<p>These communication boards can encourage use of AAC visuals either through modelling by the adult or used by the child to request or communicate. I use them daily during structured play and continuous provision.</p>

<p>Colourful semantics printables using widgit symbols to support ASN/SEND learners or early learners to form sentences. cards are colour coded according to colouful semantics.</p>

<p>A very simple three-sentence story with an option of two comprehension tasks to support SEND/ASN learners using Widgit symbols for reading and symbol recognition.</p>

<p>A set of colourful semantics cards to support reading of the book ‘Handa’s surprise’ accompanied by visually supported matching cards.</p>

<p>Vocabulary strips for days of the week in 3 forms for tracing, matching or display.</p>

<p>38 matching activity worksheets wide range of words containing the different phonemes taught as part of phase 5 of Letters and Sounds. Images to match are Widgit symbols to support SEND learners.</p>

<p>Multi-purpose vocabulary strips, symbol supported with Widgits for tracing, matching, calendar, display.</p>

<p>Sorting activity using widget symbols for SEND pupils to identify ‘i like’ ‘i have.’ Used with non verbal classes and SEN pupils who find written work challenging.</p>

<p>Used to encourage counting with a complex SEND class working on numbers 1-5. We sing the song ‘5 little speckled frogs’ and encourage the children to place some frogs on the water and some on the grass and count how many are on each side</p>

<p>In this example plan, we work on requesting more. This is planned for a class of 6 pupils who are non verbal, have autism and have varying levels of communication in a Complex needs provision. The lesson would last 15 minutes, broken into 3 5 minute tasks. I hope that this is able o help those who, like I was, are struggling to make a start planning for a specialist setting.</p>

<p>Widgit symbol supported feelings thermometer to help pupils identify emotions daily.</p>

<p>Generalised symbol supported transition booklet with space for individual photos to be stuck at appropriate points.</p>