Minimal Pair Resources - Noisy/quiet sounds - p and b at the beginning of words - t and d at the beginning of words - c/k and g at the beginning of words
Many of the activities on Commtap - especially the ones aimed at those communicating or understanding at three key words or less - can be enhanced if you use key word signs with them. These can benefit the learner by making it easier for them to pick up the spoken language, and by giving them an additional way they can communicate.
The following resources can make it easier for you to sign with children. Online sign dictionaries Signalong and Makaton British Key Word Signs (free). Signalong Text-a-sign service (annual subscription fee). Sign library (annual subscription fee). BSL British Sign Language Dictionary (free).
Choose 3 - 4 of the child's peers, a mix of those they are familiar with from their class and other children they maybe would not choose to play with. Demonstrate the game to the children and make sure that you use their names whilst showing their photographs. Let the children know you are not going to pick them one after the other but they have to listen to when their name is called! Support...
Arasaac picture symbols in colour
Picture symbols for over 11000 words in English from the Aragonese Portal of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. You can use these in your documents or you could use it in conjunction with the Commtap Symboliser for PowerPoint. The image format used in this set is "png" which is a commonly used image format.
Helping a child to use/begin to use an eye gazing to communicate choices or an action they would like you to do - with pictures and (optionally) a perspex eye gaze frame (i.e. sheet of clear plastic you hold up between you and the child to fix communication pictures on).
Encouraging looking at an appropriate picture In this situation you know what the child wants - e.g. they want the mirror chimes, or they want you to spin them, but they are not looking at the appropriate picture or picture symbol. This can happen if the child is new to this communication method, or you've put pictures in a different position on the frame in front of the child, or you are...
Using a PowerPoint template to easily create Eye Gaze communication frame books.
Download the template Jump to the instructions This PowerPoint template speeds up the creation of eye gaze communication frames:
Lists of words containing more than two syllables.
Three syllable words alarm clockalphabetambulancebananabicyclebutterflycerealchimpanzeechocolatecomputerdinosaurelephantfingernailfire enginegorillahair dryerhospitaljellyfishlasagnelibrarymagazinemicrowavemuseumnewspaperoctopusorange juiceparachutepelicanpolar bearponytailpotatoradioraspberryskeletonspaghettistrawberrysubmarinesunglassesswimming pool