Semantics – Meaning of Language Bundle for Early Years (Team Licence)

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.

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Identifying and Describing is a series of fun activities and games designed to develop semantic skills in children aged 3 years – 7 years.

The pack of resources aims to help develop skills in identifying and describing objects according to function and location, using adjectives (for example, “Find something you might see on a pond ”).

The attractive activities in a game format also help to improve

• vocabulary development;
• use of adjectives;
• attention and listening;
• social skills;
• group discussion skills

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This is one of a series of resources devised by Felicity Durham, a specialist speech and language therapist, and developed by Helen Rippon. Felicity identified the need for attractive, simple activities in a game format, to develop semantic skills, problem solving, verbal reasoning, turn taking & attention & listening skills. Additional targets include vocabulary enrichment and use of prepositions.

A  fun set of games and activities  help develop these semantic skills by encouraging discussion on how to cross a range of barriers in order to “get home”. The activities continue to build on new vocabulary and sentence structure and provide opportunities for the children to participate in verbal reasoning tasks and to use descriptive and imaginative language

Suitable for small group & one-to-one settings for children aged 4yrs – 7yrs.

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A fun pack which is  designed to develop number concepts and food categories along with a wide range of social communication skills including turn taking; and listening. It is also useful for developing self-confidence, expressive language, vocabulary enrichment and question formation.

Suitable for children aged from 3 - 7 years

The 'Cafe Game' enables children to role play a café scenario, acting as either the ‘waiter’ or a ‘customer’.  Lots of suggestions for activities are included.

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This pack aims to teach children the concept of ‘category’ and to improve word finding skills through a set of  illustrated games and activities in which children sort common objects (for example, teddy bear, jumper and giraffe) into categories . It includes a range of fun games including pairs, board and lotto (bingo).

The pack will also help support vocabulary enrichment and to develop a wide range of communication/social skills including listening, turn-taking, and to help with developing self-confidence through talking in context.

The barrier games are particularly useful for developing listener awareness and giving appropriate information -  both essential talking and listening skills.

Suitable for age range 3 – 7 years and for both small group and one-to-one settings.

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Difficulties with ‘word finding’ – the feeling when a child knows and understands a particular word but has problems retrieving it – it’s a feeling that many people recognise… “It's on the tip of my tongue”

This pack of word-finding activities is highly visual and offers a range of fun and engaging activities designed to improve semantic and phonological processing skills, and includes strategies to assist word retrieval.

Clear instructions and sample ‘scripts’ are included making the pack suitable for parents, speech and language professionals, teachers and support staff to use.

The Boy with the Blue Shoes - Words for All Children (WAC) resource is intended to be used as a way in to verbal storytelling, to expand vocabulary and encourage verbal interaction. Written by Florence King and full of Helen Rippon’s  charming illustration, its central character is the boy with the blue shoes, and the activities are all based around his adventures.

Have you ever noticed that children seem to respond more readily, learn more quickly and better remember something that is funny or perhaps a little crazy or a bit naughty? Each activity in this pack includes something that is a little bit unusual, wacky, unlikely or surprising – just for fun!

The pack is full of activities aimed towards managing emotional responses and its resulting behaviour in the school setting.

Talking About School  - developing situational understanding is a resource designed for children aged 5-7 years+ who may have difficulty managing their emotions in the school setting. The pack depicts a range of challenging social and educational scenarios which children in this age group may encounter when at school.

Successful management of these situations is dependent on the young person’s social skills, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal problem-solving capacity, as well as the response of others and the context of the event. This charmingly illustrated pack aims to provide children with strategies to manage these situations.

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Talking About Friends : situational understanding is a resource designed for children 5-7years+ (Foundation Stage 2 and Key Stage 1), depicting a range of challenging social and educational scenarios that children in this age group may encounter. The pack looks in particular at situations that may arise around friendship. Successful management of these situations is dependent on the young person’s social skills, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal problem-solving capacity, as well as the response of others and the context of the event. This pack aims to teach children specific strategies to manage these situations.

The pack is full of activities and charming illustrations designed to manage emotional responses and resulting behaviour in situations focussing on relationships with friends.

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Making semantic links is a vital skill in a child’s vocabulary development. This highly engaging selection of full colour word association illustrations and games is suitable for use in speech and language clinics, in the classroom and for home programmes too.

The bank of word association games and activities target the development of semantic linking skills and more logical and meaningful word retrieval.

Ideal for one-to-one and small group settings.

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