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Product Overview
Activity Sets
- Each Activity Set contains 5 or 6 individual activities, with up to 50 suggestions for their use
- Includes planning summary, details of language ages, and an information booklet
- Activities are grouped with due consideration to children's developing language, thinking and play skills
- Each activity is suitable to a particular stage of language development (eg Language Age 24 - 72 months)
Barrier Games
- In a barrier game a child needs to explain what they are doing so that their partner can replicate the action on the other side of a screen with a duplicate set of materials.
- Barrier games provide a concrete reason to use meaningful language, which is especially useful for some autistic children.
- Barrier games are useful for joint attention, listening and understanding
- Barrier games give children practice in using words to convey meaning
- Provide an interesting alternative for fluency practice
- Barrier games are useful for small groups of children
- Physical barriers are also available from LEaP, in a wooden or metal format.
Concepts
- It is important for children to understand where things are in relation to themselves and others
- They also need to be able to express that relationship
- The understanding and expression of terms relates to concepts other than position. These may relate to time, quantity, size as well as other descriptions.
- Concepts With Poppy contain A5 books with detachable pictures, and page order that can be changed; lotto games and a further activity to help consolidate the understanding and use of terms
- A range of concepts is included in the kit Language Activities for Fun
Early Narratives
- Narrative skills are important to tell stories, describe events, or explain the rules of a game
- Each narrative deals with every day activities such as making breakfast, getting dressed, or going on a train trip
- Narratives each include two forms of sequences of colourful photographs
General Activities
- Games designed to improve specific parts of language
- Includes a suggestion sheet giving ideas to expand on these targets
- Activities include velcro and other materials where relevant
Kit: Language Activities for Fun
- LAfF kits are suitable for busy practitioners, teachers and parents who recognise the benefits of having ready access to varied activities
- Each kit contains 41 activities, targeting over 300 specific language objectives presented clearly to facilitate planning
- Activities are arranged in a container for easy access (pronouns, verbs, concepts, questions etc)
Picture Sets
- Using pictures can be an effective way of communicating a message
- Pictures for Communication are available to bridge the gap for the child having difficulty understanding and/or conveying a message
- Pictures can also provide a useful tool in assisting the development of verbal expression
- Requests/Comments are sets that can be used with toys commonly enjoyed
Question Sets
- Understanding and asking questions is challenging for many language impaired children
- 6 games with clear pictures can facilitate learning about questions such as where, when, why, who etc
- Each activity has detailed suggestions with ages of language development
Sorting Sets
- Many language impaired children find it difficult to sort items, and explain relationships
- Simple activities can clarify their understanding in these areas as well as their ability to express reasons for combinations
Train Games
- Some children have a special interest in trains so this can be utilised to enhance their skills such as listening, turn-taking, understanding and using language
- The activity range allows increasingly complex use of language
Verb Set
- Extending the understanding and use of verbs can increase the length and complexity of a child's language
- Games can be played to enhance the use of verbs and many other aspects of language
- Each activity has detailed suggestions with ages of language development
Words & Games
- Some children need to hear words more often to learn them
- Sets include 3 copies of each picture so that a range of games can be played, giving the child a chance to hear the words whilst being more open to learning
- Game boards are also included at two different levels
- Lottos encourage the use of the term with a relevant verb to extend expressive language skills
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