Help Your Child Learn Animal Words: 156 Animal Picture Cards for Speech Delay & Autism

Does your child light up at animals? Use that love to grow new words. Point to a card, say the animal together, talk about the sound it makes or where it lives, and watch the words come.

156 printable animal picture cards for toddlers, preschoolers and children who are autistic, non-speaking or just learning to talk. Clear, simple pictures on a white background, with one word under each picture.

WHAT YOU GET (19 PAGES)

• 156 picture cards, 2 x 2 inches (5 cm), in 13 color-coded groups of 12:

- Pets, Farm, Australian Animals, Ocean, Jungle, Safari, Woodland

- Bugs, Birds, Polar, Pond and River, Dinosaurs, Baby Animals

• 12 blank cards for your child's own favorite animals

• Sentence strips: I see a... / I like the... / The ... says... / Where does the ... live?

• 3 checklist pages with every card, to track new words

• How to use page with games: name it, sort it, guess who, matching

• 2 PDF files: US Letter (US words) and A4 (Australian / New Zealand words such as budgie and ladybird), plus a printing guide

HOW TO USE

1. Print at 100% scale (Actual size), laminate if you like, and cut out the cards.

2. Start with a few animals your child already loves. Name them together.

3. Add the sound, the way it moves or where it lives.

4. Sort the cards into groups: farm and ocean, big and small, fur and feathers.

5. Put a card on a sentence strip to build short sentences.

MATCHING SETS

All cards are 2 x 2 inches, the same size and style as my Communication Cards, Food Cards and First Words cards, so you can mix them on the same boards.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.

• The files are PDFs and are not editable.

• These cards support language and play at home and in class. They are not a therapy program and do not replace the advice of your speech therapist.

• Colors may look slightly different depending on your screen and printer.

• The pictures were created by me with the help of AI tools, then selected, cleaned up and laid out for print.

TERMS OF USE

For personal, classroom and therapy use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own home, class or clients. Files may not be resold, shared or redistributed.

If there is any problem with your files, send me a message and I will fix it for you. This does not affect your rights under consumer law.