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This is a practical resource book for Special Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs), teachers, teaching assistants and Speech and Language Therapists who are working with children who have significant language delay and who are in their first year in school. Checklists provide professionals with a shared reference from which both broad special needs areas and specific speech and language targets can be identified. The authors emphasise the crucial role of play in language development and the book offers more than 200 games and activities to help children achieve their targets for each stage using a simple structured layout. 
These laminated blank fans can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom. Used with dry wipe pens teachers can use them in ways to include mental maths, fractions, sound blending, phonics , sorting activities, sequencing activities and social communication activities that do not require verbal answers. The pack contains ten white sections which are easy to manipulate and easy to write on and rub off.- Sale!
This resource is an ideal tool to get children to talk to each other, promoting interaction within a group. These cubes are useful with those who are shy, anxious or have speech issues. They are good ice breakers and also can be of use with children learning English as a second language - Sale!
This use friendly and practical book by Gwen Lancaster assists those working in mainstream educational settings to understand and help children with speech impairments. 
This faces of this dice have the options of verb, adjective, preposition, pronoun and verb,- Sale!
Edited by Nata Goulandris, this book presents current research into dyslexia in non-English languages including alphabetic languages such as Afrikaans, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Norwegian and Polish, and logographic scripts such as Chinese and Japanese. In addition one chapter considers the problems children encounter when reading braille. - Sale!
This second edition, edited by Maggie Snowling and Joy Stackhouse, moves on from the first edition which explored the relationship between spoken and written language. The second edition continues to link theory to practice and will be of great value to professionals in the field of education, speech and language therapy and psychology. All the original chapters have been updated and new authors have been included to cover current developments. 
Sand timers provide a visual representation of a period of time and children respond incredibly well when they’re used in a variety of contexts. Activities in school and at home-- Use it to time participation in games.
- To help children calm down by taking 'time out' when upset.
- To develop the awareness of the length of five minutes.
- To motivate as the student engages in 'beat the clock 'activities.
- Classroom management- setting a target time for pupils to enter class and settled down.
- Use to time an oral presentation.
- Use in timed tests.
- Use in teaching analogue clock- how minutes work
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This engaging and colourful story and guide has been created to prepare children for reading and spelling through the recognition of phonological patterns such as rhyme, syllables and the awareness of phonemes within words. By working on and strengthening language skills, in turn, you are building children’s literacy abilities – together. A prequel to the storybook, Who Put the Spell into Spelling?, From Tragic to Magic tells the story of three siblings who set out to rescue their teacher, Miss Tragic. As they battle with a giant, a witch and a wizard, they encounter three phonological challenges that focus on syllables, rhyming and phonemes. Key features include:- Games and prompt questions for each chapter, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, to assess memory, understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and creativity
- A selection of additional activities to help to continue developing phonological awareness beyond the story
- Guidance and support for the adult reader throughout
Title: How to Identify and Support Children with Speech and Language Difficulties
This fun deck contains 26 pairs of illustrated singular/irregular plural words, plus bonus cards and game ideas.- Sale!
This book by Pie Corbett and Julia Strong presents a collection of simple to use, multisensory games and activities that will jumpstart pupil's understanding of grammar in action. Jumpstart grammar will prepare children for grammar tests in an engaging way. Fun games focus on helping children to hear the difference various types of grammar can make, followed by activities to help them understand what different aspects you can create with grammar. - Sale!
This handbook contains a variety of play based activities that support the key language skills being developed at Key stage 1. It also stands alone as a way of having fun while consolidating language skills at home. There is a clear structure and progression of ideas and it is photocopiable. It is a very useful resource created by experience practioners. - Sale!
Parents often express a wish to help their children with activities at home which are effective but also achievable in a busy lifestyle. These simple play-based activities will help busy parents, carers and support workers to focus on the language that is used at home to aid the development of their children's learning in maths. The activity sheets in this book can be photocopied and given to parents and carers to empower them to work in collaboration with their children's setting. - Sale!
