A range of free printable SEN teaching resources used with Autistic pupils aged 4-18, literacy, numeracy, topic and themed resources.
Colourful semantics is aimed at helping children to develop their grammar but is rooted in the meaning of words (semantics). Download our new colourful semantics baseline assessment. This is an informal assessment to give you a starting point for intervention.resources, to use at your school
This follows the Three Little Pigs story using colourful semantics to engage our learners. This includes four different adapted activities to meet our SEND learning ability. Each resource contains different levels to ensure every learner can access it. This includes; > Building simple sentences > Picture cards (identifying key features) > Identifying information from a story > Sequencing events from the story (FAINT BULE LINE IS NOT THERE WHEN PRINTED)
Hello Educators!This is a simple file to show you which colours I use in my Colourful Semantics Resources!Feel free to ask me for specific ones, as I know each school is different!BestNaya...
A teacher's guide to Colourful Semantics: how can teachers use this instructional strategy to promote language development in the classroom?
Colourful Semantics is a therapy approach created by Alison Bryan, which provides children with a framework to develop their language skills.
Sentence building with adjectives using colourful semantics. With this pack you have a sentence board that you can change the order of the sentence which gives you more flexibility in creating a range of sentences. Additional starter or extensive packs can be added Colourful semantics is a therapy approach created by Alison Bryan. It helps children understand how the meanings of words are linked to sentences. Each semantic category/word type is colour coded. Colour semantics can be used for: - Encouraging wider vocabulary - Supporting sentence building - Developing use of nouns, verbs prepositions and adjectives. - Improve story telling skills - To support language comprehension and transferable skills for writing sentences - It can be used in small groups or individually All cards included in this pack are with a range of ethnicities and the Adjectives pack includes: - Changeable sentence board - 120x adjective (describing) visual cards ( warm, smelly, loud, precious, colours, prickly etc) Included extensive colourful semantics pack with 578 visual cards of which: 133x 'Who?' (subject) visual cards (man, women, baby, girl and boy) 150x 'What doing?' (verb) visual cards, a range of verbs from kicking, throwing, swimming, laughing etc. 205x 'What' (object) visual cards, a range of objects from ball, sandwich, story etc. 153x 'Where' (place) visual cards, a range of from playground, lounge, swimming pool, shops etc. Note: This is ONLY a digital version and the picture is a representation of what it could look like once made. Please do not forget to rate and comment if you buy and like this product. :) Products were created using Smarty Symbols Images. All rights reserved, 2011-2015
Colour-coded Picture Symbol Book with Baseboard and Picture Scenes. The Picture Symbol Book has 5 pages, A4 size, - 2 yellow (actions), 1 blue (places) and 2 green (objects). The colour-coding matched the Colourful Semantics Programme. Each picture symbol measures 5.6cm x 5.6cm and is attached to the page with a Velcro coin. The baseboard has 3 sentences, each with spaces to place the picture symbols. The aim is for children to choose an activity they wish to do, then the place and any objects associated with the activity, and place the appropriate picture symbols on the baseboard e.g. ‘I want to swim, I go to swimming pool, I need my swimsuit.’ There are 22 picture scenes, A6 pictures backed with card, for practice matching the picture symbols and learning the vocabulary. This pack helps children learn everyday vocabulary of actions, places and objects that they can use to make choices and talk about their day. This pack is aimed at young children learning to develop their vocabulary and to combine words, using requesting and commenting activities. Highly recommended for children with delayed language and children with ASD, and children learning English.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar book is just brilliant for so many reasons. Key phrases are repeated throughout, the lifecycle of a butterfly, ...
Interactive Powerpoint for 'Spot goes to school' Product: 11 slides - what is Spot doing? Students choose the correct picture to finish the sentence. Page 1: Title page Pages 2-11: Pictures and colourful semantics sentence to finish Book not included. This activity can be completed without the book. See video for an example of how the slides work.
