasha K. –
My students loved this engaging resource. Thanks for a wonderful resource!
Jessica T. –
Love the use of “real pictures” for describing! This resource is so carefully designed to help students improve in their ability to describe. Having the visual key for them to refer without requiring additional visuals is an added bonus!
Amanda K. –
this was a great visual to use during distance learning
Stephanie C –
Very helpful for my student working on visualizing and verbalizing. Thank you.
Corie Mardeusz –
Another great Speechy Musings product!
Anita B. –
So functional and you get a lot of practice, even if you use just one sheet!
Farah Lyn G. –
I love the real life pictures in this wonderful resource! Thank you!
Caitlin N. –
Shannon knocked it out of the park again! This works perfectly for distance learning when screen sharing. THANK YOU!
Alisha S. –
I really love using all of Speechy Musings resources. They are laid out so well and easy to use either as a lesson plan or as a worksheet activity. You can target a variety of goals with this resource, especially if you use it as a “picture of the day” warm up activity as Shannon suggested via Instagram. Thank you!
Katelyn W. –
These are great to use during distance learning. My students enjoyed the ‘real’ pictures and I appreciated the systematic way to teach them how to describe.
Suzanne Clark –
Great product!
NY-MD Speechie –
This product is fantastic. It has all of the visual supports my students need and I love that I can use it in Google Slides for teletherapy. I also used the WebPaint feature in Chrome with this activity. Thank you!
Stephanie G. –
Thank you for including the graphic organizers! Great information all on one sheet!
Jessica H. –
Great resource
Dana Monaghan –
Great visual supports for students! Thank you!
Lori F. –
Another great Speechy Musings resource! A great way to target describing skills.
Heather M. –
Excellent resource. Easy to use for teletherapy 🙂
Kevin Torrez –
Great resource!
Sarah H. –
I’ve been working on describing using a similar framework, so it’s great to have new, vibrant pictures and the consistent visuals for all the different components to include in the description
Teri S. –
I love these! I used the free one so much during teletherapy in the spring and am so excited to get the full version! Love that the students can see the describing visuals and that you can type directly onto the page. I also love that the pictures are real-life pictures!
Cassidy C. –
I appreciate how organized and systematic the sheets are, which makes it easy to work on describing! Love the real life pictures.
Bradford R. –
Great resource for getting students to describe using their voices or AAC device.
Kortney F. –
Organized and supportive resource. Thank you!
Elizabeth R. –
Terrific product!
Mary L. –
Very handy resource.
Beth R. –
Great resource for distance learning. Digital lessons are engaging for students, easy to use and lesson my prep time!
Corinna W. –
So comprehensive!
Katie N. –
WOW! This resource is amazing! Tthe pictures are perfect and I feel like it starts easy and gets more difficult, which I love for my students! I used this over Zoom sessions by sharing my screen and filling out the form together. It worked like a charm! I love the picture cues for students! It is an amazing resource that I would recommend to anyone working in the field! I love all materials from Speechy Musings and this is a must have for your collection!
Susan M. –
I am using this resource to do learner support with a high school learner (South Africa) in his second language and it is excellent. The photos are engaging and there is so much that can be done with these worksheets. I must add that this particular child’s marks went from 27% in May to 61% in August. Whoop-whoop!
Cheri H. –
I love this all in one product. Love the real pictures and the language that they elicit!
Haley M. –
I really love this product! the pictures are great and the breakdown of how to describe is clear and concise. I think that this works great with online screen sharing during therapy and allows students to type their response into the pdf
Ashley Paige L. –
This resource has groups of similar pictures, which is great for unit instruction! It has also been adapted with text boxes built-in, which is an enormous help during teletherapy.
Jessica S. –
This is such a great product to use when teaching vocabulary. I love all of the visual supports and the use of real pictures. Speechy Musings always makes such great resources and this is just another one you must get!!
The Communication Station –
These no-print resources are great for using during virtual services! Thanks!
Courtney B. –
Excellent resource!
Step Into Speech –
Love real pictures!
Kaitlin M. –
Thank you for another fantastic product! Just another great resource for teaching vocabulary. My clients were very engaged throughout this activity!
Jordan H. –
I love this resource so much! It is my absolute go to! I’ve used it across the lifespan successfully.
Home Sweet Speech –
Super excited about this resource! I plan to use this as a weekly activity with my kindergarteners and first graders to help increase describing skills!
Megan S. –
This resource is so great for ALL of my students on my caseload. It’s a really great staple to have.
Marilyn V. –
I love all of Speechy Musing’s products. This is perfect to address describing skills.
Krista K. –
Great for describing. Love the visuals and real photos. Easy to use for distance learning. Thank you.
Mallory S. –
I love that the visuals are right on the page! The real photos are also a GREAT feature of this product.
Harriett H. –
This resource was invaluable for me to reach my students through teletherapy!!! They generated so much expressive language and were engaging.
littlespeechthings –
Great resource to use through telepractice!
Lauren P. –
Great visuals, thank you!!
Becky F. –
The visual supports with this resource are outstanding and help my students in building their descriptive language! A must have in your language resources.
Aimee Walton –
Exacty what I was looking for! Thanks.
April P. –
Great resource! I used this with my distance learning ESY students. They loved the real pictures and we paired stories with each picture/topic. Thank you!
Emily S. –
fantastic!
Melanie N. –
This is a great and engaging resource for my 3rd/4th graders.
Lora M. –
Used printed for discussion and conversation as well as one on one with virtual students!
Erica S. –
I used this virtually and I love that the visual support is included with each picture! Love all products Shannon makes!! So functional!
Dayna Jones –
These activities are engaging and they provide multiple opportunities for learning these language skills in a well-organized manner. Thank you!
Jessica P. –
Great for working on language expansion in addition to describing.
Ida-Bar Speech and Language- Julie Dayley –
I love these worksheets! They have been perfect as I start lesson planning – I can see how to perfectly use them both for in-person and digital therapy this year. Thanks .
Danielle N. –
I used the samples of the one sheet picture describing last spring and they were so helpful! The students loved typing in the edible boxes (the students and I would take turns). After we answered all of the questions, we typed up a short paragraph with a topic sentence and detailed sentences. I also, used the annotate tool in zoom and covered up answers and had the student recall the answers that he had formulated earlier. So much fun and the pictures are beautiful.
Lee L. –
Great Resource !
Rebecca Ansen –
Great resource for targeting descriptions. Worked well with teletherapy and distance packets.
SpeakEazySLP –
Thank you for always incorporating visuals for describing, this is so helpful for students to remember different attributes. I also love how you use real-life pictures!
Miss B SLP –
I love this resource! The real pictures are so engaging!
Katie Calnon –
This graphic organizer is so helpful for my students. I love the variety of pictures, and the fact that they are all real images. My older students appreciate it!
Jillian Gabriel –
Thanks! Great resource! So simple but so effective! Thanks for doing the handwork!
L T. –
I have been able to use these pages with in person and online students. It provides my students with practical and efficient opportunities for working on their goals during our limited time together.
Bryan D P. –
I like the simple one page format. Photos are clear. Worksheet presents as a visual support
Morin C. –
LOVE using these!!
Casandra V. –
Great for use over distance learning when students are not always willing to engage. Great pictures!
Luke W. –
I love the graphic organizers included in these worksheets. The chosen pictures are perfect, as well!
The Elementary Speechy –
Great Resource!
Christina P. –
Can’t go wrong with anything created by Speechy Musings! The colored pictures help elicit language for numerous targets!
The SLP Spot –
Great resource! I use this in person and online with e-learners!
Mollie C. –
I love the visuals along with the sentence starters that can be used with these sheets!
melissa M. –
So great, in conjunction with EET too!
Kaitlyn Reiter –
I love this resource. I love that it can be used over zoom but also in person.
Julie Pencheff –
This is a great resource for describing and building expressive language skills. The photographs and visuals helped my students stay engaged and be successful.
Jade S. –
I am enjoying using this resource with my students.
Connie M. –
Great resource!
Marykate V. –
great
Patty P. –
This resource was very easy and effective to use with my students over teletherapy. It also reduced my planning time for sessions immensely for which I am grateful.
