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Word Combination Matrices

$6

(206 customer reviews)

This product is perfect for early communicators learning to expand their utterances (MLU) and use a variety of grammatical structures. These matrices provide the perfect activity to practice early critical skills!

This product is perfect for early communicators learning to expand their utterances (MLU) and use a variety of grammatical structures. Early communicators need to learn to talk about objects by naming them, describing their color/characteristics, indicating their location, who owns them, and who is doing things to them. These matrices provide the perfect activity to practice those critical skills!

Included is 25 pages of content which means you’ll receive 50 (yes, fifty!!) matrices that are incredibly easy to prep and use.

The matrices target the following syntactic structures:

  • Color + Object
  • Agent + Action
  • Adjective + Object
  • Action + Object

The symbols on each matrix start with a 1:1 correspondence such as colors (only one color matches to each image) but end with the symbols combining in a variety of ways. For example, given the words “tall, old, pretty” and “ladder, queen, butterfly” you might model, “Tall ladder”, “Tall queen”, “Pretty queen”, “Old queen”, and “Pretty butterfly.”

There are so many ways to use this product such as in dry erase pockets, writing in the boxes with pen/pencil, or using the included yes/no symbols. I laminate mine, store them on a binder ring, and pair them frequently with the included yes/no symbols and/or dry erase markers. There are many ways to mix and match the words on most of the cards so really have fun with it!

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206 reviews for Word Combination Matrices

  1. Calli H. –

    Amazing resource! So excited to use these visuals 🙂

  2. Greta F. –

    These will be amazing for my DHH kiddos! 🙂 Thanks for this very visual product!

  3. Tina H. –

    This will be so helpful for some of my lower grade SDC students!

  4. Jessica L. –

    Very excited to use these this upcoming school year!

  5. Samantha L. –

    Very excited to use this! I’ve been watching your insta stories waiting for it to be done!!

  6. Tammy L. –

    Thank you for sharing. This looks awesome. Can’t wait to try it out with my students.

  7. Christina W. –

    What a great product to expand utterances! I can’t wait to get them all laminated and ready for this coming school year.

  8. Jessica S. –

    Constantly working to find resources to expand utterances

  9. Abby M. –

    I can’t wait to use these with my beginning communicators! What a great resource for those kids who respond best to visuals!

  10. Jennifer S. –

    Thank you

  11. Ashley P. –

    Just used this during a final ESY session with one of my PK kids working on expanding utterances. Loved it!

  12. Elizabeth R. –

    Fantastic product! Can’t wait to use it!

  13. Olivia S. –

    Can’t wait to use these with my preschoolers!

  14. Alison SLP –

    I’m so excited about adding this to my collection for low language kiddos. I hadn’t seen anything like this before and I love it

  15. The Bilingual Stars –

    Thank you! Can’t wait to try it.

  16. Olive Speech –

    A great visual for expanding utterances

  17. Denise D. –

    Such a useful packet! Just print, laminate and use over & over!

  18. stephanie R. –

    thank you!

  19. Mackenzie P. –

    Look forward to using this!

  20. Karen O. –

    I look forward to using this with my students who are learning to use descriptors.

  21. Shelley F. –

    Excited to use this with my kids this year – THANKS!!!

  22. Carrie Auxier –

    This is such a great visualization of how language comes together! Thank you!

  23. Santia S. –

    I was definitely looking for some new resources to target expanding utterances and emerging attribute use! So glad that I found this awesome resource. Thanks for creating and sharing!

  24. Sarah F. –

    I love this for expanding utterances!

  25. Nibra Robinson –

    I love the visuals! Thanks for sharing!

  26. Hannah C. –

    What a fun idea! Looking forward to using these to encourage phrase expansion

  27. ozetta J. –

    Can’t wait to use with the students. Thanks for sharing your talent!

  28. Janne N. –

    Very useful, thank you

  29. Andrea L –

    Thank you!