Colour coded throughout for easy referencing, this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping teachers to:- identify children with speech, language and communication needs( SLCN)
- understand speech, language and communication skills
- consider roles and responsibilities at primary school
- plan a differentiated and adapted curriculum
- consider the language demands across subjects
- adopt a whole school approach
- make use of a wide range of positive strategies
- empower children to access the curriculum
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Get the conversation going with social emotional learning cubes which make it easier for kids to open up.- Sturdy foam dice feature conversation-starter prompts including ice breakers and social/feeling prompts.
- Encourages social-emotional and language development.
- Dice are quiet and easy to roll.
- Ideal for one-on-one and group work.
- Set comprises of six dice.
- Each die measures 4cm cubed.
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This book covers NC Level 'Towards' level 1 at Key Stage 1. 
This book addresses the skills required at levels 1 and 2 of Key Stage 1.
Sand timers provide a visual representation of a period of time and children respond incredibly well with them when they’re used correctly. Sand timers can be used for many activities in school and at home for example:- Use it to time participation in games.
- To help children calm down by taking 'time out' when upset.
- To develop the awareness of the length of one minute.
- To motivate as the student engages in 'beat the clock 'activities.
- Classroom management- setting a target time for pupils to enter class and settled down.
- Use to time an oral presentation.
- Use in timed tests.
- Use in teaching analogue clock- how minutes work
Children's ability to understand and act upon spoken language is crucial to their learning and development. This book helps the reader to identify and support children who struggle to understand spoken language. Useful checklists are included. It provides clear advice on how to develop children's listening skills, their understanding, and their language and literacy- Sale!
This practical and clear book will allow you to introduce and teach phonological awareness skills to children in the Early Years and also children in Key Stages 1 and 2 who are struggling with their literacy level because of weak skills. - Sale!
This book addresses the principles behind Individual Education Plans for pupils who exhibit speech, language and communication difficulties. - Sale!
This second edition offers guidance and advice for teachers in the classroom for suppporting pupils with language and communication difficulties. - Sale!
In this book, Deidre Martin and Carol Miller aim to discuss in some detail the range of speech and language difficulties which children may experience in the classroom and to offer the practitioner an educational perspective on these difficulties. They also discuss the speech and language difficulties from other perspectives, namely medical, linguistic and psycholinguistic and their various approaches to understanding these difficulties. - This small book is one of the NASEN "Spotlight on Educational needs' series. It is concerned with language and communication difficulties in children and young people and is written in a clear and readable style. It results from a collaborative writing activity between a teacher, an educational psychologist and a speech and language therapist.
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These quiet 4cm foam cubes include two character cubes, two setting cubes and two situation cubes. To get the story started, students roll the cubes, then mix and match charcters, settings and situations. The pack also includes a small instruction booklet. - Sale!
Jane Townend and Jean Walker the topics of spoken and written language in this accessible text for teachers of English at all levels. This book will prove invaluable to those working with children who have literacy problems, speech sound difficulties or word retrieval problems and for those helping students with weakness at the level of sentences and grammar. - Sale!
This book, written by Janet Wright and Myra Kersner is about the ways in which teachers and speech and language therapists work together with children who have communication problems in mainstream schools, special units and special schools. It explores the issues that have influenced these working relationships and why children with communication problems may benefit from a professional partnership of teacher and therapist. For the first time information is brought together about current practice in educational settings with reference to current literature both from this country and abroad. The book also includes strategies for the development of working relationships. Speech and language therapists and teachers as well as speech and language therapy students and students teachers will welcome this practical text. 
The books in this series, from Hull Learning Services, gather together all the vital knowledge and practical support that schools need to meet specific needs. This book provides information that is simply explained and clearly signposted so that practitioners can quickly access what they need to know. Each book describes a specific area of special educational need and explains how it might present difficulties for pupils within the school setting. Checklists and photocopiable forms are provided to help save time and develop good practice. With all the vital information practitioners need about Speech and Language Difficulties, and off-the-shelf support, this book includes strategies for:- developing attention control
- how to improve language and listening skills
- teaching phonological awareness
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The chapters in this book by Jill McMinn cover: What is Speech, Language Impairment, Expression Language, Receptive Language, Social Use of Language Skills and Behaviour, and Developmental Coordination Difficulties. 
