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We have so many children, on and off the autism spectrum, who struggle with use of appropriate vs. inappropriate language (expected / unexpected) as well as varying communication styles between different communication partners. This activity was created to assist in targeting these skills and raise awareness of these subtle nuances of social/pragmatic language. The comments and questions are a blend of possible messages, ones heard through personal experience, as well as those collected from

One-turn responses are sorted into on-topic and off-topic groupings...emotion cards are included to identify possible feelings of communication partners when offered such responses... included: on-topic/off-topic heading visuals emotion visuals: happy, proud, puzzled, frustrated, angry 18 conversation cards to cut apart and sort (including some 4th grade curriculum language to make it more authentic) 9 blank cards for individualization parent letter to send the activity home for homework/home pr

I LOVE the book "The Napping House" by Audrey Wood!!! I read it with our preschoolers, act it out using props (a cot, blue scarf/bonnet for a student to be the grandmother, a baby doll for the child and stuffed animals~ the kids love it!!!) then we do a book retelling extension activity in small groups to send home! I've put the retelling booklet on-line for you to use. It is editable and includes a parent handout which highlights key language concepts... just insert your name and position. Pu

'Who Am I?' animal activity language masks (hand drawn)~ set of 9 animal and community helper masks contain firefighter, police officer, farmer, snake, octopus, dog, shark, cat, and pig. So many language and speech goals/concepts can be targeted using this activity! Examples include grammatical sentences, asking questions (including yes/no), categorizing, descriptors, ‘wh’ questions, action concepts… I have found that the list is ENDLESS!  I frequently pair this activity with an EET (Expanding

Well...might as well meet their interests :) I made this barrier game to surprise my students as the year is concluding. The looks on their faces as I have pulled this out have been priceless~ so excited!!! (WARNING~ it does take a lot of cutting to put this together for multi-players, and some hand cramping LOL, but it's worth it:) Mincraft themed barrier game with parent instructional handout: includes parent instructions, one scene page and two pages of varying objects to cut out (does not

“Mad Libs” are a fun way to expand sentence length, vocabulary, reading fluency and learn parts of speech (etc.) They are fun to do individually, and especially with a partner! One can “interview” another, requesting the designated word group (part of speech) and fill in the blanks, reading the silly story out loud at the end. Designed to be a companion packet after initial teaching/therapy targets within the classroom/therapy setting~ home language activity to extend the learning and lesson I

Interactive Hallway Activity...What's In My Bag? Expanding language: writing, expressive and receptive skills; targeting critical attributes; fashioned after the EET tool by Sarah L. Smith Get the whole school involved in expanding language! Students define an object using the basic areas as interpreted closely to the EET program: category, function, describe using the 5 senses, composition, parts, location, additional information/personal opinion Using magazines or allowing the students to dr

This activity targets a variety of language skills including CVC word production, velar sounds in the final position of words, promoting letter learning, etc. all while making your OT happy by incorporating some fine motor practiceYou will need to print these PDF’s on cardstock and laminate for more durable materials. Cut the individual 4”x4” final /k/ words apart. You will need to provide 11 clothes pins (pinchable type) and write the following letters with permanent marker (one letter per clo

Contains: 5 category sheets 3 vocabulary football cards per category (15 total) 4 “free kick” cards Print and laminate Use velcro or sticky tack to pair up the football vocabulary words to the appropriate football player category Free kick cards~ I use a “squeeze play football” toy with this activity (to ‘kick’ a football through a field goal) or you could substitute ‘finger flick football’ (flicking a paper football through the partner’s field goal fingers), etc. ***The girl football pla

Five 8x10 hand-drawn masks to partner with a classic book; Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin. (2 sets of 5~Masks: Duck, Cow, Pig, Chicken and Farmer; color version and black and white included.) Also included in this product are 4 event cards (pizza, soap, movie and a note to Bob (boardmaker visuals~approximately 4 x 4) to facilitate participation and/or story retelling sequences. Also included is a word document which can be edited for extended language ideas at home. I am using this ac

Visual support to facilitate appropriate vocal volume within the classroom or therapy setting. Can be paired with therapy activities, posted as a classroom support, reduced in size and used as a desktop aid, etc. I am unsure of the original publisher of this scale- I have revised it numerous times over the years to best meet our students' needs (ie. images, shading, etc.) It may have originally been cited in the book The Incredible 5-Point Scale. 2003/2012. Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis. The

Summer/beach themed barrier game with parent instructional handout: includes parent instructions, one beach scene page and three pages of varying objects to cut out (ocean animals, characters, beach objects- some color and some black and white clip art~ not a separate black and white version!) it does print well in black and white for low ink printing! Objects were thoughtfully selected with many minor differences to promote more in depth descriptions. Great for therapy session use, then send

companion visual for "Who Am I? animal faces activity": receptive and expressive language activity masks wh questions 2"x2" visual supports to aid comprehension and facilitate participation with language mask activity includes PDF's: one direction page, one 9 symbol choice board for identifying the character and two visual support boards to facilitate giving clues (answering basic 'wh' questions) to the target participant

12 Synonym snowmen pairing groups (3 synonym vocabulary per snowman); 6 Antonym snowmen pairs Cut apart the bodies of the snowmen (head with hat, torso, bottom), then have your students build snowmen synonyms! So many extension activities including pairing up the antonym snowmen, following directions incorporating spatial detail, describing, naming, root word, suffixes, etc. Synonym Groups: Strong, tough, powerful Huge, giant, enormous Scary, frightening, terrifying Goofy, silly, ridiculous Slow

simple barrier game targeted for preschool/kindergarten age students: parent handout for home use highlighting multi-faceted targets including speech sounds, use of plural-s, spatial concepts, vocabulary, modeling appropriate sentence structure, etc. Four pages total: parent handout for preschool/school age students, shape page to use as "scene" (square, star, circle, large triangle, small triangle, and heart), and basic/familiar image pieces to be cut out and placed on scene. Images include d

15-2x2 inch clipart/photographs per pronoun group {He, she, they: 45 total} Common action vocabulary targeted Contains 3 visual supports for pronoun category (4x4inch) Sentence strip visual supports to help develop language (multi-cultural in mind~ two variations of each set.) It is important to note that the photos/clipart are primarily Caucasian due to difficulty with finding quality, available images.

winter core vocabulary home or center based learning activity~ 22 core winter vocabulary words sets of 2 for matching categorizing visual supports to extend the activity ~ functional and classification descriptions *parent letter included~ suggesting use and targets Preschool and on as appropriate *Therapists/ teachers/ parents/ caregivers~ Please print on cardstock or glue to construction paper for durability and to conceal images when turned over for memory matching game. (I plan on sending

***Adapted parent-teacher form from: More Time 2 Teach:) I have uploaded a newer version of this form~ I'm sorry that I forgot to delete my name and email from the original form...this one is blank so you can include your own contact information. I'm excited to use this new form! I'm frequently asked by parents for ideas to extend therapy targets~ a 15 minute conference is just not enough time to "teach" parents all the ways language acquisition can be facilitated outside of the educati

Contains: –14 synonym pairs with minimal picture cueing –4 “free kick” cards •Print and laminate; cut football cards out and cut the football player sheets in half (I tape them around the therapy room to incorporate movement into the activity.) •Use velcro or sticky tack to pair up the football vocabulary words to the appropriate synonym football player •Free kick cards~ I use a “squeeze play football” toy with this activity (to ‘kick’ a football through a field goal) or you could substitute ‘fi

Our actions and words make others feel different ways... use these visual supports to help teach thinking vs. saying... use the emotions visual chart to help identify different feelings.