Katherine C. –
This is great to have a go-to describing resource. I love that it uses real pictures, and annotating the PDF is almost easier than trying to write on a printed picture in person. Exactly the kind of thing I like to use with my students, and so easy to use.
Shelley E. –
Perfect no print resource!
Sara S. –
The real pictures are very engaging for my students. I love that they always know what to expect and the descriptive visuals are built right into the material.
Miranda H. –
Love using this to target a variety of language objectives.
Teach2Speech –
Great product! Love the cue cards. Fun pics too!
Laura S. –
Great resource to use for teletherapy and face-to-face students. Able to send home for homework as well.
Leah T. –
Great for DL!
Sara C. –
Thank you! This product has been helpful during distance learning. I love the pictures and the visuals.
Speechie85 –
My students really enjoyed the pictures and activity. I like how it is all on one page and parents can see how the information was gathered and then compiled.
Lauren S. –
Absolutely love the real life pictures and prompts on every page!
Margaret Griesmer –
This was a fun addition to my virtual lesson! It is great to have the engaging materials done for you!
Julie N. –
Love how it is editable and has real pictures! Super easy to utilize and functional.
Jennifer B. –
This was an excellent resource!!
Julie S. –
I love this product and it’s easy to use on line.
LynnZee D. –
My students loved using these during zooms!
Johanna N. –
This resource works well for kids of many ages
Jessica Andrzejewski –
This is one of my FAVORITE purchases from TPT, I use this resource all the time in conjunction with the EET. The pictures are awesome and the kids love using these. A great resource for telehealth and in-person sessions.
Christine C. –
Great variety of pictures!
Victoria C. –
I use this resource a lot and love the visuals on the page to refer to! It works great for distance learning and plan to use it in person in a dry erase page protector.
AMY C. –
So well put together and easy to use!
Wendy H. –
Great to use with the EET! Thank you!
Alicia R. –
The real pictures are so helpful for older students. It makes it feel more age-appropriate for them.
Asha C. –
Great resource!
Morgan B. –
This resource is wonderful for all age groups, allowing them to talk about an image. Great to be a topic of conversation as well.
Kris G. –
Amazing resource! I like the real photos and how it is organized to help students build describing skills. I have used this as a warm up activity for every session. So easy to just pick it up and go.
Elizabeth G. –
THANKS!
Erin Proffit –
Great variety of activities for a range of goals.
Lauren S. –
Used this packet to teach describing to a mixed group with speech/language impairment. Worked so well and can’t wait to continue it with them next session! Great visuals.
Andrea Chesick –
Absolutley love this product! Perfect to work on together as a group during teletherapy!
Lauren W. –
This is such a time saver for me because I do a lot of describing with my students. The pictures are quality and it’s a great activity for kids of many different levels.
Lythia A. –
Love it!
Emma S. –
This is hands down my favorite describing resource. There are so many images to choose from, the pages are super easy to use in-person and over teletherapy, and the visual cues are simple yet SUPER supportive. I 1000000% recommend this for anyone working on descriptions!!
stephanie R. –
helpful resource!
A H. –
I loved the six boxes on the graphic for describing. The graphic organizer has made describing and remembering how to describe easy for my students.
Lauren Wuchte –
We love using this for communication skills and practice!
Courtney W. –
I love how this resource breaks down how to describe a picture. The visual are consistent throughout and are serve as a much needed reminder for my students when they are describing. I have used it both in class and for distance learning.
Emily L. –
Awesome! So many great ways to scaffold for different levels of need.
Kimberly B. –
Thank you!
Deaf Ed SLP –
Such a functional resource for my language groups. Easy to pull up and use
Alissa K. –
This is a great resource for my virtual students, it’s really easy to scale up or down in complexity so I use it with ALL of my kids.
Amanda P. –
Love that these have the visuals to help guide the students through their descriptions. I use them on the iPad, computer, and in class on the smart board. So quick and easy. No prep needed.
Kimberly V. –
Great resource…quick and easy to print and go!
Laura V. –
I’ve used this across my entire caseload. After using the freebie version a million times last Spring when everyone on the planet went online, I pounced on this fantastic packet immediately. Another Speechy Musings product of which I’ll use every single page.
Sarah S. –
This resource is great! I love using the fillable sheet to help my kids visually see the different stuff ways to describe items!
Matthew G. –
Perfect resource!
Speechie Co-Teachie –
You need to buy this! In fact, you need to buy everything from Speechy Musing because you will never be disappointed and always so thankful!
Holly P. –
The simple visuals were useful for my students to use alongside the colorful pictures. This is a good companion to the EET.
Kristin C. –
This is a super helpful design to help teach describing. I love the layout! Thank you!
Mary C. –
Awesome!
Sharon P. –
My students like anything computerized and this was a great fit for those kiddos who have difficulty describing
Elizabeth D. –
I have used this for distance learning. The pictures are big, clear and range across categories. Like the visual supports in the side as well as the empty space to write.
sally C. –
excellent resource. again.
Mikayla C. –
Use this frequently in therapy sessions. Great resource!
Carla W. –
Thanks!
Katie F. –
Love Speechy Musings products for my caseload! I work with adults with DD and it’s challenging to find resources that aren’t super juvenile-looking. Speechy Musings always does such a nice job of creating products that are applicable for caseloads across the lifespan!
Miss D SLP –
This is an easy to use describing activity that works well for distance learning! I love that it uses real photos, provides visual prompts for describing and has a box you can type into! I often type my students’ descriptions right into the box, add the date and then screen shot for easy data collection!
Brianne Verhoog –
great resource!
Jessica W. –
This is perfect for distance learning! The text boxes are easily editable and the visual supports are perfect for my students working on describing.
Lauri C. –
The pictures are relevant to my caseload. I use this resource not only for language, but also for articulation and fluency. Great resource for mixed groups.
Emma Sharrock –
This is a great resource for teaching vocabulary in a really clear and systematic way and providing students with a framework they can then use independently when learning new topic vocabulary in the classroom.
Lorren Wiedemann –
This resource is absolute GOLD. I use it with both older and younger students with severe to profound language disorders. It’s incredibly well organized and my students with EET immediately recognized what we were doing when we first began using it.
Alicia F. –
Easy, low-prep, routine to get students writing more details.
Michelle G. –
These are great photos and helpful to use with my students as a push in whole group activity in the bilingual 1st and 2nd grade classrooms.
Caitlin K. –
This is a very structured way to continue practicing Describing.
Dora Diaz –
helpful
Jessica S. –
Love using these to target expressive language and vocabulary skills
Rae Oberman –
I absolutely love using this resource, it’s especially helpful for my students because the visuals are built in. Thank you!
Kathryn S. –
This is such a great product for describing.
Debra S. –
Fabulous packet for working on describing. I love that it has visual supports.
Jill S. –
Love these sheets! My students find them engaging and I love the structure they provide when working on describing.
Kimberly P. –
I loved using this one on one with remote students.
Jean W. –
Nice pictures, great questions. Thank you
Christina F. –
Fantastic resource. The visual cues for each area to describe are great for scaffolding describing skills. The clear pictures make it easy for students to describe the item when they aren’t as familiar with it. Thank you for including the boxes to type answers.
Maureen M. –
Super helpful, such a great resource! Thanks
Tori Benenati –
Great resource to pair with EET. I used it for both theme based language therapy and structured therapy lessons!
stephanie T. –
This is such a great resource for so many goals! I like that I was able to use it with my virtual students as well even though it isn’t a digital resource.
Heather C. –
Very high quality resource; excellent for mixed groups
Madeleine M. –
I love the sentence frame part of this resource. It’s really helpful to move students from answering questions to creating their own descriptions.
Charlotte F. –
A wonderful resource to use for homework assignments.
Emily B. –
I love this product!! I think I have used this more than any other product during distance learning! It is so great for making describing a more systematic skill. I love pointing out that “group” is at the top because it is the most important detail to include and we always start with that. I also find it helpful for figuring out if there are certain skills that students need more work in (like function, category, etc). Thank you!!
Katharine P. –
Very useful!
Nicole C. –
Thank you for this comprehensive resource!
Stacy R. –
The real life photos make a world of a difference when working on describing! I’m slowly working on shifting all my visuals to real-life.
