These picture dictionary wordmats can be used in lots of different ways.

1) Teacher says: I can see an elephant at the zoo (children point at the elephant or place their rubber on it).  This can also be done as pairwork.

2) colour dictation - I can see a grey elephant. Colour the snake dark green and light green!

3) bingo - each child chooses three pictures and places something on them, e.g. counters/glass nuggets.  The teacher draws the picture cards at random and once their three have been called, the children shout 'Bingo!'.

This can also be played in groups with a bingo master for each group.

4) hide the wordcards / flashcards around the room and the children fill in the missing words.

Have fun reading an rhyming with Brown Owl at the Zoo!