Description

This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes, SEN pupils or pupils who need some practice on visual discrimination. The resource, based on common Christmas images, aims to help pupils to use visual cues to match each image to its matching silhouette. There are up to twelve images/silhouettes for pupils to match.

This resource also aims to encourage the development of oral language skills in the interaction between adult and the pupil while completing the activity.

Cut out the 12 Matching Cards, the Choice Boards and the small picture cards with the silhouettes and laminate them. Velcro should be attached to the empty boxes on the Matching Cards, the Choice Boards and at the back of all the cut out small picture cards.

You can choose to play a matching activity using six, eight or all twelve silhouettes. To encourage confidence, it might be better to start by practising six silhouettes and build up to all twelve.

Attach all or some of the picture cards with silhouettes to a Choice Board in a random order. The pupil selects one of the matching cards and looks at the Christmas image on the left hand side of the card. The pupil then has to find the matching silhouette, pull it from the Choice Board and attach it to the Matching Card.

This activity is also a good fine motor activity for some pupils in the pulling of the picture card from the Choice Board and the attaching of the image to the correct space on the Matching Card.