Linguistic Concept Cards — 148 Hand-Drawn Language Therapy Cards
One deck. 148 hand-drawn cards. Hundreds of ways to target language.
Linguistic Concept Cards were designed and hand drawn by Deborah Brooks, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD to give speech-language pathologists, educators, and caregivers a flexible visual tool for building receptive and expressive language skills.
Rather than assigning only one “correct” target to each card, these illustrations are intentionally versatile. The picture stays the same, but the language can grow.
Use individual cards, pair contrasting cards, create groups, sequence pictures, or combine images to adjust the linguistic complexity for each child.
Use the cards to target:
Spatial Concepts — in, on, under, above, below, behind, in front of, next to, up/down, and more
Qualitative & Descriptive Concepts — colors, size, attributes, same/different, real/imaginary, and more
Quantitative Concepts — one/many, more/less, amounts, counting, and quantity
Temporal Concepts & Sequencing — before/after, first/next/last, day/night, and sequencing events
Grammar & Syntax — building grammatically complete sentences and increasing sentence complexity
Morphology — plurals, pronouns, possessives, verb forms, comparatives, and grammatical markers
Subject–Verb Agreement — including is/are and other verb forms
WH Questions — including what, where, who, when, why, and how
Describing — using attributes, actions, locations, quantities, categories, and other relevant details
Compare & Contrast — identifying and explaining similarities and differences
Expanding MLU — moving from single words and short combinations toward increasingly complex utterances
Vocabulary & Semantic Relationships
Sentence Expansion
Reasoning & Inferencing
Narrative Language
...and so much more!
One Image, Different Levels of Language
A single image can support language at multiple levels:
Early language:
“Fish.” → “Blue fish.” → “Two fish.”
Sentence level:
“The fish are swimming.”
“There are two blue fish.”
More complex language:
“Both pictures have fish, but this picture has two fish and the other picture has one.”
This makes the deck easy to adapt to your student's individual goals, current language level, and level of support needed.
Great for:
Speech-language therapy • Early intervention • Preschool and school-age language therapy • Small groups • Teletherapy • Home practice • Special education • Language enrichment
What You’ll Receive
Your purchase includes:
148 original, hand-drawn Linguistic Concept Cards
How to Use This Deck instructional guide with ideas for targeting receptive and expressive language
Sample SMART Goals to help translate the cards directly into individualized therapy objectives
SOAP Note Examples with sample clinical language for documenting concept comprehension, grammar, syntax, describing, and other language targets
Ideas for adapting the same cards across different language levels and therapy goals
Print them, laminate them, put them on a ring, or use them digitally during therapy. Mix and match cards to create contrasts, elicit specific concepts, build sentences, compare and describe, or encourage more complex language.
148 Cards. More Than 148 Targets.
These cards aren't designed to teach one isolated response per picture. They are designed to be reused across goals and across levels.
A single set can support work on:
Spatial • Temporal • Qualitative • Quantitative • Grammar • Syntax • Morphology • WH Questions • MLU • Describing • Compare/Contrast • Sequencing • Reasoning • Real vs. Imaginary • Narrative Language + More
The picture stays the same. The language can grow.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT.
No physical product will be mailed to you.
After purchase, you will receive a link to access your digital files.
IMPORTANT: All digital products must be downloaded and saved within 24 hours of purchase or access to the download link will expire.
For personal/individual professional use only. Please refer to the included terms of use regarding sharing, duplication, or redistribution.
Designed & Hand Drawn by Deborah Brooks, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD
Linguistic Concept Cards — 148 Hand-Drawn Language Therapy Cards
One deck. 148 hand-drawn cards. Hundreds of ways to target language.
Linguistic Concept Cards were designed and hand drawn by Deborah Brooks, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD to give speech-language pathologists, educators, and caregivers a flexible visual tool for building receptive and expressive language skills.
Rather than assigning only one “correct” target to each card, these illustrations are intentionally versatile. The picture stays the same, but the language can grow.
Use individual cards, pair contrasting cards, create groups, sequence pictures, or combine images to adjust the linguistic complexity for each child.
Use the cards to target:
Spatial Concepts — in, on, under, above, below, behind, in front of, next to, up/down, and more
Qualitative & Descriptive Concepts — colors, size, attributes, same/different, real/imaginary, and more
Quantitative Concepts — one/many, more/less, amounts, counting, and quantity
Temporal Concepts & Sequencing — before/after, first/next/last, day/night, and sequencing events
Grammar & Syntax — building grammatically complete sentences and increasing sentence complexity
Morphology — plurals, pronouns, possessives, verb forms, comparatives, and grammatical markers
Subject–Verb Agreement — including is/are and other verb forms
WH Questions — including what, where, who, when, why, and how
Describing — using attributes, actions, locations, quantities, categories, and other relevant details
Compare & Contrast — identifying and explaining similarities and differences
Expanding MLU — moving from single words and short combinations toward increasingly complex utterances
Vocabulary & Semantic Relationships
Sentence Expansion
Reasoning & Inferencing
Narrative Language
...and so much more!
One Image, Different Levels of Language
A single image can support language at multiple levels:
Early language:
“Fish.” → “Blue fish.” → “Two fish.”
Sentence level:
“The fish are swimming.”
“There are two blue fish.”
More complex language:
“Both pictures have fish, but this picture has two fish and the other picture has one.”
This makes the deck easy to adapt to your student's individual goals, current language level, and level of support needed.
Great for:
Speech-language therapy • Early intervention • Preschool and school-age language therapy • Small groups • Teletherapy • Home practice • Special education • Language enrichment
What You’ll Receive
Your purchase includes:
148 original, hand-drawn Linguistic Concept Cards
How to Use This Deck instructional guide with ideas for targeting receptive and expressive language
Sample SMART Goals to help translate the cards directly into individualized therapy objectives
SOAP Note Examples with sample clinical language for documenting concept comprehension, grammar, syntax, describing, and other language targets
Ideas for adapting the same cards across different language levels and therapy goals
Print them, laminate them, put them on a ring, or use them digitally during therapy. Mix and match cards to create contrasts, elicit specific concepts, build sentences, compare and describe, or encourage more complex language.
148 Cards. More Than 148 Targets.
These cards aren't designed to teach one isolated response per picture. They are designed to be reused across goals and across levels.
A single set can support work on:
Spatial • Temporal • Qualitative • Quantitative • Grammar • Syntax • Morphology • WH Questions • MLU • Describing • Compare/Contrast • Sequencing • Reasoning • Real vs. Imaginary • Narrative Language + More
The picture stays the same. The language can grow.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT.
No physical product will be mailed to you.
After purchase, you will receive a link to access your digital files.
IMPORTANT: All digital products must be downloaded and saved within 24 hours of purchase or access to the download link will expire.
For personal/individual professional use only. Please refer to the included terms of use regarding sharing, duplication, or redistribution.
Designed & Hand Drawn by Deborah Brooks, MA, CCC-SLP, TSSLD
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