A set of ClipArt pictures and word cards. The activity is to ask questions in a barrier game and select word cards to match the replies and build sentences. Other suggested activities plus thoughts about asking questions orally or with worksheets to target different developmental levels. Two files. Mat with word cards made with Widgit’s CIP.

Sets of pictures with text captions which include many of the 'little words' that affect meaning. Captions can be read by child or adult as appropriate. The child must choose the correct picture to label. The choice he makes will help the adult to check comprehension. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

Tasks around the rule: omit word-final e before an ending starting with a vowel letter. Revise the meaning of verb/noun/adjective. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

4-picture sequences illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols. One picture is omitted from each sequence and the gap is intended to promote discussion and inference. The missing pictures are included for later use. Can be used for writing missing links and/or whole stories.

Supplied with notes about a way to work on the concept of size comparison. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols. Work from real objects through matching pictures up to using general knowledge and the ability to think abstractly to sequence non-matching pictures and then text.

4-picture sequences illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols. One picture is omitted from each sequence and the gap is intended to promote discussion and inference. The missing pictures are included for later use. Can be used for writing missing links and/or whole stories.

Resource intended to draw attention to the fact that sentences are not always statements. Mind-map as a reminder. Set of conversations (with PCS or Widgit symbols as illustrations) for children to complete with sentence end markers. Further set of blank writing frames for new conversations on given topics. Also useful to check children are reading with suitable intonation to mark sentence form. Many kids do not link how they talk to reading.

Illustrated with Widgit symbols. Three further stories following the same format as before. Text for retelling, straightforward questions and suggestions for inferential questions. Includes mind-map about reading for meaning.

12 ‘books’ with ClipArt illustrations and 4 words per page chosen from a list of 48 words. Please see separate guide (Easy reading vocabulary) for description and wordlist illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols to know if the resource will suit your work. Plain text wordlist also given.

A set of double-sided cards with pictures one side and mixed questions on the other for the adult to ask. Designed to give practice with responding appropriately to different question words, and picture description. Pictures can also be used as a prompt for writing sentences, and for pairing up with given sentences as a reading for meaning task.

Rhymes with onset-rime shape and 2 simple memory tasks based on this lovely story. Activities illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

Grouped words with this sound spelt in the same way in an attempt to stimulate a mental picture to help memory. Looking at this can be followed by doing a listen and sort game. Examples illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols.

Three resources to help children with impaired language skills understand and benefit from this lovely book used in so many schools. Illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols. The pages could be presented with a simplified telling. If the CD is available, it is always useful to hear the story read exactly the same lots of times and the pages could accompany this. The song prompt cards for one of the CD songs lists the 'wow words' - listen and find the card, or use the card to sing the song with the instrumental version. The mind-map is a prompt for children to retell the story in their own way.

Flashcards with illustrations from PCS or Widgit symbols for the vowel digraphs in the Jolly Phonics scheme. Useful for auditory discrimination and word building. Short familiar words with regular phonic spelling patterns used wherever enough examples exist.

Rhyming cards illustrated with Widgit or PCS symbols to match to fictional cartoon characters with 'rime' names. Intended for children with delayed auditory memory skills to use onset-rime approach in a fun way. Links to phonic skills using ELC Jolly Phonics magnetic letters.

Word and picture cards illustrated with PCS or Widgit symbols for a listen-remember-find game. Targeting sequential memory and left-to-right movement as pre-reading requirements. Extra task is word-matching. Three sets of cards to make a variety of 2-5 word sentences.

Illustrated with Widgit CIP. Pictures with captions to match. Use to check reading for meaning accuracy. Early reading vocabulary and simple sentence construction. Can also be sequenced to build nativity story.

Illustrated with Widgit and PCS symbols. Children need to associate pictures and explain why they go together. Also to read/guess what the book says from the pictures. All three items useful for discussion and could be used for EAL too.

Four sets of worksheets fully illustrated with PCS and Widgit symbols so no text reading required. Practise saying the sentences, choosing the exception and crossing it out. Sets 2-4 require a blank to be filled with a category word as the sentences are spoken. Lots of vocabulary. Suitable for SEN and EAL language work.

Four proposed events illustrated with Widgit and PCS symbols. Reading KS1 level. Eight pictures can be sequenced to make a sensible story. The last picture and caption poses a problem. Useful for reading for meaning and discussion.