Video lessons are now available on YouTube for this resource! A complete starter pack to begin using colourful semantics in your classroom! The pack covers stages 1-4 of the programme. A separate pack to teach stages 5-8 is available here. This is an expanding pack. After downloading, you will be notified of any updates! The current update now includes past, present and future tense verbs. Colourful semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently. The video preview is an example of one of the ways I use the cards. Silly sentences gives children the opportunity to say lots of different sentences and practise using a/an are/is etc. Colourful Semantics helps children to: •Develop a wider vocabulary •Make sentences longer •Develop use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives •Improve story telling skills The colour scheme relates to the types of words in a sentence: Who? (noun) Doing? (verb) What? (object) Where? (location). Children use the strips included to help them structure their own sentences. This pack now contains the following: 36 who - noun/person cards 54 doing - verb cards (including past and present) 63 what - noun/object cards 18 where - noun/place cards
This is now available as part of our colourful semantics packages which you can purchase, click on the appropriate package below for further information: Colourful Semantics Pre School Resources Colourful Semantics Primary School Resources Colourful Semantics Secondary School Resources
‘Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book’ Paperback Book + Snap cards with question cards + single pictures of 8 toys + location cards of a red and blue chair and table + 32 picture instruction cards + Story Sequencing Baseboard strips with 16 matching pictures + Colourful Semantics baseboard with 42 matching colour-coded pictures. The Paperback Book is brand new, measures approximately 22cm x 27cm and has 24 pages. There are 2 sets of 8 Snap cards with 6 ‘Who’ question cards for guessing games. These cards show 8 of the characters named in the story. There are 6 toys attached to a baseboard with Velcro ( a big and little pirate, knight, dragon and ghost), and 4 location cards (A5 size, backed in card) of a red chair, a blue chair, a red table and a blue table, with Velcro to indicate ON and UNDER. There are 32 picture instructions showing the 8 toys in different positions. There is also an advice sheet to support using these games with children. These resources are designed to support understanding and use of words for size, position and place, up to the 5 word level e.g. ‘put the BIG GHOST UNDER the RED CHAIR’, ‘put the LITTLE PIRATE ON the BLUE CHAIR’ etc. All the above picture resources are laminated in non-reflective Matt plastic, and fit into an A5 bag labelled with a brown parcel tag. The Story Sequencing Baseboard is 4 strips of 4 pictures, backed with card and attached with treasury tags so it can be folded. It comes with 16 matching single pictures. The Colourful Semantics Baseboard is A4 size and has a box for placement of 1 of the story pictures, and a colour-coded 4-part sentence strip underneath with the appropriate prompt questions: subject(orange ‘Who?) - verb (yellow -‘What doing?’- object (green - ‘What?’) and place (blue -‘Where?’). There are 42 colour-coded pictures to place onto these strips: 13 x subjects, 8 x verbs, 7 x objects and 14 x places. These resources are designed to support children to sequence the events of a story, and to make 4 word sentences to describe each stage of the story. All the colours are taken from the most recent and widely-used ‘Colourful Semantics’ theory. All the picture resources and the book fit into an A4 size bag, labelled with a brown parcel tag.
