Basic Communication Board: 48 Core Vocabulary

Teach, Model, and Use Language and Basic Communication Skills!

This Board Supports Language Development by providing a visual representation of the message to aid in understanding and expression. There are 48 CORE VOCABULARY words/concepts in a 6 x 8 grid.

Includes 1 PDF Containing:
*Core Communication Board-48- Color Coded Background
*Core Communication Board-48- White Background

Target:
Pragmatic Language Skills: Joint Attention, Initiating Communication, Requesting, Commenting, Commanding, Negation, Turn-Taking, Describing, expressing emotion, protesting

Pronouns/Possessives: I, me/my, you/your, it
Verbs: want, turn, put, see/look, drink, wait, stop, play, hear/listen, eat, come, go
Adjectives: big, little, good, bad, happy, silly, sad, tired
Prepositions/Place Modifiers: on, off, up, down, in, out, here, there, this, that
Social: ready, quiet, again, more, all done
Questions: who, what
Negation: not/don’t
Interrogatives: yes, no
Nouns: bathroom

Use this Communication Board for Aided Language. Point to the pictures on the board as you are saying those words. Model this for your child and encourage him/her to point to the pictures as well!

Once the child understands how to use the board, he/she can use it to communicate by pointing to 1 or more pictures/words with or without speech.

What is Core Vocabulary?
Core Vocabulary refers to the relatively small number of words (200-400) that make up 80% of what we say!

Targeting these words will help children communicate more effectively.