Writing with Symbols 2000
How to make Flash Cards 
A really quick and easy way to create flashcards for individual
children with picture
or line drawing as support.
These can be slipped into a word tin, wall display or
used for constructing sentences
in a frame or book.
Look on the Widgit website for Avery labels grids to download.
Open up the Grids for Printing option,
Choose the number of cells across and down that
you want and also put in the measurements in mm. In this case
we have chosen 2 cells across and 4 cells down with a measurement
of 180 mm across with 260 mm down (this is the size of an
A4 piece of paper).
Type in the words you wish to make into flash cards. To change the presentation of the grid, highlight
the cells (ctrl and click in the first and last cell). You
can then change the background colour from the Options menu, the font colour and the colour of the lines around the
symbol from the formatting toolbar.
The walls of the cells can be made thicker by
using the icon or by choosing the options inthe Grids drop
down menu.
A really useful idea is to put the text on top
of the words. Go to the options drop down menu and
select Text on Top .
There is an option to hide the text if
it is just pictures that you want without the owrds underneath.
This is on the Text drop down menu.
Once you have completed your grid there is an
option to clone the grid which can be found at the bottom
of the Grids menu. This will enable you to have exact copies
of your grid as a template for more flashcards 
Now you have your flashcards, try laminating
them or sticking them on card after you have cut them out.
A Velcro dot on the back means that they can be stuck onto
material or a strip of alternative Velcro stuck on the wall
will allow the cards to be placed and replaced as needed.
Use them to play games, to practice vocabulary or as labels 
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