  30. Leslie Dulay –

    My kids love it.

  31. Alaina Galperin –

    Excited to try these out for increasing MLU. Thanks!

  32. AG M. –

    Great product! Excited to add this to my speech tool box!

  33. Rebecca D. –

    Great resource

  34. Marianne S. –

    This product is great! Laminating it was a good idea so I can use dry erase markers on it! This helps my students combine words! Thank you.

  35. JENNIFER S. –

    This is perfect for my students!

  36. Esther L. –

    Great Idea, there are a lot of color+object pages.

  37. Dolores A. –

    This activity is very practical to increase sentence length. Thank you!

  38. Lindsay H. –

    great for my low sentence length communicators!

  39. Aubrey G. –

    Think this will have great potential in increasing MLUs fast. Greta idea!! Thank you

  40. Julie L. –

    I have used these with a student who is very unintelligible at the phrase level. I added syllable dots under each word to break them down into syllables. Great product for the “on the go” therapist.

  41. Amanda C. –

    The visuals in this are SUPERB! I love the layout and can’t wait to try it out with my students!

  42. Randi F. –

    Thank you for a great, quick source for building basic language

  43. Leah T. –

    So great for my SLP groups for my mod-severe class! Thanks!

  44. Megan G. –

    Love these!

  45. Maryann Stry –

    This is a great product for working on building vocabulary and MLU.

  46. Miranda K. –

    great product!

  47. Melody E. –

    I love the user-friendly visuals and format in this one. Great for increasing utterances and descriptive word usage.

  48. Samantha S. –

    My preschoolers love making silly word combinations while increasing their MLU!

  49. Samantha B. –

    Thanks!

  50. Ellie T. –

    Love how straight forward and visual this is for my little ones!

  51. Laughter and Language –

    I plan on using these with my early communicators & AAC users! Great product!

  52. Michelle Sisto –

    by FAR, my favorite shop on tpt

  53. Lindsey S. –

    I’ve been looking for fun pull and go activities for my younger students that need to work on MLU and this is it!!! Thanks for another great resource!!

  54. Megan S. –

    Love these!

  55. Kaarin E. –

    Easy to use!

  56. Dina I. –

    Great for building descriptive language

  57. April S. –

    Amazing as always!

  58. Sarah P. –

    Such a unique and functional product. Thank you!

  59. Jacqueline B. –

    These have been great for targeting describing, compare/contrast, increasing MLU, and more. Such a fun and versatile resource!

  60. Heather C. –

    Such a great support for my little ones who are just starting to use word combinations.

  61. Heidi S. –

    Easy to put together and easy to use. Thank you!

  62. Dayna Jones –

    These have been a hit with my students. They always appreciate activities when they can use dry-erase markers. We can work on negation as well, e.g., A ___ is not ___. Many different areas can be targeted! Thanks!

  63. Live Love Speech –

    These are so useful!!! My preschool students are working on using attributes and expanding utterances and these cover both! Thanks!

  64. The Communication Castle –

    This is just great for my preschoolers working on increasing MLU. Thank you!

  65. Honest SLP –

    Love this!

  66. Jennifer Kiekhoefer –

    Great product! My students love it. I like how it provides a visual for the students.

  67. A Warren –

    This is nice visual tool for teaching and expanding MLU.

  68. Margrethe B. –

    I bought this product to use with some of my pre-k kids, but it was a little too difficult. Thankfully, it’s absolutely perfect for some of my 1st-3rd graders instead! I pull this out all time when we’ve got 5-10 minutes to spare to do some quick vocabulary work.

  69. Amy K. –

    Thanks for creating a great resource!

  70. Erica A. –

    Thank you!

  71. Capri S. –

    Love this! I have used this resource a lot with my Preschool/ Early Childhood kids.

  72. SLT Roots –

    I’m really interested to see how this goes with my AAC users!

  73. Sasha W. –

    What a great way to get the kiddos to expand utterances and to learn some concepts along the way! Great for therapy!

