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Activities

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  • Early Years (0-5)
  • Primary Years (5-11)
  • Secondary and post 16 (11-24)

Activities to try at home

Paper Plates Memory Game

Play this memory game to build new vocabulary

Treasure Hunt

Support vocabulary development and concentration with this fun treasure hunt activity

Vocabulary board for common activities

Use these ‘vocabulary boards’ around your home to reinforce words that you are using with your child.

Everyday stories: What did we do today?

Help your child to wind down at the end of the day with this calming story-telling activity

Key Word Level Activities

Try these 'Two Key Word' activities to support your child with their understanding of instructions

Recipe Cards

Enjoy some baking with your child with these simple recipe cards.

Teddy’s Night-time Adventures

Encourage story-telling skills with the help of teddy and their imaginative adventures.

Language for Thinking

Use this approach when reading with your child to develop thinking and language skills

Shopping Game

Take turns being the shopkeeper in this game that supports attention and listening, vocabulary and memory

Story Sacks

Follow this guide to create a story sack for your child's favourite book(s) to make story time more interactive and multi-sensory

Commenting during play

Learn how to comment on your child's play and develop vocabulary by splitting words into different categories

Craft Activities

Get creative with your child by following instructions for these craft activities

I-Spy

Help develop your child's vocabulary, language and speech sound skills with this quick and easy I-Spy game.

Mini Adventures

Engage in some mini adventures with your child by taking it in turns to act out a play sequence with the toys.

Word Aware

Develop your child's vocabulary with these Word Aware games.

Size of the Problem

Be a problem solving detective with you child by identifying the size of the problem and how you can resolve it.

Verbal Reasoning – What’s going on?

Look at social scenarios and ask your child questions to help develop their understanding of social situations

Verbal Reasoning – How do you know?

Help your child to develop their inference skills with this simple busy picture activity

Verbal Reasoning – 101 Uses!

Think creatively about interesting objects and their many uses!

Colourful Semantics

Build grammatically correct sentences with your child by following this colour coded approach

Working on life skills at home

Review everyday tasks around the home and support your child to independently complete one

Role Models

Learn how role models like Greta Thunberg, George Webster and Will.i.am succeed in life with their own communication needs.

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