A treasury of language resources by Catherine Redmayne

These packs are designed by a Speech and Language Therapist to provide a very comprehensive suite.

The materials are designed for use by teachers, teaching assistants and others supporting pupils with language difficulties.

Each pack includes an instruction guide listing the contents and overall features of the pack. Each file within the packs contains guides to the adult on how to use the materials and what to look for in the child's response.

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Download it for use in Communicate: In Print 2, including all the additional graphics so that you can tailor the materials to suit your group and make your own materials.
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Contents

Pack 1: Early language resources

A treasury of early language resources for working on vocabulary, 2-word utterances, & longer sentences.

Speech and language: teach early language skills - age equivalent 2-3:6.

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Pack 2: Language-differing complexity

A wide variety of language tasks of differing complexity (based on the work of Marion Blank).

Speech and language: extend early language - age equivalent 3-6y.

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Pack 3: Places we go

Places we go, things we do - lots of ideas for vocabulary work, talking about plans, and understanding instructions.

Speech and language: place we go, things we do - age equivalent 4-6y.

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Pack 4: Elements of narrative

Activities aimed at building up awareness of the links between question words and appropriate answers.

Speech and language: elements of narrative - age equivalent 4-7y.

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Pack 5: Verbs past

Carefully grouped -ed past tenses (with ideas for pronunciation), & common irregular past tenses.

Speech and language: past tenses for verbs - age equivalent 5-8y.

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Pack 6: Charts

Practise completing charts from pictures and children's profiles. Associated worksheets encourage chart interpretation.

Charts - age equivalent 5-8y.

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Pack 7: Reading 1

An early look & say reading scheme in two packs. The reading vocabulary is learnt playing 'pairs' with symbol support. Simple reading books and a memory task back up learning.

Reading: look & say scheme for early reading - age equivalent 4-6y

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Pack 8: Reading 2

An early look & say reading scheme in two packs. The reading vocabulary is learnt playing 'pairs' with symbol support. Simple reading books and a memory task back up learning.

Reading: look & say scheme for early reading - age equivalent 4-6y

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Pack 9: Extending Language Skills

A pack of ideas for children who continue to have some problems with comprehension and sentence building.
N.B.This Pack may be too challenging for some children with moderate learning difficulties.

Language Skills: age equivalent approximately 7-9y

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Pack 10: Shape Up

Encourage sentence development with children.

Speech and language: suitable for approximately 4y with specific language impairment and older children with global delay (e.g Down's Symdrome)

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Printing the materials from Communicate: In Print 2

The Communicate: In Print 2 set of files are installed into the Communicate files/In Print Writing/Language Development Resources