  74. Corie Mardeusz –

    Perfect material for younger students!

  75. Maral Antonyan –

    Love this product so much! helped me find next steps for my preschool kiddos

  76. Lori Beasey –

    A great way to teach basic language skills and build on that to increase overall language skills. My students are progressing.

  77. Peggy O. –

    What a great resource for an early foundation in building different sentence forms! Thanks!

  78. Roxanne L. –

    This product has been amazingly valuable for my emergent language learners who are building their expressive language! I love these!

  79. Lauri W. –

    This will be great with my ESL students and with those students who need to expand their MLU.

  80. Virginia Z. –

    Such a great resource for expanding MLU. I love the pictures as well.

  81. Julie N. –

    Exactly what I needed for my kiddos to produce 2 word utterances/phrases in a variety of combinations! This is perfect!

  82. Callie G. –

    I’d never seen anything like this yet to target expanding simple phrases and sentence structures. Looking forward to adapting this resource to suit many students’ needs!

  83. Kathleen W. –

    Great way to expand semantic skills!

  84. Achieve Beyond –

    Definitely a favorite!

  85. Elizabeth S. –

    Great product!

  86. Jodi S. –

    Perfect for helping expand utterances! Very engaging for students to use!

  87. Nicole P. –

    Great product! Thank you!

  88. Juliana Figueiredo –

    I can’t wait to start using this! Thank you!

  89. Kate O. –

    Great resource, thanks!

  90. Denise S. –

    Another great product!

  91. Katherine P. –

    This is a great product, excited to start using it with my students!

  92. Buyer –

    Another great product, can’t wait to use it with my younger students

  93. Kayla F. –

    This is a great resource!

  94. Kate C. –

    Great product, thanks!

  95. Mary T. –

    Thanks for the great resource.

  96. Nikki S. –

    Great Resource!

  97. Lorie T. –

    Love this!! We use this product to make sentences, but also to listen and find the elements in the sentence that are on the matrix.

  98. NY-MD Speechie –

    This has been super helpful with my students that have an AAC device. Thanks!

  99. Emily C. –

    This is such a great resource for my early Elementary students. We work on sentence structure and describing items using these matrices. They are engaging for my students and they love when I bring them out for a session!

  100. Tracey L. –

    Fun and interactive. Also great for yes/no questions.

  101. Michelle H. –

    I have found this resource hard to make functional for my needs.

  102. Jenna L. –

    Awesome activities for expanding MLU!

  103. Caitlin M. –

    I can’t wait to use this on my kiddos who still need the visual support to describe !

  104. Amy S. –

    I am able to use this with a variety of students to target a variety of goals.

  105. Nicole N. –

    Perfect for expanding MLU, especially with younger clients!

  106. Brandi B. –

    I love using this for yes/no questions, learning AAC, and making silly phrases!

  107. Rebecca N –

    Great idea!

  108. Kelly N. –

    Fun activity.

  109. Hannah P. –

    This has really allowed for higher level thinking even with the younger kiddos!

  110. Lori P. –

    Great resource for expanding mean length of utterances. I appreciate there are two cards per page.

  111. Kerin B. –

    Can’t wait to use it! Thanks!

  112. Gloria R. –

    Looking forward to using these this fall!

  113. Corinna W. –

    Great Resource! Can’t wait to use it with my students.

  114. Sharon C. –

    Just what I needed. I can’t wait to use this with my students. Thank you for this very helpful resource!

  115. Katey G. –

    A unique way to target syntax. Very colorful and engaging.

  116. Pio Pio Bilingual Speech and Language –

    This is great for expanding utterances!

  117. Hannelie Y. –

    Thank you!

  118. Patricia W. –

    I am using this with students needing to expand their MLU and/or have apraxia. Being visual is very appealing to the students. It really supports my goals of expanding MLU, vocabulary, and speech automoticity. Love this.

  119. Molly Silvernail –

    So many of my kids have describing goals, this has been helpful, thank you!

  120. Corinna D. –

    Great product thank you!

  121. Geena K. –

    Great for my PREK kiddos working on expansion of MLU!

  122. Emily S. –

    this is an awesome product!

  123. Lauren V. –

    Excellent for expanding utterances in a structured manner

  124. Elizabeth S. –

    SO pumped to be use these!

  125. Ashley O –

    This has been a wonderful resource for my little ones with limited language!

  126. Shelbi P. –

    Easy to use and follow for my AAC clients! Love a print and go resource!

  127. City Speech –

    Great resource for my kids with AAC devices. Thank you.

  128. Jessica C. –

    These have been great to use with low verbal students!

  129. Jill LaClare –

    Great resource!

  130. Faina K. –

    so helpful! thanks!

  131. bilingual speech y lenguaje –

    Excited to use these!

  132. Alice W. –

    I’m loving these sentence matrices for my preschoolers through 1st graders! I’ve used them with groups of up to four students (gulp) and somehow they all stay engaged. I laminated them, gave each student one matrix, and had them take turns making a sentence from their matrix and marking which words they had used. We also used them to formulate questions (e.g., “Is a frog pink?”) and decide whether the sentence made sense. They love yelling, “Noooo, that’s silly!” when we come up with a combo that doesn’t sound right or isn’t logical.

  133. Elizabeth G. –

    This is great!

  134. Claudia Siguenza –

    Thank you so much for a comprehensive and useful resource!

  135. Alyssa C. –

    Looking forward to using these with my PreK kiddos!

  136. The Babbling SLP –

    Extremely functional and useful! Thanks!

  137. Marie Duffy –

    Great.

  138. Sara’s Speech Spot –

    These are great for grammar skills for my little bilingual babies!!

  139. Taylor W. –

    So excited to use these with my pre-schoolers to build MLU

  140. SpeechvilleTX –

    great resource.

  141. Adrianna K. –

    Great for building up MLU and answering/asking questions!

  142. Kris G. –

    Perfect for my early language learners! Love the visuals!

  143. Abby M. –

    great breakdown of teaching a really important skilL! Love the visuals

  144. Jennifer T. –

    I’m planning for next year and a diverse group of students! This is going to be a great addition to my resources.

  145. Leah T. –

    I love this, it’s so easy to use!

  146. Grishma A. –

    Great product!

  147. Julia H. –

    Thank you for a useful tool

  148. Kimberly O. –

    I frequently find myself with students who have difficulty using a variety of word combinations due to lack of foundational skills. This resource provides a great way to start.

  149. Sierra M. –

    These were so helpful in helping students expand utterances! Love it and so easy to use!

  150. Elizabeth K. –

    I always love your products! This will be great to use with some of my ELL students to work on building vocabulary and sentence length!

  151. Michelle L. –

    Great resource.

  152. Heather M. –

    Great Product!

  153. annette H. –

    I am looking forward to using this resource with my ESL students to encourage correct sentence, tense and to enhance their vocabulary.

  154. Danielle M. –

    Excited to use this!

  155. Heidi M. –

    fun way to work on MLU

  156. LakotaSpeechie –

    I’m using this to get my AAC kiddos up to 2 word phrases. Thanks for this resource!

  157. Laurel S. –

    Enjoying this great resource!!

  158. Cathleen E. –

    This is a great resource!! Love the pictures and organization!

  159. Lee T. –

    Great resource.

  160. Angelina O. –

    Fantastic Resource!

  161. Marybeth T. –

    Great for my later elementary students in center based program using Voice operating devices

  162. Jillian D. –

    So excited to use this resource with my preschool students! Thanks!

  163. Cathy M. –

    lots of combinations

  164. Tessa M. –

    Nice activity!

  165. Cara S. –

    Loved this activity and the variety of descriptors/attributes. Laminated and put on a binder ring for easy access.

