Print on A4 card and cut AS SPECIFIED for the listening and speaking game. Designed for practising sounds that are often difficult and need generalisation work. Guide gives more detail.

Print on A4 card and cut AS SPECIFIED for the listening and speaking game. Designed for practising sounds that are often difficult and need generalisation work. Guide gives more detail.

Traditional tale - A French fairy tale Blondine, Bonne-Biche and Beau-Minon renamed as Blondie, Doe and Looker. A fairy tale retold at three levels: simple plus symbol-support of Widgit/PCS symbols, early reading with illustrations, longer version to read aloud with many opportunities for spoken language tasks. Additional activities: colouring, read / match caption to picture and sequence. This tale is well-suited to PSHE / Virtues Programme work.

Tasks around the rule: omit word-final e before an ending starting with a vowel letter. Revise the meaning of verb/noun/adjective. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

Traditional tale – The Magic Horse. A tale originally called The Ebony Horse from 1001 Arabian Nights. Retold at three levels: plus symbol-support of Widgit/PCS symbols; early reading with illustrations; longer version (RA 11y approx.) to read aloud, with many opportunities for spoken language tasks. Additional activities: colouring; read / match caption to picture and sequence the story; Write-about outline booklet with 8 pictures as prompts; tessellations. With Guide.

3 sets of 6 cards in 3 sizes: fish, birds, turtles. 3 sets of 6 cards: dinosaurs. Ideas for using these specifically could be incorporated into other work on language and early concepts. Print games sheets A4 single-sided on card.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Four of the many words which cover cognitive concepts and confuse lots of children. Pair meaning two which go together, whole versus hole, half, and understanding that ‘the other one’ can refer to anything depending on the context! Print on A4 paper. The multi-page files can be printed 2-up. Could be used for EAL as well.

Days, months, seasons, 1-20 words, alphabet, coins. Learn and practise these sequences we need to know. Hints about related skills. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

A story about having guests and sharing. Illustrated with Widgit symbols. Text has some symbol-support. Gaps to complete. A text to talk about.

Light sources illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols. Questions (for an adult to read out) vary in complexity to give opportunities for a mixed ability group to reply. Includes examples of shadows too so you can talk about angles, direction and where the light source is.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print both files on A4 paper, single-sided. Children could cut out job descriptions if appropriate. Match to alphabet pages and stick. Lots to talk about. Suitable for EAL.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Reading a new word is greatly helped by spotting how many syllables it is likely to have. Establishing that syllables have at least one vowel letter (and what the vowel letters are) will help. The single-sided file VOWEL LETTERS INC. Y is to reinforce the fact that letter-y is sometimes a vowel letter. Print the file LOOK, SAY AND BEAT SYLLABLES double-sided on A4 card. Suggestions for working through the files are included.

For young children with delayed spoken language. Ideas for use given.

A set of ClipArt pictures and word cards. The activity is to ask questions in a barrier game and select word cards to match the replies and build sentences. Other suggested activities plus thoughts about asking questions orally or with worksheets to target different developmental levels. Two files. Mat with word cards made with Widgit’s CIP.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A collection of rhyming words to sort to match the 'rimes' and another specifically with Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe or magic-e) endings. Cut up and sort. Use the words in making up spoken or written sentences. Provide sentences with missing words which can be completed with one of the cards etc.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Six pages of activities with the coloured rods using some of the vocabulary and concepts from Yrs 1 and 2 Primary Strategy Numeracy Objectives and other texts. Reasonable reading level required. An attempt to make visible situations where these maths words and phrases are required. Adults will also have an opportunity to note which terms are causing problems.

Cut and match pictures and captions. This set requires some inferring. Mind-maps repeated here from another resource. These also require word recognition and comprehension. They could be used as word mats.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Match, sort, group, choose, associate, exclude. Four examples of many basic categories. Additional set includes some early history and other topics. An ideas map outlines the development of language skills in this area for children in Preschool and Foundation and four books detail graded activities you can carry out with these cards or other card sets (e.g. topic pictures). Useful for children with or without language delay/disorder. Could also be used for EAL work.

WidgitSymbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Dinosaur games (card games and track game). Card games: Pairs; Chain Game, Dominos. Print on A4 card 2-sided. Dinosaur Track game featuring irregular past tense verbs (for dice and counters) - print on A4 single-sided.

Grouped words with this sound spelt in the same way in an attempt to stimulate a mental picture to help memory. Looking at this can be followed by doing a listen and sort game. Examples illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.