This handbook, written by Suzi Clipson-Boyles, is an accessible text that can be used effectively by assistants in nursery and primary classroom settings, supporting teachers in the language development of young children. The text describes the main features of langauge learning and early literacy within a practical context and relates to the three attainment targets of the National curriculum and the wider curricular for early years settings.To encourage reflective practice by the reader, useful activities are placed appropriately within each chapter, some of which are supported by photocopiable activity sheets. The author also provides additional notes which suggest ideas for group work.- Sale!
This is a 10-week programme of units and lesson activities for children aged 7-11 years, who are new to English. - Sale!
This book was written for those working in an early years setting. There are a variety of contexts in which young children begin their education and the terminology in the book reflects that variety. This book will show that theory and research have a direct impact on practice. Those working with young children must not be mere technicians but must have a firm understanding of the ways in which young children learn and ways to best teach them. - Sale!
Elizabeth Grugeon, Lorraine Hubbard, Carol Smith and Lyn Dawes have produced a text that looks at the ways in which teachers can develop children's abilities in speaking and listening, as required by the National Curriculum. The authors discuss the links between language and learning, offer case studies and suggestions for classroom practice. and provide stimulating activities to help pupils to become more articulate, coherent and effective in standard English. This book is a suitable text for students taking initial teacher training courses at the primary level. It could also be a useful handbook for all primary teachers. 
This practical visual and kinaesthetic resource can be used to support children with communication difficulties. Visual symbols on these fans are designed to support and enable communication for those who respond better to visual stimuli. The symbols are not designed to replace language and must always be used alongside the spoken work. These symbol fans can be used in many ways:- to support understanding
- to offer choice
- to obtain responses
- to praise
- to help modify behaviour
This workbook by Ruth Snow is designed to teach listening skills and to provide practice in remembering and thinking about facts. The teacher reads a short story. The students listen and then complete an independent activity page which features memory exercises, vocabulary development and thinking skills.- Sale!
This accessible handbook written by Amber Carroll (adviser for Personal Social and Health Education and Mary Robertson (Professor of Neuropsychiatry), provides the knowledge and information required to equip teachers and learning support assistants with the understanding and skills needed when working with pupils with Tourette Syndrome. 
Sand timers provide a visual representation of a period of time and children respond incredibly well in a variety of contexts. Activities in school and at home -- Use it to time participation in games.
- To help children calm down by taking 'time out' when upset.
- To develop the awareness of the length of two minutes.
- To motivate as the student engages in 'beat the clock 'activities.
- Classroom management- setting a target time for pupils to enter class and settled down.
- Use to time an oral presentation.
- Use in timed tests.
- Use in teaching analogue clock- how minutes work
This phone amplifies the sound of the user's voice.- Sale!
Acquiring strong basic language skills in the early years is key to building a solid foundation for sucessful learning. Word Play provides a range of fun activities, word games, and story and drama exercises that can be used by parents and practitioners to introduce and develop early language skills in an enjoyable and stimulating way. 
The Differentiating for Inclusion series is designed to narrow the gap between children with SEND and their peers. Books in this series offer teachers helpful guidance in identifying both what children can already do and what specific targets they need support to achieve. The positive approach of structured, small step targets, together with activities for teaching these, will ensure that all children with SEND make accelerated progress. The books are all written by experienced practitioners. Target ladders: Working Memory and Auditory Processing by Kate Ruttle, addresses seven key areas of challenge for children with working memory and auditory processing difficulties:- Auditory processing and exploring sound
- Auditory processing for phonological development
- Auditory processing for communication
- Auditory memory
- Visual spatial memory
- Kinaesthetic memory
- Memory, attention and organisation
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This book represents a whole school approach to identifying pupils with language learning difficulties and helping them overcome stumbling blocks. - Sale!
Spark brainstorming and imagination with these Writing Prompt Cubes students can use in both creative storytelling and nonfiction writing activities. With different writing prompts on every side (36 prompts total), foam cubes offer a variety of ideas for individual or group writing projects. Cubes are quiet when rolled-perfect for centers. Activity Guide included. Cubes measure 1 5/8''.
