Helping children to understand abstract language using Blank Levels of Questioning is a 52 page document containing 8 picture scenarios and question ideas formed around the Blank Model.
To ensure you can use this pack flexibly I’ve given you options to use informally with just a list of questions, or more formally with a recording sheet so that you can record your observations and data. I've also included colour coded question cards so that you can play a game in a group.
Written in British English
Suitable for Pre-school, Reception, Key Stage 1 EAL, SEN.
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Helping children to understand abstract language using Blank Levels of Questioning is a 15 page document containing 4 sequencing scenarios and question ideas formed around the Blank Model.
- Stuck on the roof (5 pictures)
- Holiday Chaos (6 pictures)
- Runaway Donkey (5 pictures)
- Serendipity (4 pictures)
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We make assumptions and inferences from the simplest of pictures without giving it much thought, but so many of the children we work with find this really tricky. So this set goes right back to basics, and instead of questioning and testing, it 'teaches' children what to look for. 49 pages of activities Written in British English Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN and EAL
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This set targets one of the first stages of learning to answer 'why' questions, focusing on what is currently happening. The pack contains 30 easy 'why...because' questions. I've made a simple 'why' question card with a written question e.g. 'Why is the dog barking?' with a blank background, and the corresponding answer cards provides an obvious answer with full background picture. Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN and EAL Written in British English but suitable for US populations too
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Pesky Pets is a key word understanding game for individual students and groups. (21 pages in total.) This set includes: Instructions for key word understanding activities, Two large bed pictures. two large chair pictures and two large pet bed pictures, all in different colours. Seven different big and small dogs and seven different big and small cats. 36 cue cards. Targets: Key word understanding, attention and listening, working memory, basic concepts (colour, pattern, shape, size, etc.) expressive and receptive language skills. Suitable for: Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN, EAL
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Helping children to understand abstract language using Blank Levels of Questioning 4 is a 28 page document containing 4 sequenced picture scenarios and question ideas formed around the Blank Model. To ensure you can use this pack flexibly I’ve given you options to use informally with just a list of questions, or more formally with a recording sheet so that you can record your observations and data. I’ve also included colour coded question cards so that you can play a game in a group. Written in British English Suitable for Pre-school, Reception, Key Stage 1 EAL, SEN.
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This set contains 117 colourful picture cards to be used alongside the phoneme sets found on my website to support students to move on to short phrases and sentences. These picture cards can also be used on their own to support the acquisition of adjectives describing: colour, feelings, condition, appearance, shape, size, taste, touch, quantity, position, state, time, and action. Written in British English, although suitable for American EnglishSuitable for Reception, KS1, SEN, and EAL.
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This set includes:•36 ‘What am I ? object question cards with three or four questions per card•36 ‘What am I? object question cards with highlighted clues•36 Object Images'gold' coins for scoring.Play this game in small groups or individuallyTargets the ability to make inferences from given information, categorisation, attention and listening, and receptive language skills.Written in British English.Suitable for Reception, KS1, EAL, and SEN
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The Irregular Plurals set includes: 24 singular noun picture cards 24 plural noun picture cards 48 singular and plural noun jigsaws 24 black and white cards – find the correct plural word 2 sorting boards – for plural and singular nouns 54 plural and singular words to sort Write the plural for each word, worksheet Irregular plurals space themed board game Fishing for irregular plural nouns game Irregular plural nouns Bingo - 4 game cards This pack is 57 pages long and provides activities for a number of sessions. Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN and EAL.
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This is an action packed picture to talk about past tense irregular verbs, (50 irregular verbs to find!) but it can also be used to practice pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, ‘wh’ questions, possession, and much more more! I’ve also provided worksheets to support your sessions, and a black and white version of the picture to colour in and send home for homework. Suitable for Early Years, Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
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This set is perfect for working on making inferences and forming judgements, justifying, problem solving and general higher level language skills. Each set contains 10 picture scenes, and 10 black and white worksheets to colour in and 'make it right'. Suitable for Pre-school, Reception, KS1, SEN, EAL and some adult populations.
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This is a lovely, bumper pack targeting 'first, second, third and last'. It has 57 pages supporting the teaching of the concepts, and worksheets, and visual prompts to help carryover. Each concept is dealt with individually. It supports the subtests ‘Basic Concepts’ and 'Concepts and Following Directions' targeted in the Pre-School CELF. Other concepts are available on my website. Written in British English but suitable for American English too. A fun and interactive activity pack suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN, and EAL
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This set includes :
- 16 cards showing comparatives and superlatives in the correct order
- 20 cards with questions working on superlatives
- 28 cards with questions working on comparatives
- 13 comparative and superlative adjective cards for a matching game – match the comparative or superlative adjective with the appropriate noun
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I've created this pack as a go to set for teachers, support staff, Speech and Language Therapists and parents. I've included packs to support the areas of language that are assessed in the language screens that are commonly completed in the first few weeks of the new academic year. All of the activities are developmentally appropriate for children in Reception. This set includes 17 packs supporting: when and why questions, comparatives and superlatives, prepositions, categorisation, pronouns, before and after, and first, second, and last. All 17 sets would usually sell at £55
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‘Have you seen my dog?’ is a deduction activity which can be used to target deduction, inferencing skills, key word understanding, attention and listening, receptive and expressive language, and working memory. This pack contains:
- 1 large scene filled with dogs
- 5 question cards showing owners describing their dogs
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The What's Wrong? - Picture and Activity Pack includes a colour, and black and white image and a set of work sheets to help children work out what's normal and not so normal. I've included: 9 worksheets with opportunities to express why something isn't quite right and how it could be changed to make it right. 8 worksheets of new pictures showing something quite normal where children have to use their creativity and imagination to make it not quite right. Targets: Attention and focus, expressive language and higher level language skills, ideation and creativity.
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This set includes:•28 ‘Who am I ? animal question cards with three or four questions per card.•28 ‘Who am I? animal question cards with highlighted clues.•28 Animal Images.'gold' coins for scoring.Play this game in small groups or individually.Targets the ability to make inferences from given information, categorisation, attention and listening, and receptive language skills.Written in British English.Suitable for Reception, KS1, EAL, and SEN
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THIS IS NOT A DOWNLOAD Let’s talk about the beach – a picture scene printed on A3 nevertear card, which can be wiped with antibacterial wipes. It has high durability and is water and tear resistant. This is an action packed picture with lots to talk about. Can you find the 50 irregular verbs? It can also be used to practice pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, ‘wh’ questions, possession, and much more more! Suitable for Early Years, Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
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The Furniture set is a sorting activity targeting categorisation skills, receptive and expressive language. It could also be used to target negation. This set includes:•2 sorting boards - one with visual support and one without•28 images of furnitureThis pack can be combined with other categorisation packs, available on my website. Written in British English Suitable for Early years, Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN, and EAL
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How many mice can you find and can you describe where they are? There are so many opportunities to use different prepositions with this busy picture scene! This pack includes a beautifully illustrated barn scene, a colourful semantics sentence strip and images of all of the objects and animals featured in the scene on individual cards. There are two sets of cards, one with just the picture and one with the picture and written word so you can use whichever you want according to the ability of your client. A great resource to target prepositions and sentence construction following a Colourful Semantics approach. This picture scene is also available as an A3 printed and posted resource
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The Farm set is a sorting activity targeting categorisation skills, receptive and expressive language. It could also be used to target negation. This set includes:•2 sorting boards – one with visual support and one without•52 images of farm related items.This pack can be combined with other categorisation packs, available on my website. Written in British English Suitable for Early years, Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN, and EAL
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THIS IS NOT A DOWNLOAD Let's talk about the park - a picture scene printed on A3 nevertear card, which can be wiped with antibacterial wipes. It has high durability and is water and tear resistant. This is an action packed picture to talk about and practice pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, verbs, ‘wh’ questions, possession, singular and plural and much more more! Suitable for Early Years, Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
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Aggie had an exciting summer holiday and has lots to share about all of the things she did. This set has a worksheet for each of the following 12 verbs: 'go, eat, buy, bring, send, draw, hear, feed, dream, lose, swim, and find' 12 colour and 12 black and white worksheets in total. Suitable for Key Stage 1, SEN, and EAL
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You've worked on each type of 'wh' question and now it's time to make sure your student can work on any type of 'wh' question presented to them... Here's a pack of worksheets, supported with visuals to help generalise 'wh' questions. 40 pages in total. Suitable for Key stage 1, SEN, EAL Written in British English, but suitable for American audiences - only a couple of vocabulary differences.
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This resource is primarily a discrimination set with sorting boards for simple sentences, written in the past and present tense. Picture cards have been provided with sentences written in:
- Simple present
- Simple past
- Past progressive
- Present progressive
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The Regular Verbs -/d/ Allomorph card set includes: 60 verbs in total 3 sets of all verbs – 180 cards in total Set 1: single pictures Set 2: pictures with words (unmarked for tense) Set 3: words Use to target: receptive and expressive language. Can be used to support understanding of past and present verb endings and can accompany Colourful Semantics sentence construction activities among many other activities. Suitable for Early years, Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
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The Top Spot is a game that can be played in one to one sessions and in groups. The aim of the game is for the players to think of the most commonly suggested answer to a question. 36 question cards and instructions included (a bit like a famous TV family based quiz show). Targets: categorisation skills, auditory processing, turn taking, attention and listening, reasoning skills, team working, negotiation, using expressive language to predict and explain logic. Can also be played just for fun!! Written in British English. Suitable for Key Stage 2, secondary and adult
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THIS IS NOT A DOWNLOAD Let's talk about the farm - a picture scene printed on A3 nevertear card, which can be wiped with antibacterial wipes. It has high durability and is water and tear resistant. This is an action packed picture to talk about irregular plural nouns, but it can also be used to practice pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, verbs, ‘wh’ questions, possession, and much more more! Suitable for Early Years, Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
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Helping children to understand abstract language using Blank Levels of Questioning 5 is a 26 page document containing 4 sequenced picture scenarios and question ideas formed around the Blank Model. To ensure you can use this pack flexibly I’ve given you options to use informally with just a list of questions, or more formally with a recording sheet so that you can record your observations and data. I’ve also included colour coded question cards so that you can play a game in a group. Written in British English Suitable for Pre-school, Reception, Key Stage 1 EAL, SEN