AAC Core Vocabulary Activities to Teach 40 Early Core Words Speech Therapy

Unlock the power of Core Vocabulary for AAC implementation! Explore an extensive resource designed to elevate your core vocabulary strategies. This collection of interactive tools and activities to teach your AAC users 40 early core words provides explicit guidance to make you feel more secure and less stressed in planning AAC intervention.

Uncover carefully structured core word lessons, engaging games, and targeted teaching methodologies, all validated by glowing user feedback. Step up your AAC implementation and empower your students' communication today!

Up to a year's worth of interactive materials and activities!

Features:

1. Guided Structure: Week-by-week core word activities for clear planning.

2. Dynamic Vocabulary: Introduction and reinforcement of 40 core words over 10 weeks or months.

3. Efficient Teaching: Time-saving strategies for effective instruction with diverse learners.

4. Engaged Learning: Step-by-step breakdown and engaging visuals for student engagement.

5. Interactive Tools: Versatile interactive books, activities, and games for enhanced learning.

6. Visual Supports: Utilize visual cues to reinforce core vocabulary understanding.

7. Real-world Application: Build learning through everyday routine and simulated activity recommendations.

8. Comprehensive Contents: Explanation of core words, time-delay teaching, data sheets, letters home, and more.

9. Adaptive Resources: CVI-adapted symbols, communication boards, and additional materials for students with cortical vision issues.

Benefits:

1. Confidence Boost: Explicit guidance reduces stress in planning AAC intervention.

2. Positive User Feedback: Validated lessons, games, and methodologies ensure effective learning.

3. Time Efficiency: Save planning and prep time while efficiently teaching core vocabulary to diverse learners.

4. Enhanced Engagement: Step-by-step breakdown and captivating visuals keep students involved.

5. Inclusive Learning: Accommodate various learning paces and AAC experience levels.

6. Versatile Tools: Interactive books, visual cues, and AAC integration cater to diverse teaching needs.

7. Long-term Usage: Up to a year's worth of materials for continuous core vocabulary implementation.

8. Real-world Application: Suggestions for everyday routines enrich learning experiences.

9. Evidence-Based: Grounded in Core Vocabulary research for evidence-backed teaching.

Contents:

• explanation of core words, time-delay teaching, data sheets, explanation of the resource,
• list of the 4 words/week or month, complete 40-word communication board,
• lists of the words/week and 3X5 sized symbols for classroom/therapy room wall-sized communication board, & additional lists of phrase examples,
• interactive books for all 10 weeks (or months),
• Hide & Seek symbols, environment hunt activity for examples of the symbols.
• fun activities for practice, suggested games or activities for practicing the words in a context
• game or activity each week that provides decontextualized reinforcement/practice
• words of the week handouts, door hangers, letter to home, Aided Language Stimulation brochure, & suggested activities for the environment
• CVI-adapted symbols and board,
• 40-location communication board and the larger symbol cards are also provided in high contrast bright red/yellow for students who do/might have cortical vision issues.

For each week/month of 4-words there are 5 days/weeks worth of activities for implementing/teaching them

1. Aided Input - complete with large symbol cards and a communication board
2. Interactive books and expansion ideas
3. Hide & Seek Symbols game - an environment hunt
4. A suggested game, toy, or activity for practicing the words in a context
5. and a game or activity that provides decontextualized reinforcement/practice of the words; such as a board or card game.

There are also:

• handouts about core words and Aided Language Stimulation to send home and to give to other staff,
• letters to home
• door hangers for visual cues in the environment
• additional symbol cards to use in the environment
• additional suggestions for contexts to use the words
• suggestions for using core words in every day routines and activities,
• activities to simulate other real-life activities that you may not have access to within your intervention setting or classroom

This resource will provide you with up to a full year's worth of core vocabulary implementation materials and activities. (depending upon the learning pace of your students)

Suggestions included for using core words in every day routines and activities, 
Suggestions for activities to simulate other real-life activities that you may not have access to within your intervention setting or classroom.

Core words used are:

☀look, this, is, mine

☀I, want, like, it

☀you, have, more, different

☀not, where, help, go

☀he, can, do, that

☀finished, put, need, stop

☀get, here, don’t, open

☀turn, are, some, she

☀what, in, all, on

☀who, over, up, when

How-to Use:

1. Week-by-Week Planning:

- Utilize the guided structure for clear week-by-week planning of core word activities.

- Incorporate dynamic vocabulary strategies to introduce and reinforce 40 core words progressively.

2. Interactive Tools and Activities:

- Explore interactive books, activities, and games for versatile and engaging learning experiences.

- Use visual supports to reinforce core vocabulary understanding during interactive sessions.

3. AAC Integration:

- Seamlessly integrate Augmentative and Alternative Communication strategies into your teaching methods.

- Adapt resources for students with cortical vision issues using CVI-adapted symbols and communication boards.

4. Real-world Application:

- Enrich learning by incorporating core words teaching into everyday routines and simulated activities.

- Explore suggestions for games, toys, or activities that provide context-based word practice.

5. Long-term Implementation:

- Set the pace according to your students' needs, whether it's 10 weeks or 10 months.

- Assemble the toolkit once and use it indefinitely, sending books home for carry-over along with weekly letters.

By following these steps, you'll unlock the power of Core Vocabulary for beginning AAC users, providing a consistent AAC implementation experience for both you and your students.

Assemble once, use forever!


Send books home for carry-over, along with weekly letters.
Effective because practice opportunities move from input to contextualized and then decontextualized activities.


Based on Core Vocabulary research:

⭐ Research shows use of core vocabulary words provides AAC users with the vocabulary they need to meet most of their communication needs.

⭐ The DLM research has identified a basic core of 40 words that are a beginning word set to meet the needs of emerging communicators.

⭐ Activities are similar Activities and Games for a Year of Core and Teach Me Core Words resources.

Buyers have said:

• This product takes a bit of time to prep, but it's SO comprehensive and provides structure to teaching core words, which is something I was struggling with! Now I can plan my sessions around each week and know my students are getting solid exposure and practice using this product.
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Great core word lessons with a vocabulary that builds in new words while reviewing previously learned words. I'm really happy that I made this purchase

These activities are great and have helped me with teaching core vocabulary to my most impacted kiddos! It saves me SO MUCH TIME!!! Love this!!

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• love that everything is broken down step by step. The visuals are perfect and keep my students engaged.

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©susan berkowitz, slp
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