Printable sentence flip book

Choose the type of sentence, for example determiner, noun, verb, determiner, noun, then write your sentences in the left column. Each sentence becomes a strip, each word an illustrated, numbered flap. Once the flaps are cut and bound at the top, each one turns on its own: the child keeps the subject of one sentence, takes the verb of another and makes up “The cat eats a carrot”. The colours follow the part of speech of each word.

Create a sentence flip book

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Page of a sentence flip book: two strips of illustrated cards under a binding margin — First page, made in Lexikit with twelve animal words.

In 3 steps

Choose the sentence structure: determiner, noun, verb… or your own. It sets the number of flaps.
Write your sentences: one word per place. Lexikit tells you which ones to adjust.
Print, cut, bind: two sentences per page, the flaps stacked by number, bound at the top.

What you can set

A sentence structure to choose (“The cat eats a mouse”, “The black cat eats a mouse”…), your own or free
Colour by part of speech: determiners in brown, nouns in blue, pronouns in violet, verbs in red, adjectives in green, other words in black
The part of speech set once in the lexicon, or for one word in one sentence only (“watch” noun or verb)
Sentences of up to 16 words: beyond 8, the sentence goes on two rows of numbered flaps
Duplicate flaps removed if you wish: the same word at the same place printed only once, its place left empty
Capitals, print or cursive, two binding holes per flap, dotted lines to cut

Ways to use it

Making up sentences by combining the flaps, aloud then in writing
Spotting who does what: the noun, the verb, the adjective
In speech therapy or special needs classes, building a sentence with colour cues

Frequently asked questions

Why must the sentences have the same length?

Each flap is a place in the sentence. If a sentence has one more word, its flaps no longer face those of the others and the combinations stop making sense. Lexikit shows which sentences to adjust: add or remove a word, or merge two words on one flap.

Where does the part of speech come from?

From ARASAAC, which classifies every word of the lexicon: noun, verb, adjective, determiner, pronoun. Conjugated words and words without a card take the part of speech of their place in the structure chosen, or are guessed from their place. A click on a card corrects it, for this sentence or for every resource.

Your turn

Open Lexikit, write your words, choose a resource: all that is left is to print. Free, no account, and your words stay on your device.