Twenty verbs caught mid action, each one drawn, spoken out loud, and ready to practice at word, phrase, or sentence level. Tap play and go.
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Each card asks one question, what is the animal doing, and the answer is a verb: running, pouring, planting. Verbs are what turn single words into sentences, so the phrase and sentence levels here do real work. Tap any card to open the full player; every card speaks its question out loud.
The level dial rewrites every card live — the same picture grows with your child from single words to full sentences. Here’s card one:
Parent mode picks five words for today — running, jumping, eating, sleeping, swimming — so a session can be two minutes on the couch, not a curriculum. Every card comes with a plain-language prompt like this one:
“Name the action first, then stretch it into a whole sentence: running. Then ask: Can you run like the dog?”
Working on this in speech sessions? The player also has a clinician side: draw on any card, jot a note, and use record-and-playback for listen-then-say practice. See the SLP tour →
Action words, or verbs, name what somebody is doing: running, eating, digging, baking. This free deck gives you 20 of them as talking flashcards. Every card shows an animal character mid action, asks what they are doing, and can grow the answer into a phrase or a full sentence.
Verbs are the hinge between single words and sentences. They usually start appearing once a child has roughly fifty words, and the -ing ending on words like running and eating is one of the earliest grammar markers to show up, typically between two and three. A child with few verbs tends to stay at one word per turn, because there is nothing to build a sentence around.
Yes. All 20 cards, the audio, the level dial, and record-and-playback are free in your browser with no login, no download, and no locked cards.
Nowhere. Recordings play back on your device only — they are never uploaded or saved, and they disappear when you close the page.
No. Little Words is a practice tool for home and for sessions. If you have concerns about your child’s speech, a licensed speech-language pathologist can evaluate and guide you — these cards are a way to practice between conversations, not a diagnosis or a treatment plan.
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