Expressive Language Skills
LDA cards: These language cards are especially designed to meet the receptive and expressive needs of young children and to engage their interest. We show children using the things children use and doing the things they do! This range includes photo cards which clearly depict real-life objects and situations, and picture cards with charming illustrations that will encourage story-telling and expressive language.
Expressive Language cards: The ideal way to stipulate children's expressive language - particularly the vocabulary needed to descibe sequences of events, thoughts and feelings. They will then be able to use this vocabulary for narrative, decriptions, recognition of emotions and reasoning. The activity cards have been written by speech and language therapist.
User group: The cards are versatile enough to be used by teachers, therapists and teaching assistants for group or individual work.
Social Sequences - At Home
Each sequence is shown in 3 cards and is ideal for story-telling using real-life photos. The sequences include getting dressed, cleaning teeth, having a biscuit, plus many more. The set has been constructed carefully to include children and adults from different ethnic groups interacting in family settings.
Contains 48 cards (196 x 138mm) in 16 sequences and teacher’s notes.
Social Sequences - At School
These slightly longer sequences make the natural move from home to school, depicting children engaged in everyday school activities. Each sequence is shown in 4 cards. The sequences include school assembly, dressing up, writing, PE, going home, plus many more.
Contains 48 cards (196 x 138mm) in 12 sequences and teacher’s notes.
Sequential
Thinking Set 1
Stimulate your children to tell stories, question and predict using these beautifully illustrated sequencing cards. As you progress through the sets the sequences become visually and logically more complex. As well as encouraging communication skills, the cards develop important pre-reading skills, such as left to right orientation.
Each set contains 2 question mark cards which can be used to replace pictures and encourage imaginative thinking and prediction. Contains: 3 2-card sequences; 4 3-card sequences; 3 4-card sequences; 2 question mark cards.
Sequential Thinking Set 2
Stimulate your children to tell stories, question and predict using these beautifully illustrated sequencing cards. As you progress through the sets the sequences become visually and logically more complex. As well as encouraging communication skills, the cards develop important pre-reading skills, such as left to right orientation.
Each set contains 2 question mark cards which can be used to replace pictures and encourage imaginative thinking and prediction. Contains: 2 4-card sequences; 2 5-card sequences; 2 6-card sequences; 2 question mark cards.
Sequential
Thinking Set 3
Stimulate your children to tell stories, question and predict using these beautifully illustrated sequencing cards. As you progress through the sets the sequences become visually and logically more complex. As well as encouraging communication skills, the cards develop important pre-reading skills, such as left to right orientation.
Each set contains 2 question mark cards which can be used to replace pictures and encourage imaginative thinking and prediction. Contains: 6 3-card sequences; 3 4-card sequences; 2 question mark cards.
Sequential
Thinking Set 4
Stimulate your children to tell stories, question and predict using these beautifully illustrated sequencing cards. As you progress through the sets the sequences become visually and logically more complex. As well as encouraging communication skills, the cards develop important pre-reading skills, such as left to right orientation.
Each set contains 2 question mark cards which can be used to replace pictures and encourage imaginative thinking and prediction. Contains: 6 5-card sequences; 2 question mark cards.
Sequential
Thinking Set 5
Stimulate your children to tell stories, question and predict using these beautifully illustrated sequencing cards. As you progress through the sets the sequences become visually and logically more complex. As well as encouraging communication skills, the cards develop important pre-reading skills, such as left to right orientation.
Each set contains 2 question mark cards which can be used to replace pictures and encourage imaginative thinking and prediction. Contains: 5 6-card sequences; 2 7-card sequences; 2 8-card sequences; 2 question mark cards.
Emotions
These photos are carefully designed to encourage children to discuss emotions and feelings. Each card portrays a different setting and context to evoke a wide range of emotional responses. Some photos clearly portray 1 emotion, whilst others are more open and invite a variety of responses. Many photos can be used to encourage predictive skills – to discuss what might happen next.
Contains 48 cards (196 x 138mm) and teacher’s notes.
What Would You Do?
Designed to raise questions of value and safety, each of these 8 situations has 5 different possible actions. The illustrated cards will give children plenty to think and talk about and increase awareness of the effect their actions may have on other people.
Contains 8 situation cards (140 x 140mm) and 40 action cards (70 x 102mm) plus teacher’s notes.
Expressive Language Activity Cards
Each card clearly outlines the learning objective and resources required, and provides advice for the activity leader. In addition, we’ve included ideas for variations and ways to make the activities easier or harder.
Activity cards to support the following card sets: Social Sequences Set 1 At Home and Set 2 At School, Sequential Thinking Sets 1-5, Photo Emotions and What Would You Do? Contains 50 cards (138 x 100mm) and teacher’s notes.