Used in schools internationally, zones of regulation is a tool for children to identify a feeling and management techniques for self regulation. Parents can use the zones of regulation at home to build familiarity around emotional language and identifying feelings, help to communicate and connect and develop regulation skills that are so important for children’s mental wellbeing. So, what is each zone? BLUE symbolises our lowest level of energy or mood. It encompasses emotions such as tired, sad, sick, bored and lonely. If we are in blue zone, regulation activities that give us more energy or stimulation are often helpful. In the classroom or home these can often be brain breaks, stretching, drinking water, quick burst exercises, talking to a friend or dancing. GREEN zone is where our neutral energy is. It is generally where we feel happy, calm and focused. Some schools use this zone as an ‘aim’ to get to for learning, but at Craftly we like to say that all zones are ok. This is because sometimes we need different energy levels for different things. For example, we need low energy to fall asleep at night. We might need higher energy for a swimming race! Some of the tools to use in green zone support an overall healthy mental mindset, so eating a healthy food, playing, talking with friends or learning something new are all helpful here. YELLOW zone is where our bigger emotions and higher energy levels are at. Although it’s a heightened level of feeling in the yellow zone, we still have a sense of control over them. These emotions may be excited, anxious, frustrated or silly. Yellow zone can help us to fuel competitions, sport, playing but if our goal is to rest, learn, study or feel calm, then we may need to use some regulation tools. Some choices could be to take deep breaths, use a fidget toy, bounce or say positive affirmations. RED zone is where the most intense, overwhelming emotions are - this isn’t just anger, it could be elation or fear. This zone can help us in times of danger as we react quickly, but learning to manage these feelings is valuable. The tools we use here are generally calming, help us to claw back a sense of control and keep safe. These might look like mindful breathing, finding a quiet space, running and taking a break. Remember - all zones are okay! The goal of zones of regulation is to recognise we feel a diverse range of emotions, energy levels and concentration everyday. The more we are aware of these, the better we can become at meeting our goals in the day and using the best regulation tools to do so. If we’re feeling excited in the yellow zone and we’re about to run a race, great! We don’t need to use a regulation tool here because we need that higher level of energy to sprint. Suitable for all children from around 4 years + Made from 0.3mm aluminium metal and printed onto an A4 sheet Includes 15 metal tokens of your choice
Colourful Semantics
This post is an extension of the previous one about Colourful Semantics, a program that color codes different parts of speech in a sentence. I have just done up some Colourful Semantics dice to go …
This story has been adapted using visuals and colourful semantics. Print double-sided and laminate the story. cut out the visuals on the last page laminate and add Velcro. Organise the visuals and place the correct visuals onto the blue page to make it easier for our learners to identify the correct ones. This is a great way to get our learners to engage in a story and get them involved.
YouTube lessons now available for the Colourful Semantics cards! Handy one-page worksheets to help children structure sentences. I use these as early morning work, home learning practise or a Guided Reading carousel activity. Simply print and laminate for an easy go-to activity to practise sentence writing. These are a real time saver if you do not want to use the individual cards, or don't have the resources to print and laminate the individual cards. **************************************************************************************************************** Keep up to date with new products, discounts and freebies! • Click the green star to receive freebies :) • Visit my YouTube channel for teaching videos! • Follow me on Instagram, for teaching ideas and more! @simply_semantics Get TPT credits to use on future downloads: • Go to your My Purchases page. Under each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I value your feedback!YouTube
This is now available as part of our colourful semantics packages which you can purchase, click on the appropriate package below for further information: Colourful Semantics Pre School Resources Colourful Semantics Primary School Resources Colourful Semantics Secondary School Resources
Colourful Semantics
‘Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs’ Paperback Book + Snap cards with question cards + single pictures of 4 toys + location cards of a red and blue bucket and box + 48 picture instruction cards + Story Sequencing Baseboard strips with 8 matching pictures + Colourful Semantics baseboard with 17 matching colour-coded pictures. The Paperback Book is brand new, measures approximately 22cm x 27cm and has 24 pages. There are 2 sets of 6 Snap cards with 6 ‘Who’ question cards for guessing games. These cards show the 6 named dinosaurs in the story. There are 4 toys attached to a baseboard with Velcro ( a big and little robot and dinosaur), and 4 location cards (A5 size, backed in card) of a red bucket, a blue bucket, a red box and a blue box, with Velcro to indicate IN, ON and UNDER. There are 48 picture instructions showing the 4 toys in every position. There is also an advice sheet to support using these games with children. These resources are designed to support understanding and use of words for size, position and place, up to the 5 word level e.g. ‘put the BIG ROBOT UNDER the RED BOX’, ‘put the LITTLE DINOSAUR IN the BLUE BUCKET’ etc. All the above picture resources are laminated in non-reflective Matt plastic, and fit into an A5 bag labelled with a brown parcel tag. The Story Sequencing Baseboard is 2 strips of 4 pictures, backed with card and attached with treasury tags so it can be folded. It comes with 8 matching single pictures. The Colourful Semantics Baseboard is A4 size and has a box for placement of 1 of the story pictures, and a colour-coded 4-part sentence strip underneath with the appropriate prompt questions: subject(orange ‘Who?) - verb (yellow -‘What doing?’- object (green - ‘What?’) and place (blue -‘Where?’). There are 17 colour-coded pictures to place onto these strips: 2 x subjects, 5 x verbs, 2 x objects and 8 x places. These resources are designed to support children to sequence the events of a story, and to make 4 word sentences to describe each stage of the story. All the colours are taken from the most recent and widely-used ‘Colourful Semantics’ theory. All the picture resources and the book fit into an A4 size bag, labelled with a brown parcel tag.
Preschool Language Therapy Printables & Boom Card Deck. An ideal activity for Preschool Speech and Language Therapy, vocabulary activity, following directions and more! This printable and digital vocabulary activity pack contains dress-up dolls and instructions on using them to develop simple sentence structure as a Speech Therapy or oral language activity.Printable pages are available in color or blackline options and include a handout to send for homework written in parent-friendly language!The printable download contains a baseboard showing a girl and a boy and an assortment of everyday clothing items.The digital Boom deck can be downloaded from the Boom Learning platform and contains a digital version of this activity - ideal for telehealth or distance learning. ******************************************************************** ♥ Contains parent handouts for using this activity for teaching possessive s ("put on the girl's hat") but can be used for so much more! ♥ It is suitable for young children who are beginning to combine two words together in phrases such as "shoes on" ♥ Use for ESL students who need practice in naming clothing vocabulary or pronouns. ♥ Teach pronouns, vocabulary, following directions, and building sentence structure. ******************************************************************** Buyers Say... "LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! I travel between school districts and they are great for those days when I have to pop in and out quickly to work with kids!" "My students loved these activities & I loved that they are easy to use and can send home an activity for further practice without any extra work, if necessary!" "Amazing resource for my preschoolers. I'm so glad I was able to grab these packets as a bundle! Thank you!" "I'm loving the activities so far! The first time I used one, I brought it to my home visit. The three year old was engaged with the activity for the whole time! Can't wait to use more!"
A literacy gem, now available as a fully prepared pack to help support your little ones. I am a Teacher of 10 years and I have used Colourful Semantics on children with speech and language delay. The program is easy to follow and helps ease children in to developing their speech and language using colour coded picture cards and photos. The results have been amazing every time! What is it? Colourful Semantics is a system for colour coding sentences according to the role of different words. It can help children to break down sentences and understand the individual meaning of each word and it's role in the sentence. It can help children to better understand word order. Who is it for? Colourful semantics may be useful for anyone who has difficulties with structuring sentences. This could include children with developmental language disorder (DLD) (sometimes known as specific language impairment), children with Down's Syndrome or Autistic children, or any other special educational need. What’s included in the pack? • instruction guide • colour coded picture cards for level 1-4 • sentence strip PLUS • 10 photos
Use this sentence building activity to support students with their speech and sentence construction. The activity helps students to look at parts of speech and break sentences down into a subject, verb, object structure by colour coding each element of the sentence. This activity is arranged using a...
Alphabet Mouth Photo Cards | Articulation Photos with Real Photos ❤️ Use these cards to model the mouth formations for the 44 phonemes. Each card has a full color mouth photo with diverse kindergarten students and the grapheme they represent. Get this resource as part of a bundle too: Alphabet Printables with Mouth […]
If you're looking for colourful semantics resources then why not try this game activity? Extend your speech therapy support to students in a fun and engaging way. If you are looking for a way to differentiate the activity then this resource can be used by students working at 2, 3 and 4 word sentence...
SLPs Lori Sanzeri and Chelsea Collins, creators of Core City, are back to share ideas for implementing AAC in the classroom. Today, they share their experiences in using visual supports as a suppl…
In case you haven’t already heard, there is now a Colourful Semantics App (£27.49) available for download! It is released by London Speech Therapy…yes, the same people that generously p…
An introduction to the widely used Speech and Language Therapy approach Colourful Semantics.