Melissa S. –
great resource
ThelmaJean G. –
This has been an awesome tool to use for take home packets for my lower functioning kids that cannot access virtual learning on their own. It helps guides both the parent and child one step at a time! and putting all their skills together.
Denise S. –
Another great resource!
Mandie H. –
Shannon makes high quality products.; always worth the investment. I love the consistency of her visuals across products. I like the real photos.
Kaylin P. –
This has been a great purchase for my virtual and in-person students. I love how it can be used to cover so many different language goals and it’s easy to use for articulation carry-over skills. It’s full of materials and at a great price!
Julie Hambrecht –
I love using this resource with my middle school aged students and they love it too!
Laurel S. –
This has been a great resource for my kids with language disorders! The visual support provided has been very helpful in teaching describing.
Tara H. –
Awesome to have the picture and graphic organizer together! Love this resource!
Katie M. –
Such a great clear resource. Thanks!
Valerie K. –
Love all your resources! Such a great resource. Love the real photos and prompts provided to assist in describing. All your products are so thought out and thorough!
Megan H. –
Love using these with my older students and introducing them to different kinds of visuals for including the components important in providing descriptions. Another great resource from you!
Granting Communication –
Great visuals for working on describing!
Amy J. –
This resource is a great addition to my description resources. I love that I can write down what the students say on the resource. The visuals are nice, and the pictures are great too. Thank you!
Julie Ane L W. –
Students like describing the picture “independently” referring to the symbols to remind them what to include in their descriptions.
Sarah S. –
This resource was great online and in person!
Suzanne A. –
My students liked this resource and I appreciated how easy-to-use it was!
Susanne C. –
This is one of my most used activities with my students. It is fantastic. The visuals are very helpful and I love that it is with real photos.
LeighAnne D. –
I love using these with my students. The pictures are bright and engaging. They generate so much language.
Theresa G. –
Simple, clean and effective way of teaching and practicing describing.
Chaimaa E. –
Amazing! I love adding good quality resources to my educational toolbox!! So happy I purchased this!
Susan S. –
One of my all time favourites. I love the format and the pictures are fabulous. Makes planning so easy and great for home use too. Thank you.
Bailey A. –
This had been a great resource to have for my caseload! Another Speechy Musings must have!
Alison D. –
This resource provides a structured framework for students to increase their describing skills.
Melissa T. –
A very well organized and useful resources! The added visuals are sooo helpful!
Melissa Phillips –
This is a must have for speech therapists! I love the real life pictures and the variety! There are over 50 pictures to choose from. I have used it in person and online. For in person kids, you can bring it up on your laptop or print it and put it in a plastic sleeve and use a dry erase marker to re-use it! Thank you for this awesome resource!
Ally C. –
I really like all the real life pictures. This is a wonderful resource that you should try out.
Taylor B. –
Such a great all-encompassing resource. Love using this!
Finch Speech –
Perfect for my distance learners to practice!
amy A. –
Loved these sheets! Love the real life pictures!
Language Friends –
I love that it is so easy to use and it really makes the students think about all de details you can use when describing something.
Alicia R. –
I love this resource and use it all the time!
Andrea S. –
Great resource!
Katherine S. –
I have found so many uses for this resource across my caseload. I love the real pictures and that it can work well in person or virtually.
Beth B. –
This is one of my favorite resources I’ve ever purchased! I LOVE the digital version that’s included — works so well for my teletherapy during distance learning. I love that you use pictures of real objects/animals and not cartoons. Everything is worded very clearly and I like how it is formatted. Thank you for making my life so much easier!
Tessa F. –
This has been great for my students working on describing, as well as other language skills. I like to use it as a warm-up during some sessions.
Jessica Allen –
Love this resource for describing, wh questions, and inferencing! I’m always looking for resources with real pictures, so this was great!
Rachel H. –
I love that this uses real pictures. These are a go-to for me when working on describing.
Lauren B. –
I love the real photos in this activity. Thanks!
Briana P. –
This was my go-to activity when targeting attributes and categorization with my students. There are a variety of pictures to engage all interests and the edible pdf was a life-saver as I was able to delete and reuse for multiple sessions!
L C. –
Outstanding resource!!! Thank you!
Meghan H. –
Amazing resource to use for students that have difficulty with word finding. I love that it can be used virtually, or in person.
Tiffany H. –
This resource works well for those students who are virtual. It uses real photos and provides great visual prompts. Great resource and worth the money!
Margo Simmons –
This is a great resource for distanced learning. My students really like having the real pictures of items.
Miss Lulu –
Using this as a warm up during one of my reading groups and it’s been great. Thanks!
Clairissa Rodriguez –
Love the simplicity and clean lines of the layout. Easy and ready to use!
Lara K. –
A great warm up activity! Perfect for individual sessions or for groups. The editable PDF makes it so easy to use both in person and online. THANK YOU SPEECHY MUSINGS!
Margaret M. –
This is my all time go to. I use it EVERY DAY and the students are really engaged. They are challenged because though they see this as something easily within their reach, they don’t realize how much they’ve learned and how hard they’re actually working. They don’t feel threatened or frustrated, they feel it’s in their grasp, and I love it because I am stretching their capabilities with great success every time. So excellent. LOVE this resource.
Nourish and Grow –
This is a great idea, a nice, simple resource to have on hand!
Haley M. –
I love this resource! It is in my constant rotation of therapy activities
DeCo Speech –
Love the visuals!
Stephanie I. –
Great real life photos. I really like the visual supports/graphics for describing skills…a great variety to use over multiple sessions.
Jill B. –
I really like how you break every skill down to the very basic level and have visual supports for everything. You do this throughout all of your products and I think this is wonderful! Thanks!
Kelly C. –
Love this resource! The pictures are clear, I love the prompts, and I love the open section to allow us to write a description together.
Amanda B. –
You can target soo much!
Kristen B. –
Great, structured way to assist my students in describing in various ways.
Jenna R. –
I use this resource all the time! I love that it has real photos, and it has the visual cues for describing included right by the picture. Thank you!
Celeste S. –
Love this resource! After my students describe the animal, I pull up a YouTube video of it.
Mollie G. –
I work in a middle school with students who have a wide range of disabilities. My students love these! I use these for a majority of my students with language disorders. Thank you for creating such a valuable resource!
Jenna S. –
I love the visuals, well organized and easy to use with my students.
April Reuis –
Thank you for this resource. Very thorough and I was able to adapt it to fit my needs and use it as is for several of my students. Thank you!
Cienna B. –
The template for each page is very useful and supportive for my students. I love the variety of pictures chosen.
Laura T. –
Perfect activity to address vocabulary goals. My students will be able to use this same strategy in their regular classrooms.
cinthia J. –
This is a great resource! It is easy to use and includes multiple opportunities to practice. I love that it has a variety of tasks and everything is well explained.
Loyda P. –
Loved this resource!!!
Rosemary R. –
This editable resource was great to use with my students. The images/target words chosen for this resource were great for my students!
Cindy P. –
Very helpful!
Melissa P. –
Absolutely love this activity! My students thoroughly enjoy describing with these one page sheets as well.
Ashley R. –
This has been a saving grace for some of my older students working on describing and it has been a time saver for me! I love the describing visuals used in this product and I love how many worksheets you get!! One of my favorites!
Lauren H. –
Great to use in therapy or send home with students for at home practice!
Jodie Nichols –
Love your resources, especially for online learning.
Speech Bum –
These are wonderful for my kids working with the EET!
Rebecca E. –
This is so easy to use – it’s great as a quick activity for my students working on describing as well as inferencing, wh- questions, and narratives.
Nodak Speechie –
Loved this resource – user friendly for both the students and myself! A great resource to use for multiple sessions. Thank you!
YESSICA Q. –
Great resource for distance learning. It was easy to use and write my students’ responses on the worksheets while sharing the document with them.
Tara W. –
This was a great resource for both in-person and virtual sessions!
Alexa K. –
Great real-like pictures and formatting to work on expanding expressions with the students on my caseload!
Rosaura I. –
Thank you so much for creating this!
Kim B. –
Great visuals and supports for in-person and distant learning. Always quality resources from Speechy Musings!
williamsac –
This is an amazing describing resource for my kids. They work on describing objects using language, as well as comparing and contrasting. This has helped my kids transition into comparing and contrasting 2 objects that they have described.
