Building vocabulary skills are so important for my students. One area that always needs to be targeted is basic concepts. Everyday in school my students are expected to understand basic concepts, but they often struggle to be successful. My students have a great deal of trouble with the concepts of most, least, fewest and equal. We play a fishing game to work on that. As we fish we talk about who has the most, least or are the number of fish equal. We play this game frequently to reinforce these concepts. Click on the link below to get a copy of this free resource. Free Fishing Concept Game Every month we make a small basic concept book that is related to the season or a holiday. These books target next to, beside, between, in front, above, below, under, over, left and right. I use the pages that have concepts my students need to learn. The monthly repetition helps my students learn to understand and use these concepts. I can also add concepts as my students master them. Target basic concepts every month Play-Doh is one of my favorite toys to use in therapy. One last activity that I use with my students is basic concept Smash mats. They target whole, half, all, some, first, second, third, between, through, above, below, left, right, around, in, out and next to. I select mats that target the concepts each individual child needs to learn. Basic Concepts Seasonal Mats It is always exciting when my students start to learn their concepts. Click here to follow Speech Gems to hear about new products. Sign up for my newsletter below Subscribe to get our latest content by email. Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address Subscribe We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit