Semantic Mapping Activity
Use this activity to help your students/clients with word retrieval.
Use the map by putting a word in the middle (red cloud) and filling up the other shapes with words associated with the middle word.
For example, you put the word "dog" in the middle (red cloud). Your student says "cat", so you put that in the red square. Then you student says "leash", so you put that in the orange star.
If you want to break down each shape into even more categories, you can do so like this:
You have "cat" in the red square. You can determine that this shape will now contain other "pets", so you can fill it with "bird, rabbit, iguana, etc..."
You have "leash" in the orange start. You can determine that this shape will now contain other "dog accessories", so you can fill it with "bowl, collar, tags, etc..."