Erica S. –
Helpful vocal builder and to provide explanations. Thanks!
Devin O. –
My students benefit from having access to visual cues on the page. The images are very clear and are mostly commonly found or images that can be worked into themes used in my sessions. I use this product for both my virtual students and in-person students.
Andrea B. –
This resource complimented the work my students have done using the EET. I liked the choice of pictures and the way the description piece was organized. The no print feature was a plus, too!
Jordyn S. –
Love!
bryan C. –
Great resource for both virtual and face-to-face kids.
Kelley J. –
Love this Grab and go resource!! No prep and highly effective resource with great visuals to support describing!
Jennifer P. –
I have this resource in heavy rotation with two of my 2 times a week groups! The students request it, they enjoy the photos so much and the visual organizer makes it that much easier for them to participate and be successful. Truly such a meaningful session each time we use this- It’s worth every penny!
Chelsea M. –
This is one of my go-to resources for students both in-person and who are distance learning.
Kara H. –
I like that the pictures are real and can be printed in color. So many students have difficulty describing and I will definitely be using all 78 pictures!
nola B. –
Love this resource so much – fabulous!
Shelli S. –
I am working on describing skills with students who have Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities. This packet has been so helpful to teach this skill in a very systematic way. I love the real photographs and the variety of items included in this packet.
Katharine I. –
Love all Speechy Musings resources. Happy to have this!
Natasha T. –
If you’re targeting describing- this is a resource you need! There are SO many real-life pictures. And I loved the included visuals! They are such great support for my students!
Lauren U. –
So organized and step-by-step – thank you!
Angela F. –
This has become a staple in my SLP toolbox. It’s so simple, but such a great resource. The simple format for creating a definition has worked wonders for kids of all ages on my caseload.
Robin H. –
This is such a great resource for practicing describing, my students love it, and it really lends itself to teletherapy. Thank you!!
Ashley B. –
Very helpful for my language students!
Beth A. –
Great visual for my students. I use this all the time.
Hannah M. –
I LOVE this resource! I use it weekly with both of my in-person and virtual students. The real-life pictures are fantastic and the variety is great. I love how it guides the students through their responses as well.
Raquel R. –
Always great products from this seller! Great for distance and in-person learning!
Jessica G. –
Like the pictures and being able to type in the document. Students were engaged by the photos.
Ms Ryan SLP –
Easy AND no-prep – say less! Great way to target a variety of language skills for my speech therapy kids at both the elementary and junior high level.
Lorraine T. –
This resource has wonderful, vibrant color pictures used for describing. I really like the graphic cards to give my students a visual cue for each attribute. On your blog, your suggestion to each one attribute at a time was a game changer for me! Thanks!
Claire P. –
Such a great resource to help my older students with describing! Love the real life photos 🙂
Kristen Z. –
This is a great resource. I love the real, color photos. It is easy to use digitally and in a hard copy/printed form. I like the structure the resource provides and the embedded prompts are helpful. I like that it can be used for describing, sentence building, vocabulary building, and more. This was a great purchase for me and I recommend it.
Lauren H. –
This has become one of my go to activities during distance learning. I love the variety of pictures, question prompts, and space to write on the page.
Monica G. –
Great comprehensive resource to work on describing skills!
Shireen G. –
Just started my elementary and middle school caseload and this is a god-sent to use with them! Super easy to send back as home practice too!
Mia M. –
After using the free sample countless times, I just had to buy the full resource! A fantastic, evidence-based way to work on a variety of language goals. It is also engaging and can be tailored to the specific interests of the child but selecting salient pictures.
Kamila K. –
great resource!
Brittany T. –
I love that the pictures are of real life photos! Great resource with lots of different pictures for students to describe!
Speech for Everyone –
Grwat prompts for describing. Also used for other activities like picture description
Kristin D. –
I highly recommend this wonderful resource!
Sean B. –
Very happy with this resource! I greatly appreciate the sentence frames and the visuals, especially for my more lower functioning students.
Rachel J. –
This resource is organized, clear, and offers so many opportunities for practice. With the help of the visuals, my students have become more confident and consistent in their describing skills!
Bethany S. –
Absolutely love this. The pictures are great with such a range of vocabulary covered. Great to get up quickly on your iPad and work on this skill with children with minimal prep.
Angela M. –
Love this resource for both virtual and in person speech/language therapy!! Beautiful photos and specific prompts lead to great describing skills!
Rachel C. –
I LOVE this resource! The pictures are engaging and the visual prompts on each page help my kids describe in more detail and more effectively. All of Shanan’s resources are so comprehensive and well done, I highly recommend this resource!
Alaina Galperin –
Love that this resource uses real pictures!
Jean M. –
Terrific resource, with real-photo pictures, can be adapted for different levels.
Penny M. –
I have so many students this year working on describing goals this year. This resource has been a game changer! The kids have loved the real life photos and I have appreciated the format. I’m excited to see that this resource is now available on Easel through TPT. I haven’t quite figured it out yet, but I’m lookin forward to using this new format with this resource.
Jessica N. –
Amazing resource use it for everything
Nikole S. –
My students found the photos very engaging. Great resource!
a V. –
This is a great resource to have in your toolbox.
Thank you for this great resouce!
Jennifer Y. –
I’m telling you, anything from speechymusings will be a Go-to in your therapy arsenal! I use this resource with about 80% of my caseload.
Bailey S. –
I recently bought this resource and have already implemented it with my students for onsite learning! I also like using the visual attributes sheet with real objects as well for my students to describe. I haven’t tried this resource with my distance learning students yet but plan to soon.
Kelly E. –
Excellent resource! Get this product! It is wonderful for targeting descriptive skills!
Shelley Blanco –
I love this resource and the pictures that go with it are very engaging. My students love the prompts to help describe each picture.
Lynn M. –
Great visuals!
Mister R Speech Room –
I loved this resource and how easy it was to manipulate. The perfects were also high-quality pictures so I had great responses from this resource!
Christina B. –
This is an excellent resource for the money. It made my students excited to practice written expression.
Elleia K. –
The real photos and clean font style were great! The students really enjoyed the activities.
Edna B H. –
Such a great product!
Nicole N. –
The Google Slides worked great for distance learning!
Michelle B. –
This activity worked well both in person and during remote learning. I love the visuals and the sentence formulation. I’ve seen growth in describing, word finding, and sentence formulation. Thank you!
Kristin Gomez –
This is such a great resource!!
Karrie B. –
This is perfect. I love this resource. Like all of your resources, it is comprehensive, concise and practical. Thank you.
Whitney D. –
Awesome resource to work on descriptions.
melissa T. –
I really like the photos, and the repeated anchor chart to facilitate independence.
Megan A. –
This is the perfect addition to my resources! I LOVE it! We now start most of our sessions with a picture of the day to describe! THANK YOU!
Cindy R. –
Good resource for describing practice.
River City Speech –
I love all of my Speechy Musings materials! They are a staple in my therapy sessions and this one is no exception.
Brittany L. –
This has been the best purchase I have made this year! It breaks down 6 different ways to describe objects (group, action, place, parts, looks like, and what else. My students from 1st-6th grade have become great describers this year with this resource. I especially like the template with the sentence used to define objects with the ” A _______________ is a _________________ that _____________” format.
Michelle T. –
One of my favourite resources. Beautifully laid out, easy to use and engaging for students.
Lynda L. –
Thank you!
Jayme B. –
I often use this resource when we are working on describing items. I really like the variety of pictures.
Lisa Johnson –
This is a great resource! Thank you!
Jade M. –
FANTASTIC and engaging resource! I keep mine in page protectors in a binder. 🙂
Elisabeth R. –
I am an SLP working in the schools. I love Speechy Musings’ products. They are clear, engaging and age appropriate for my upper elementary students. I like that this can be using with the EET. Thank you!
Doyle Speech Works –
Your one-page products are a staple in my speech-language therapy program. I love them for their comprehensiveness and my students love them for their diversity.
Brigitte O. –
Love this for working on describing, word finding, and categories during remote learning. Great visual supports for my students
Leah M. –
Love it! Very useful for many goals.
Alice S. –
Fab resource! Great no-prep resource, can just grab and go.
