Grammar Gumballsâ„¢

By Michelle Ostrow and Kris Scheller

Grades PreK and Up

It targets nine of the early morphemes and grammatical structures identified by Roger Brown (1973). Children with language and learning difficulties often leave these structures out of their speech. Grammar Gumballsâ„¢ includes five levels of difficulty for each illustration. You begin with a simple listening/imitation task and gradually progress to spontaneous production.

Grammar Gumballsâ„¢ includes 180 illustrated cards (20 for each area) to teach nine grammatical forms:

To play, fill up the Gumball Machine Game Board with the foam "Gumball" Tokens. Choose the card set(s) you wish to teach. Have the students draw a card. Then, read them the questions that match the card from the Lessons and Activities book. As the students answer the questions, they spin the spinner and take that number of "gumballs" from the machine. At the end of the game, the student with the most "Gumball" Tokens is the winner!

Grammar Gumballsâ„¢ includes