Bring the joy of May into your therapy room with this playful and engaging sentence-building activity. Featuring themes like Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation, and end-of-year celebrations, this hands-on resource makes targeting expressive language and WH-questions both effective and fun for your students.
Darling Daisies May Sentences is designed to help students build complete sentences using mix-and-match cards focused on “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why.” This resource supports expressive language, grammar, narrative development, and WH-question comprehension.
It includes two formats for flexibility: one set with color-coded borders for extra support and one with black borders for general use. This structured yet creative activity is perfect for busy SLPs who want to bring more seasonal fun and targeted language practice into their sessions.
This Darling Daisies May Sentences Includes:
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16 “Who” emotional daisy character cards
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32 “What” action cards with seasonal and thematic activities
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32 “Where” location cards such as “at the garden” and “at the Cinco de Mayo parade”
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24 “When” time cards like “on Teacher Appreciation Day” and “yesterday afternoon”
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32 “Why” reason cards such as “to make someone happy” and “because she loves daisies”
- Google Slides™️ version for teletherapy or digital sessions
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1 Visual sentence-building mat to support sentence formulation
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1 Student worksheet for independent practice and homework
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2 Versions: black-bordered for general use and color-coded for differentiation
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Clear, easy-to-follow implementation instructions
You’ll appreciate how this resource turns structured sentence-building into a fun, interactive activity. Students stay engaged while targeting key skills like WH-question comprehension, sentence structure, grammar, and storytelling. The seasonal vocabulary makes it easy to spark conversations and personalize learning. It’s low prep, visually supported, and adaptable for a range of learners and session types.
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Ideal for Grades K–6th
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Includes both printable color and black-and-white options for easy prep
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Minimal prep—simply print, cut, laminate, and go
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Versatile for individual or group therapy sessions
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Aligned with Evidence-Based Practices (EBP)
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Adaptable for various ability levels and therapy goals
- Great for use throughout the month of May
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Sentence building and formulation
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WH question practice
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Grammar and syntax development
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Vocabulary expansion
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Narrative skills
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Following directions
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Critical thinking
Tammi S. –
These area great for identifying verbs, sentence parts and for encouraging more complex sentence formulation.
Meghan S. –
This is a great resource to use with my students in May. Thank you!
Paula C. –
Very helpful activity for teaching sentence structures and increasing complexity.
Meghan G. –
This was a fun activity to use with mixed groups. We also extended it to generate AI images on adobe which added even more fun and creativity!
Pathological Speechie –
These were helpful visual supports for my special education students who are learning language!