Krystina W. –
This resource helps me add organization and patterns to describing. It, along with the visuals/charts, definitely help my students catch on.
Kayla Megan –
A wonderful resource to have!!
Maddie F. –
I love this resource! I love how their is the visual reminder included on every page that is consistent. This helps my students and gives me an easy resource to target describing!
Abby M. –
Great pictures and visuals!
Zebaish S. –
I am loving it
Lisa Hayes –
It was perfect for language in my classroom.
Hannah C. –
Functional and beautiful
Prairie Sprout –
Easy no prep activity!!
Audrey P. –
This has been a great resource for my students working on strengthening their word finding and receptive/expressive language.
christie M. –
This is a quick and easy resource for mixed groups and the kids love it!
Speech Learning Place –
Great activity for those working on describing.
Megan M. –
I appreciated the specific questions and prompts with the images. The reliability and consistency helped my students learn the task at hand following instruction and tasks prompting generalization.
Sarune K. –
Love the selection of photos.Great resource.
Julia D. –
This is my kid’s speech collab goals so this was a great activity!
Ashley R –
I love using this resource with my students working on describing and defining. A great variety of pictures are included.!
Anne K. –
I loved this resource. I was able to use these pictures for many different purposes – from students learning working on vocabulary and describing to articulation and fluency!
Beth R. –
My students loved the colorful photos in this resource! Very engaging.
Pamela N. –
This is one of my favorites! The students become used to being required to respond with a variety of information for each picture and this transfers well to other activities. Such a great resource.
Renata C. –
Grab and go resource!
Natasha A. –
Love this resource. It is easy to use resource. Thank you!
Haeleigh R. –
This resource has been perfect for my students working on expanding their language! I love the variety of pictures and all the visuals are great teaching tools. I’ve also been including these in summer programs for continued language practice and I think parents will find them approachable for a little bit of targeted practice over the summer.
Britney M. –
These describing activities are a great way to introduce vocabulary intervention to students who have severe delays. The picture support is a great scaffold, and I love the visual prompts. Pairs well with her other higher-level vocabulary resources.
Tania S. –
These sheets have been very helpful for semantic work and building vocabulary. Thank you.
Nicole D. –
Loved this as a way to target describing/EET type goals! So many of my middle schoolers struggle with vocabulary because they can’t describe even the most basic/common of words. This supports their word retrieval abilities!
Brittany M. –
This is a great no-prep resource for working on describing.
Noemi C. –
One of my most favorite resources! So many goals you can address with this resource. I love the detailed and vibrant photos.
Heather C. –
I love this resource to use when teaching students how to describe! My students were very engaged and loved the pictures. You can use this via remote learning or in person!
MelanieSLP –
I use this nearly every day. I appreciate that the targets are grouped by category (animal, transportation, etc). Were really accessible during virtual sessions too.
Carolyn S. –
Great resource for middle school students that breaks down the skill.
Heather E. –
I love the pictures and clear graphics. Makes it easy to explain to students what it is we’re working on.
Allison Z. –
Love this source, great for my AAC students working on core
Robin R. –
This was great to use during distance learning. My students liked it.
Anna P. –
Great resource to work on descriptive language!
Belinda J. –
The real photos and visual reminders are great! My students enjoy these activities. Well organized.
Jessica E. –
Very cute! Helped my first graders really expand their language skills
Rambling SLP –
Formats available for distance learning and in person and I used this resource in both contexts. Pictures were interesting to students and I could often pair them with themes that were motivating for students or related to classroom learning. I like that there is a blank worksheet available — even more versatile. These sheets were such a time saver for me during distance learning and I was able to provide my students with evidence based, high quality therapy.
Amy B. –
This was great to use last year during school closures, makes working on describing goals much easier.
Jennifer K. –
Another wonderful resource from Speechy Musings. So much to like about this resource… real pictures, visual supports, verbal prompts, simple fonts, consistent layout for worksheets. I use this across my caseload.
Roberta A. –
This was very helpful for a student on the autism spectrum.
Kelly V. –
This activity kept my students engaged and helped foster some wonderful spontaneous social language!
Yvette S. –
I love how easy this resource is to use during distance learning. The photos chosen are real pictures, which is helpful for my high school students (+ age appropriate). I also appreciate the teaching element. Thank you, Speechy Musings! You knock everything out of the park.
Sarah C. –
Thank you!! This is perfect for several of my students and I love that these pictures are not too childish so my older students enjoy it too.
Kimberly W. –
Love, love, love! I much prefer real photos over cartoon graphics, as they tend to be more engaging to a wider age range. Add in the clean, useful organizers and ability to save work on Google Slides, and this resource was a winner during the virtual learning period! I may continue to use in-person as well to mix things up.
Rebecca F. –
Love this systematic way to target describing. Great pictures!
Jennifer B. –
Great resource with a variety of pictures. I was able to use this with all my groups to work on describing, target sounds, expanding utterances, etc.
Madison Dolecki –
Love this resource for working on language skills! It is extremely useful for SO many purposes, making it a versatile resource for many goals.
Meghan E. –
Great for practicing!
Nahri L. –
Another great resource! I love all of the visuals and opportunities for different levels of prompting. I also love how I can custom this resource. Thank you!
maria Garcia –
Great resource! It was very useful during distance learning and in- person teaching.
Carmen H. –
Wonderful visuals!
Heidi T. –
Easy to use and print and go!
Janet M. –
Great pictures — I use them for this activity & also other activities with other students on my caseload (e.g., fluency, artic — I find ‘real’ pictures far more interesting for my students & more engaging). Great resource to guide students with picture description & good launching pad for future narrative tasks.
Leslie Morris –
Love this to develop describing skills!
Marissa L. –
Great resource with real pictures and easily readable font!!! These are so great for kids with describing goals.
Sara W. –
Great resource to increase expressive language skills.
Violet H. –
Loved using this as a learning tool during distance learning. I love the visual supports printed on the pages. I plan to print and laminate the pages to use this year with face to face therapy on site. Thank you.
Esther C. –
Such a great resource. It has visuals with every picture, as well as prompts. I like to play this as a guessing game, where one of my students is describing the picture and the other is guessing what they are describing!
Jennifer A. –
The visuals are great. Really helps my students to develop their describing skills.
Kelli A. –
This is a great resource to practice describing with my students. Thank you!
Theresa P. –
I have used this so much! Great resource to have on hand!
Kati I. –
The visuals are perfect, and I love the layout of the graphic organizer! Perfect for my students who need higher levels of support!
hayley H. –
It was a great resource that was structured really well for shaffolding
Jannice L. –
Thorough way to scaffold and prompt clients to work on describing items!
Alethea M. –
Great resource to practiced describing. Wish the right side column had lines for the students to write a descriptive word on…instead of open space.
Jennifer K. –
I really like this product but have found it easier to use on distance learning than in person.
Brittany H. –
I love how the visual supports are built in with this activity, and it’s so compatible with the EET curriculum. Awesome!
Kelly G. –
I love all the practice pages that are included in this resource and it keeps my students on track
Victoria S. –
I had the free version of this resource and I loved it. I am so happy I bought the full version. I use this resource for so many of my students with different goals. Sometimes I use it to target categories. Sometimes I use just the pictures and have my nonverbal students identify the object using their AAC device. LOVE THIS
Tara S. –
These are great! I have many students that really need these visuals and I love that I’m able to keep them consistent for them. They really enjoy describing these real pictures!
Cleo D. –
I love this resource. Really great for older students who still struggle too describe
Shannon F. –
So many ways to use this resource, use regularly
Rose S. –
Comprehensive resource.
Keeping it Speechy –
Very engaging for IEP goal work! Super simple to use!
Tracy P. –
Love the use of real pictures!
Emily K. –
Awesome activity for describing!
DIana N. –
Excellent resource for students working on descriptions!
rachel Y. –
Love this product. Easy to use and great visual supports.
Kristin D. –
My students and I love the high-quality real pictures included in this product!
Lauren C. –
Great no prep activity for describing! Love that it’s real pictures!
Michelle B. –
My students have many describing goals. Having pictures with many organizers help support their learning.
Anne S. –
Great resource!!
Priyanka D. –
Excellent resource !
Creative Communication Corner –
This is another awesome product from Speechy Musings that I use all the time. Learning vocabulary and developing describing skills are challenging for my students. This addresses it in a clear and engaging way with great photos and a well-developed graphic organizer with icons as visual supports.
Eleanor R. –
My students really enjoy this resource, especially when we use it as a ‘guessing game’. The visual is great to help guide them with description.
Emily I. –
This resource is so helpful and so great to use. It is easy to use for distance learning, and for in-person sessions and my students are engaged throughout the entire activity. This can also be used to target additional goals besides describing.
Karen M. –
The scaffolding on each page is really helpful for kiddos to be able to ask themselves those questions and generate more and more language to describe. The pictures are high quality and there are a variety of items/objects/animals/things pictured. Highly recommended for expressive language.
Spazzy Speech –
So well done and great product!!!
Julia Libeskind –
This is really well organized and systematic. It works really well for both virtual and in-person learning.
Catherine W. –
nice resource to support EET
Rikki D. –
Students find the imagery helpful, and we can look back at the symbols to follow a specific way to describe vocabulary.
Maya S. –
I love using this resource with my students and it works for so many different goals!
PJW Speech and Language Therapy Inc. –
It was a great resource that was very functional !
Kelly C. –
Well organized and useful resource. Thank you!!
Rylee C. –
This great for your older students who need vocabulary expansion. It is detailed and gives great visuals for those students who may need that. The pictures are fun and functional for better generalization.
Amy D. –
This is a fantastic way to practice describing skills. The students are able to type their responses right on the worksheet. This is fantastic for independent work and for group work as well.
Allison Lackey SLP –
I have used this resource for many students on my caseload with varying ability levels and it’s great. Thank you!
Jennifer H. –
This is great!
Nicole H. –
I love the real pictures used in this reinforce along with the visual support. It has been very helpful to use in expanding language.
Emily H. –
I was pleased with this resource. It was easy to use and my student loved the pictures.
Emma W. –
I LOVE this resource! I have so many students working on describing but it can be used to target so many other goals!
Leah K. –
Great for distance learning! It was very engaging for students and helped them retain the information.
Caitlin C. –
Loved this for my students!
Pilar B. –
thanks for the real pictures! Excellent quality
Rose’s Speech Therapy –
great
Joan T. –
I love the real pictures. Great to use for EET.
Anna D. –
great product!
Katherine B. –
This resource is helpful at scaling the difficulty up or down, depending on the student. It’s a resource that I come back to, time and again.
Valerie M. –
My students very much enjoy the real-life pictures and are engaged with the worksheets.
Lauren Clemson –
I use this daily with students as a warm-up
Samantha J. –
I use this all the time, no prep and so easy to target goals!
Tracy D. –
My students loved this resource. The graphics were engaging and product was super easy to use. Thank you.
Amanda Hart –
I really love your products. They are well organized and easy to read. My students always find them engaging!
Tara Bass –
I love the real pictures and the written/visual supports are very helpful!
Ellen Donkor –
Great Resource!
Christa E. –
Very helpful resource!
taylor S. –
I’m so happy to see a resource with real pictures! This truly helps my students generalize their therapy targets to the real world. I also love the visuals provided for descriptors. I’ve used this in conjunction with and as an extension of the early describing resource from Speechy Musings — I’m pleased to see how well they complement one another!
Jenna A. –
This has been a great extension activity to use in conjunction with the EET program
Veronica O. –
Love the real picture visuals and the visuals aids used to describe.
Erica A. –
Great for vocabulary!
Hannah M. –
Love the real photos and the variety of photo options. I just keep these in a binder in sheet protectors and use dry erase markers with them!
Jen J. –
My students loved this resource. They frequently comment on how realistic the pictures are.
Amanda S. –
This is an awesome resource with great images
Sarah G. –
I love the real pictures and variety of categories covered in this resource. Provides myself, and students, with a clear and structured way to practice their describing skills.
Lauren H. –
great for prep prior to wida access testing
Lindsey C. –
I used this with my middle school students who have learning disabilities. It’s an engaging way to practice descriptions.
Megan M. –
This is an easy no-prep resource for describing goals, pictures are high quality and elicit good responses
Christina S. –
This picture describing material was very useful for my clients working on expanding their sentence production.
Lucas F. –
I use these ‘Describe it sheets’ at least 2-3 times a week with my students to develop their describing skills. What a great resource!
Kharyl B. –
Great for generalizing describing skills.
Jawsome Speech –
My kids were really engaged with this activity. I love how easy these are to use.
Nelle H. –
Loved using this during COVID closures. I covered some older elementary students and this was perfectly laid out and designed. Students enjoyed it!
crystal neil –
The prompts have been very useful in helping my students describe nouns. It is also a useful resource for home practice.
It’s Me the SLP –
Very thorough resource. It’s great that real pictures are used for each example and that the resource starts off by teaching HOW to describe things. What’s even better is that each page includes a visual to help students remember what types of details to include when describing the pictures.
Melissa J. –
Thank you so much. This is a wonderful resource and very helpful for my sessions. I love being able to keep my students’ responses as this resource is used with Google slides.
The Curly SLP –
This is a great tool, I love using it with my students!
Joanna S. –
I’ve gotten a lot of use out of this.
Meghan M. –
Great activities
SydneyE –
I love having everything in one place! I love this grab and go resource. This makes lesson planning so much easier.
Theresa D. –
Thank you!
Jenna L. –
I love this approach to teaching students about descriptive language. The pictures are engaging and the visual supports included are helpful. I like that there’s a blank page included for me to make my own to match my students interests too.
Cecilie Ovnerud –
I loved this resource and how easy it was to manipulate. The perfects were also high-quality pictures so I had great responses from this resource!
Beth Kennedy –
Wonderful images in this activity!
Suzette S. –
Great visual learning.
Lisa A. –
I love using this resource! It provides such a clear structure and scaffold for giving descriptions that really supports my students to develop their understanding of what to include and their ability to structure the information.
Cailin D. –
This is exactly what I needed! Great resource for desrcibing pictures.
Katherine H. –
I used this resource while working with students online and in person. It’s engaging and really helps them navigate how to describe. This resource is something I come back to over and over. Bonus, it takes minimal prep!
Nomi G. –
clear realistic visuals, highly concrete and engaging
Nicola B. –
Like all of your resources this is well set-out and appealing. Clients have really liked it and suitable for a range of different levels.
The Communication Curriculum –
Such a well crafted resource! The visuals are very helpful and engaging. Well worth the money! I laminated mine in color and use dry-erase markers with it.
Very Visual SLP –
Such a helpful resource, thank you!
Andrea L. –
Great, no-prep resource. I uploaded this resource on my iPad and use the pencil to make this an interactive resource. Easy to use. Highly recommend.
Lisa N. –
I have been using this for my telehealth students and love it! I love that it has real photos so I can use with different age groups. I will get a lot of use it of it!
Page O. –
Great resource to target describing!
Julia H. –
Great product
Emily W. –
Great resource to use with a variety of students!
LIGHT Speech and Language –
I absolutely love this resource, it really focuses on semantics with such colorful pictures! Great job
Ashley Williams –
This has been a good resource to use with my students when working on describing. The pictures/graphic organizer is perfect.
Kimberley F. –
This is a great resource to target multiple language goals. The pictures are perfect. I have even used this resource with some of my middle school students. I have a number of your resources and love them all. They are a great thing to have in your arsenal.
Meagan M. –
Perfect! This is what I was looking for. I will use this again and again!
Carlie R. –
Great tool for working on describing and defining
Coral S. –
Like it.
Kara S. –
Very helpful resource! Thank you!
Stacey D. –
Great engaging resource!
Michelle R. –
I love how simple Speechy Musing’s visuals are and the real photos are game changers when it comes to student engagement.
Jennifer B. –
Love how little time it took me to prepare this resource for my lesson! The color pictures are engaging.
Cierra C. –
I loved this resource! It provides such great real life photos to target those describing goals! I used it with clients working on comparing/contrasting and categorization and it was laid out so easily to just print and go! I love the visuals as well to provide to students to help them work through describing each photo.
Lori B. –
Nice visuals for working on oral and written describing.
Stacey L. –
The kids I presented this to really enjoyed doing the activity and I liked how it very easily broke down how to describe objects in order to expand sentences.
jennifer T. –
great graphic organizer for multiple descriptors! Nice color pictures
carlytheslp –
This has really helped my students with describing!
Hannah K. –
Wonderful resource! This has been a game changer for speech therapy.
Claire L. –
The real pictures are great! I like the ease of using these as it requires no prep and in a variety of formats in case we want to print or use digitally.
Kathleen M. –
This is a great resource for targeting describing goals with my 1st-3rd graders!
Emily B. –
Really like the real photos and visuals with this product.
susan F. –
I love the visuals. It’s much easier to print and laminate than to have to make my own! Thank you
Jamie M. –
This has been a great addition to my resources and I love how it has visuals to support students working on increasing their verbal expression skills.
Ronda M. –
I like having the real pictures for my students to describe! The prompts at the bottom of the page help them with knowing the different aspects to describing the picture with more detail.
April H. –
I have used this resource so much! It is my go to for describing. My students really benefit from the visual and sentence frames included, it has really helped my students with their describing goals.
Lauren K. –
Great resource I can use to keep my students working on goals and engaged.
Tammy M. –
I am always looking for Speech Musing products that can fit my caseload and this one is great! It can be used for describing, categories, attributes, and so much more! I like the variety and quality of the pictures as well…love this product!
Joanne S. –
Great resource for describing! Offers lots of evidence based practice, implementation ideas, and beautiful pictures. I like all the visual supports that are included directly on the paper itself, so I don’t have to have another set of visuals. Highly recommend if you are working on describing.
Olivia O. –
This is such a useful resource and I will be using it for years! Thank you!
Kristin R. –
A great product for targeting vocabulary with groups. Works for so many of my students.
Elizabeth B. –
Great photos and symbols for describing. I can add a photo or two to each theme we do.
Shirley C. –
Nice presentation and pictures to scaffold describing skills.
Stacey V. –
This has become my go to resource to target multiple language goals!
Bernice H. –
Amazing to use with our students to help with their use of adjectives and to help expand their spoken sentences and descriptions. Thanks!
Randall H. –
This is a one stop resource for describing – with pictures and the categories. I love the ease with which I can change the level of cueing by adding the text, or circling clue/cue words. Thank you!
Ashley G. –
I highly recommend this resource! This was an engaging activity. I’ve used this with several students and they all loved it!
Tiffany D. –
These are wonderful for vocabulary development and targeting goals for categorizing words and recognizing descriptive features in pictures to improve functional use of adjectives.
Denise M. –
This resource makes it so easy to target multiple goals in one session,
Makayla’s Speech at the Beach –
This is a great language resource. I love that there is no prep needed.
Vanessa G. –
This is such an awesome activity! I have multiple students working on describing attributes by place, function, etc. and this activity checks all the boxes!! I printed everything out, laminated them, put them in a thin binder and I use a white board marker and eraser so my client and I can brainstorm together. At the end of my sessions I just erase the marker and pack it away. I also love the sentence strip at the bottom to allow the client the opportunity to gather everything and then piece it together in a sentence.
Sweet Talk 2 Me –
This was a fun and engaging activity for my students. It is a great addition to my therapy materials. The pictures are excellent and so is the format.
Core Word Creations –
I like the use of real pictures for this describing set
Venus S. –
Thank you for creating another fantastic resource!
Meghan S. –
This is a great resource to use with students on my caseload. Thank you! : )
Rosalynn N. –
I like the visuals and the connection to curriculum. The resource includes prompts so that an EA can guide conversations 1:1 or small group. For now, I have prepared the materials to support language learning with English language learners. With these materials, they can learn and use curricular vocabulary in their EAL support time. Eventually, I would like to see teachers use these materials right in the class. I think they could be easily adapted!
Karen H. –
This activity helped students understand what to do. Students liked having cues to help them know what to say.
The suggestions also help students come up with additional answers and provide more than 1 description
Allison S. –
I love how this resource is laid out. My students find it easy to answer each question and make sure they’re including all the relevant details on how to describe. Thanks!
Rachel U. –
I have so many students working on building their vocabulary skills and expanding their MLU. This resource is nicely laid out and helps my students understand the concepts taught.
Denise W. –
Both my clients enjoyed this activity and are getting so much better at describing! This product has provided the practice they need!
Wendy R. –
I love the real pictures and the supported descriptors….many of my students need this visual support for success.
Oh Happy Day Special Education Resources –
This is a great resource for working with students with moderate to severe disabilities. Thank you!!
Catherine C. –
Excelling images. Very appealing with great prompts.
Michelle H. –
Helpful to keep students on track for all the details they need to include when composing a paragraph.
Jillian T. –
Loved this product. I ended up making it into a flip book and let my students write all over the pages while working. It provides a nice visual map to support them while describing.
Jillian O. –
I’ve used this for mixed groups (conversation level artic, language kids) and just language groups or individual sessions. The pictures are great and it’s easy to use. I just show the images on my laptop and we discuss, write on whiteboards, or use pencil and paper. Many goals can be targeted and I really like the quality of images.
Adapted Aut Stars –
Working with students to expand their sentences. This was very structured and the kids loved the real pictures
Jenni G. –
I love that this resource is so visual for the students. Sometimes I have students who forget what they are describing about the picture and this gives them a “map” to recall all of the different parts! Thanks!
Holly G. –
LOVE this resource! Having the visual prompts for different ways to describe items is so helpful for my students.
Taylor F. –
A great resource to pull out for quick a describing session.
TheSpeechSpace –
I love how these make therapy planning simple with one sheet and I can send them home for practice!
TLP the SLP –
Such a great resource! The real pictures are fantastic and encourage more accurate descriptions from my students. The prompts are also great and keep students on track when describing the pictured item.
Jill LaClare –
These are great activities to use for descriptive language and writing.
fourth grade felicity –
This resource has been a go-to for describing vocabulary/EET activities with my intermediate students (grades 2-5). They love the real pictures, and often conversations are sparked as they work to describe them. Thank you so much!
Gina G. –
I love this resource! I especially love that you can use it through Easel so that the kids can interact with it on the big board, which is always more engaging.
Hayley H. –
I loved the visuals for describing objects as students learn what parts are needed to accurately describe the object and it helps build their vocabulary.
Marilou J. –
I used this with a grade 1 class with oral language difficulties. This was a great framework for teaching them describing skills.
Whitney B. –
Love this product! Easy to use and very helpful for my classroom.
Honest SLP –
A one stop shop for working on multiple attributes.
Susan F. –
The real pictures are fantastic and encourage more accurate descriptions from my students.
Bloomer S. –
My students loved this resource during work time.
The Rooted Ripple – Multilingual Resources –
I am so thankful for your resources. Although you design them for SLPs, they are extremely helpful for ESL students as well. Thank you!!
Clearly Speechie –
This has been great for my students working on describing, I’ve used the google slides on my smart screen and have seen great progress already
Annie S. –
This is seriously a resource I use all the time with my speech and language kiddos. I love that includes the EET components and real life pictures to make it functional.
Emma P. –
I love that I can explicitly teach an expository text structure in line with EBP and that I don’t have to create my own resource – this one is amazing! I love the visual nature and structure of this resource.
Melissa W. –
The pictures in this are absolutely wonderful! I’ve used this for describing, attributes, similarities/differences and to answer WH questions. It’s an easy to use resource that requires no prep work on my part but great learning on their part. Thanks for a great resource!
ALLISON T. –
The visuals are great and tie in well with the language bundles.
Bethann Hutcheson –
The real pictures are engaging for all of my students. I like being able to “write” on the pages when I use it on the one screen. This material is also useful for mixed groups.
Jordan B. –
Great resource, the real pictures are amazing, and it’s so helpful to have the visual supports embedded into the resource.
Logan W. –
I have thoroughly enjoyed using these visuals in my speech sessions. My students love the real pictures!
Katherine L. –
This is a great resource for describing and defining. It has been excellent for young students as well as older students who are working on adding information to what they have said as a clarification strategy. The icons for the different types of attributes (category, function, location, etc) are extremely helpful as visual prompts to help these students think about what information to add.
Miss Tammi SLP –
My students enjoy this activity! It was an easy prep for me as well
Jacquelyn W. –
Loved this simple, one page resource! Easy to modify for each student if needed.
