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Picture cards
Black and White Fruit
High-Contrast Fruit Cards
Show your child six black-and-white fruit pictures to look at, point to and hear named.
- Age 1
- 5 min
- Easy
- One child
- Picture cards
Learning areas
Skills practised
About this activity
Your child explores large fruit pictures while you point to and name each one.
Looking, listening and sharing gestures support attention and language. Your child doesn't need to speak or recognize every fruit.
Learning objectives
- Look at one or more fruit pictures.
- Respond to a fruit name or picture with a look, gesture or sound.
- Take part in a brief exchange with an adult.
The printable
Print
What you need
- Printed fruit cards
- Scissors for adult use
Safety notes
Supervise your child at all times. An adult should cut out the cards and keep scissors out of reach. Don't let your child put paper in their mouth; hold the cards if your child still mouths objects.
How to do it
- Print the cards in black and white and cut them out before you begin.
- Sit close to your child in a quiet place.
- Show one fruit at a time at your child's eye level.
- Point to the picture and say, for example, “Apple. This is an apple.”
- Give your child time to look, point or make a sound.
- Show another fruit if your child is still interested.
- Put the cards away when your child seems tired or loses interest.
Teaching suggestions
- Speak slowly and repeat each fruit name naturally.
- If there are many distractions, show just one card at a time.
- Welcome looks, gestures and sounds as ways to participate.
- At snack time, name a fruit your child knows.
Variations
Make it easier
Show just one familiar fruit and repeat its name.
Make it harder
Show two fruits and ask where one of them is. Welcome any attempt to respond.
Extend the play
Hold a card next to a real whole fruit and name both.
Talk about it
- What do you see?
- Which fruit would you like to look at now?
- What is this fruit like?
- Do you know any of these fruits?
What to look for
- Notice whether your child looks at a picture.
- Watch for pointing, a sound or a change of gaze when you name a fruit.
- Notice whether your child takes part in the exchange, even briefly.
Word search
Opposites
Matching