Background The Communication Trust's publication "Communicating Phonics" was published to help teachers who are administering the Year 1 phonics screening check to children with speech language and communication needs (children with SLCN). Although this guidance was written with this check in mind, it also provides much useful information for developing literacy skills with this group of children...
Ask the child to carry out tasks without giving them the equipment they need. For example: Ask the child to cut out a picture but do not provide any scissors. Attempt to play a simple board game but do not provide a dice. Ask the child to write their name but have only a blunt pencil; do not provide a pencil sharpener. Put the equipment you need for an activity the child enjoys somewhere the...
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What this tool is for The purpose of this tool is to be able to get a flavour of: What an early reader might get from text; What can be gained from text where only a selected number of high frequency words are used; How a strategy of signing could assist comprehension; Or...to create your own Jaberwocky poem! See the comments page for more information on this tool.
Configure the controller so that the fan is on as long as the switch is held down. Hold down the switch and let the child/adult feel the breeze. Let them do the same. Set switch controller so the fan runs for a given length of time. Demonstrate pressing the switch to turn the fan on then lifting your hand. Let the child/adult experience the feeling of the draught. When the fan stops press it...
The motivating thing could be bashing on a musical instrument, blowing bubbles, getting social interaction: the student needs to be motivated by whatever the thing/activity is for this to work - they won't communicate for something they don't want. The motivating thing should be something they can have/do for a short time, e.g. no more than about 20 seconds or so. Check that the student is...
1. Guide your child's hands and visual attention to toys/trays of material(s) that they can touch and look at. 2. Let your child explore the toys/materials in the tray and encourage them to investigate all their properties, stimulating all of the child's senses as far as possible (colour, smell, texture). 3. You may need to draw the child's attention back to the activity if the child becomes...
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These can be used with activities sheets from www.commtap.org including: make phrases in past tense using irregular verbs 1 make phrases in past tense using irregular verbs 2 Some common irregular past tense verbs for use in the above activities See below if you are not sure what an irregular past tense verb is.
Intermediate listening games for groups.
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