Kristin T. –
This produce is great for tackling several language target in one, easy sheet. Definitely recommend for easy prep!
Kristine V. –
I love activities that are easy to use and require little to no prep. You don’t even need to print these as you can use them right on your computer. I like materials that are in color as well.
ANITA V. –
I like the real pictures and the students do, too. I also like how it breaks down the different aspects of describing. Then that information can be used for the students to write or tell a description or definition.
Alexandra E. –
This resource is great for teaching the skill of describing. It kept my students engaged the whole session.
Whitney S. –
My students loved this resource! Very helpful in targeting their specific goals.
Hillary R. –
I use this resource all the time. I love the visuals and the students respond well.
KB’s SLP Store –
great for groups. the real pictures are a plus. good structure to working on this area.
Sped Teacher Sarah –
Loved this resource! Great for students working on describing! Would definitely buy this resource again!
Elizabeth W. –
These are so easy to use, and the high-quality pictures make it a really rich tool to use with students! It has sparked a lot of curiosity and makes therapy sessions a lot more fun!
Mallory T. –
I use these ALL the time in sessions. Great for working on describing.
MYRA C. –
Perfect graphics/pictures with all of the targeted questions I need at the tip of my fingers to target all of the describing objectives!
Marianna F. –
I love using this resource along side the expanding expression tool. It’s a “go to” resource for me, and I pull it out at least once a week. Minimal to no prep involved. Speechy Musings does it again.
speedy sped –
This has been a game changer in helping my student describe pictures and words.
Jennifer K. –
This is a good vocabulary/describing resource! I like the visuals and teaching my students how to think about describing vocabulary items. Thank you!
Lauren H. –
Really great resource. Low prep and great therapy activity.
Jennifer B H. –
I am always looking for description tasks. I love this resource! I have to say I use it ALL THE TIME! It covers so many goals.
Sunny Day Speech Academy –
I have used these a lot with my kiddos that have DLD! Thankyou for yet another amazing resource
Charming Chinese –
It’s very useful! Nicely Done! I Like Them! Thank you!
Blossoming Communication –
Love these worksheets, the visuals are great and the students respond well.
Bea T. –
Great resource! I either print or just project/fill it out with students. The stimulus pictures are appropriate and relevant as well.
Jennifer O. –
Great no-prep language session for my older grades, love it!
Tania M. –
This resource helped my students understand this skill better when there was an illustration and a chart.
Nicole G. –
My students found this resource engaging and fun! It helped shaped their use of descriptive words in a structured way. In particular, I love that it’s available in worksheets and Slides so I can just project it on a screen as a group warm-up.
Kayla R. –
Love to use this resource when working with my students!
Kaley B. –
I loved having the students describe a real-life picture related to our therapy theme each week to tie all of the concepts together.
Katie F. –
These were great for distance learning. I use Kami to write on them and my student do well with real pictures.
Sarah B. –
This has been a wonderful resource to use with the striking visual pictures and format to help build student responses. Thank you!
Emily H. –
GREAT resource to use to work on describing with students! The visuals are super helpful!
Christina C. –
Another great resource to work on describing with students.
Rachel T. –
Another great resource. This is an organized way to work on describing. It also pairs well with EET.
WEN WAN Lu –
Another great resource for working on description. Clear picture and prompt to help students know what and how to describe. The visuals are super helpful!
Rachael Wilcox –
My students loved working with this! It kept them entertained.
Leading at the Roundtable –
this was a great resource for my middle school special education students
Radiant Speech and Language –
My kids enjoy the pictures and the graphic organizers that align with each item. Describing using real photos is also more engaging and age appropriate.
Therapy With Miss Maddie –
Great visuals, well organized and detailed resource.
Kristen Demers –
Easy to use and engaging resource. Highly recommend!
Jennifer B. –
Great resource to target describing. Thank you for another great resource!
Tiffany J H. –
This is a great visual for my students to follow while describing objects/pictures.
Nicole H. –
This activity includes interesting images (or you can add your own) and provides a clear structure for student to expand on their description.
Kathleen M. –
This was a good resource to practice identifying characteristics of various items then practice putting those brief descriptions into a short paragraph.
Diane R. –
Great materials! Very useful and comprehensive. My 3rd-7th SDC students enjoyed these activities.
Brooke C. –
This resource was extremely useful to a variety of my students!
Kimberlyn K. –
My students love that these are real pictures! I love that it breaks down the into small, easy steps so they aren’t overwhelmed.
Mikenzy G. –
My students were engaged using this resource, and I love how quick and easy it is to use!
Leah H. –
Overall, it’s a great one page sheet to target describing. You can also use it for homework or carryover at home. I laminated all of the pages and put them in a binder in order to re-use them and not have to print them out.
SpecialSpeechie –
Love this activity! Super quick and easy to use with students!
Emily F. –
This is a great resource to use in conjunction with EET!
Cristi J. –
I have bought several different One-Page Describing resources from Speechy Musings and they are great to target vocabulary describing.
Alexandra P. –
This is a great resource with simple visuals that have really helped my clients improve their describing skills
Rainbow Speechy –
I really like this resource. I appreciate the variety of visuals that come with the resource. I also like that there is the option for picture sheets that have the descriptors list on it, so students have everything they should do in one spot. There are also a lot of images. I use the resource with a wide range of ages.
Stephanie Herold –
This resource has been very helpful to use with my students/families for speech therapy. Thank you!
Douglas C. –
Great product! My students loved using this resource!
Lori H. –
I love using these with my kids. I laminated and had them use dry erase markers in some cases. The pictures are bright and fun!
Lauren A. –
I have many students working on describing goal. This has been a great resource!
Kathryn D. –
I like this because I used it in speech therapy to work on describing. It also great that it has a graphic organizer!
Mary K. –
Used to help build vocabulary and language during in home therapy sessions
Cathleen E. –
Another great resource from Speechy Musings!
This resource is such a time saver! The visuals are great and the students stay engaged with the activity.
Robin R. –
An excellent session starter!
I used this resource weekly last year with almost all of my elementary groups. The consistent format of visuals & questions helped my students build confidence in describing and answering descriptive questions. I would even use this with mixed groups and take the opportunity to assess generalization of artic and fluency strategies as the students described the pictures.
Gena H. –
Great resource
My students enjoy using the no print version. Easy, no prep therapy activity.
Susan M. –
Fantastic Vocabulary Resource!
I found this resource to be really helpful for the children I am working with!
Rebecca J. –
Concise and well-curated
A lot of thought was put into this resource and it shows. The graphics are great. I love using this for small groups.
Claire C. –
real pictures
I like that this uses real pictures especially for older students
Sydney Newberry –
Great Resource
This is great for my students with describing and wh questions!
Rachel S. –
fantastic resource
Love how these pictures are attached to a graphic organizer to lead us through describing tasks. My students have done really well with these using no print or writing on them as worksheets. Great variety of pictured targets!
Rita T. –
Excellent resource
This is a great resource to practice describing using a structured approach.
Desiree G. –
Effective!
The visuals that came with this resource were effective and supported students’ specific gaps with visuals.
Lori M. –
My students enjoyed the real pictures!
It is a great resource for my students who need to work on describing when their speech intelligibility is lower.
Emmy J. –
Well-Crafted Resource
Super handy and easy to use resource, engaging for students and easy for me to prep!
Sarah M. –
Great Resource!
My students really enjoyed the real photos and I loved all the visuals included for describing.
Eliana L. –
Great Resource
My students really enjoyed and really easy to use!
Jeni Leigh SLP –
Incredible resource that is friendly for older students
This describing instructional packet is such a well-organized and practical resource! It breaks down describing skills in a clear, structured way while still keeping activities engaging. I love the variety of visuals and tasks that support vocabulary expansion and sentence formulation. It’s easy to differentiate and works seamlessly in both individual and group therapy sessions.
Parisa C. –
Great for helping my students get thoughts started.
Great for helping my students get thoughts started.
Rebecca G. –
Great and simple
Great simple activity that can be used in multiple ways
Katie Gibbons –
Great activity
The pictures are great and this is a good step by step guide for students.
Gabrielle S. –
Love this resource
I am convinced this creator’s resources are going to be all I use in session. Fantastic for working on vocabulary.