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This bundle of five individual resources has been designed to support the development of imaginative and non literal language amongst children aged 5-11.
The resources are subtle for use with children who have a very literal understanding of language. The children may be unable to understand phrases such as ‘I blew my top’, or ‘I was falling about laughing’. Such children may also find it difficult to make inferences, that is, to understand information which is implied – they are often unable to draw conclusions about what they have seen, heard or read, and their verbal reasoning skills require additional support.
Suitable for use both one to one and in groups settings. Full instructions are included.
For more information see below.
This multi-task resource, designed for children 6 years and upwards with language delay, specific language impairment and semantic/pragmatic disorder, targets the improvement of question formation, understanding idioms, homophones and discussing feelings.
The pack includes our trademark colourful and engaging illustrations.
The pack is ideal for small group work or one to one, to facilitate repetition, modelling and reinforcement.
For more information, see below:
Inferencing is a difficult skill to achieve for many children. This pack provides a collection of colourful and engaging illustrations and associated questions, ready for discussion, designed to develop inferencing and reasoning skills in children aged 6-11 years.
In addition, mind-mapping strategies are described and explained.
The activities are useful in one-to-one sessions or in groups. Many children benefit from group discussions where they can listen to the opinions of others. They may discover that sometimes, there are no right or wrong answers to questions.
A practical and entertaining pack which offers a structured and highly visual approach to improving the understanding of idiomatic language. The pack contains illustrations that depict both the literal and non-literal interpretations of a range of common idioms and jokes.
Some children and young people may require additional support to develop an understanding and appreciation of the subtlety of figurative comments, phrases, and verbal jokes. Particularly for children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), idioms or figurative language can be confusing - they require a clear understanding of the speaker’s intentions to be able to see beyond the literal of meaning in their words. (Our resource on Sarcasm may also be useful for these pupils).
This pack offers a structured and visual approach to aid children's understanding of how and why people use sarcasm, and to recognising sarcasm both through context and intonation. The pack will help to demonstrate that sarcasm may be signalled by intonation alone, but also by the context in which the utterance is made - an example is when someone says 'Lovely day' when in fact it is pouring with rain!
Full of Helen Rippon's engaging illustrations, this resource will be useful to practitioners working on social communication skills with pupils who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Suitable for use with children aged 7 years+
Our Causal Sentences – Why... Because resource provides an engaging intervention to support comprehension of ‘Why’ questions and the use of the causal connective ‘because’. The ability to understand and produce cause-and-effect statements is essential for children’s explanation skills and overall narrative development.
This full-colour resource pack includes a bank of illustrated sequences designed to help children form two-clause sentences and independently create cause-and-consequence statements with visual support.
It is most suitable for use with children aged 3- 7 years and full instructions are included.
This five product bundle of speech and language resources for schools provides a range of material aimed at developing imaginative language and non literal language in pupils aged 5- 11 years.
Some children, particularly those with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), may require additional support to understand figurative comments, phrases, and verbal jokes. Examples of figurative language include sarcasm, metaphors, and idioms, all of which require an understanding of the speaker’s intentions.
Inferencing can be a difficult skill to achieve for many children, but particularly for those with language delay/disorder, learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorder. This is because inferencing involves complex and abstract processes such as: –
The individual packs included in this developing imaginative language bundle are:
All items (except Sarcasm) now IN COLOUR.
Age: 5-11 years
Format: Available by download
5 to 7 years, 7 to 11 years
7 to 11 years
5 to 7 years
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