  166. Kyle T. –

    This is a fantastic resource for priming students for early syntactic structures. I’ve been using this to “drill n’ kill” my emerging language users, then follow it with shared book reading with the same word combos OR a play-based activity with embedded practice. Love it! It’s beautiful and simple.

  167. Ellen P. –

    These are amazing! One of those resources that I always have in my therapy bag.

  168. Ashleigh M. –

    This is a great resource for working on vocabulary skills, attributes, and generating descriptive language!

  169. Sandy Nouneh –

    Great resource

  170. Jennie’s Speech Room –

    great!

  171. Steph’s Speech Store –

    Great resource!

  172. Ashley M. –

    Great product!

  173. Kibby F. –

    Love using it in both face to face sessions and teletherapy!

  174. Alyssa D. –

    Great resource!

  175. Samantha T. –

    This is a great resource. I found that it was a bit too visually busy for some of my students but it worked great for others!

  176. Communication in Motion –

    Distance Learning/ SLPA

  177. Lauren B. –

    I love the idea of this activity, as I have many students working on expanding their utterances.

  178. April Reuis –

    Tweaked a little for my younger students, but all of my students loved this and benefit so much from the visuals. Thank you!

  179. Carolina G. –

    Very engaging resource!

  180. Raymond G. –

    Good resource because you just have to print it and go! The included visuals were really helpful for my students. This is good if your goal is increasing the child’s MLU

  181. Jordyn S. –

    My students love using this resource with mini erasers! Thank you!

  182. Kristi H. –

    Love the visuals. Great resource for small group writing. Also incorporated object function with some matrix cards.

  183. Kaitlyn T –

    EASY peasy prep, and the kids have a lot of fun playing “BINGO”. Some of my students that use a SGD, or other AAC have really made some gains as well with expanding their utterances, and adding details.

  184. Kelly E. –

    Great resource for targeting expanding MLU and targeting basic phrases and sentences.

  185. Lisa Johnson –

    This is a great resource! Thank you!

  186. Shelby E. –

    I really enjoy the concept behind. It was a bit too challenging for my preschool students.

  187. Katheryn S. –

    Great product! Thank you!

  188. Speech That Soars –

    This is a great resource! Thank you!

  189. Heather E. –

    Love the visuals for breaking down the skill and being able to visually show kids the many ways of describing objects.

  190. Samantha P. –

    Great resource!

  191. Kidz at Speech –

    My students really benefit from these visuals!

  192. Lauren Gingerich –

    Great resource for teaching two word combinations using modifiers

  193. Amanda F. –

    LOVE this resource! So many goals targeted. It is great for early vocab, descriptive language, MLU+, and syntax development!

  194. Sarah S. –

    I have enjoyed using this activity with my AAC students working on combing words. Thanks for another great resource!

  195. Stacy S. –

    Great resource and targets specifically want I want to work on!

  196. Lauren K. –

    great resource

  197. Meghan S. –

    This was a great resource for my language student’s. Thank you!

  198. Thought Bubble SLP –

    This resource is great for helping them learn to combine ideas to eventually get them to communicate complete thoughts using a speech generating communication device.

  199. Abigail Johns –

    Really great, high quality resource. I enjoy all of this creator’s content!

  200. Ashton S. –

    This is perfect for my current students with very low MLU and overall language!

  201. Ronda L. –

    This activity keeps my students engaged and excited for their next turn!

  202. Amanda P. –

    Love this resource! A fun different way to work on phrases.

  203. Stephanie S. –

    My students loved how they can engage in this activity. I like how it reinforces colors.

  204. Brett Zuckerman –

    Speechy Musings has done it again! This is an amazing resource. A fun way to elicit and build on expressive language.

  205. Atindi P. –

    Easy to use

    These matrices are a great idea and helpful for expanding utterances.

  206. Elizabeth B. –

    Well organized resource!

    I like using this resource with my students who are working on speaking in longer sentences and describing words.

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