Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print on A4 paper: SPACE VOCABULARY: 20 useful topic words (illustrated) on a sheet to file, and PLANETS WORD SEARCH. SPACE PICTURE DOMINOS (no words). Print on A4 card and cut as marked.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. CHRISTMAS VOCAB page: General vocabulary to print on A4 paper (or card for games).PICTURES FOR NATIVITY STORY: Print on A4 paper to do cut-and-stick in the book layout. (Or make two copies on card to do matching or Pairs.) Print 2-up on A4 paper: CHRISTMAS STORY - the pages have text, and box for the picture. Draw, or stick in the Nativity story pictures. WRITE THE CHRISTMAS STORY is an outline with a box to draw in or stick the Nativity story pictures in, and space for writing in. Some spellings provided.

Print both files on A4 card, single-sided. DOMINOS: Cut to make dominos i.e. each card will have two animals on it. You can use one or both pages at once. Useful for reinforcing animal vocabulary. LOTTO: you will need two copies of these pages so one can make the four boards and one can be cut into the matching cards. It is useful to practise vocabulary with a selection of pictures: photos, realistic drawings and fanciful representations.

See guide for ideas to develop appreciation of matching objects to pictures and finding things by tactile means.

Two sets of domino cards to print on A4 card, single-sided. One has letters only, the other has a picture with the upper case letter plus 'I begin with...' to match to the lower case letter on the next card. Could also be printed on paper for children to cut out and stick in order to make a 'banner'.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A selection of rainbows and upper and lower case letters. Print rainbows and letters on card (single-sided A4). Print Keyboard and Alphabet Rainbow cards 2-sided on A4 card, checking the pictures are the same way up as the letters on the reverse!

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print both files on A4 paper, single-sided. Children could cut out job descriptions if appropriate. Match to alphabet pages and stick. Lots to talk about. Suitable for EAL.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print 2-up and double-sided on A4 to make a folded 'booklet' (or single-sided on card to cut into separate cards). Each file focuses on a verb and contains four examples. The symbol line targets sentences with a subject, verb and object. Easy to make your own extra booklets if you have Word and CIP available.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print 2-up and double-sided on A4 paper to make a folded 'booklet' (or on card single-sided to cut into separate cards). Four examples for each preposition aimed at eliciting 4-word sentences. Easy to make your own extra booklets if you have Word and CIP available.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A large file for clear photos in two parts. (The alternative single Smaller MATCH file will take less time to download but the photos are not quite as sharp.) Print 2-up single-sided on A4 card. One page of suggestions for working on matching with severely delayed children. One page on how to move on and/or work with other more able children, possibly in a mixed ability group. 11 common objects are shown as photos and symbols in two sizes.

6 pictures each for sleeping, eating, sitting and walking. Print on A4 single-sided card, cut and use for sorting, labelling, taking turns to make sentences for the set for one verb etc. Or make word cards or printed sentences for the pictures (depending on level) and use them for a reading-for-meaning exercise where the child has to read and place the card on the correct picture. Several sleeping pictures for example are useful for forcing attention to more than just one word in the sentence!

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A selection of pictures chosen for their usefulness in making up good sentences to include who/doing what/where information and for asking questions to elicit this information. Could also be used for discussion starters and EAL. Suggestions repeated on each page so you can print each page on A4 a page at a time if that’s more convenient, or in a full 2-sided set.

3 sets of 6 cards in 3 sizes: fish, birds, turtles. 3 sets of 6 cards: dinosaurs. Ideas for using these specifically could be incorporated into other work on language and early concepts. Print games sheets A4 single-sided on card.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Some ideas for use, plus 8 ‘books’. Print the books double-sided on A4 and fold. Target language and concept development and encourage word recognition with repetitive text. Designed for children with delays in language and general development.

For young children with delayed spoken language. Ideas for use given.

Designed for young boys with social communication disorder (or other language delay). Encourage simple remarks. Play Pairs or matching. Ideas given for use.

Lists of regular phonic spellings in short sequences. For ear-training. What has changed? One phoneme changes for each new word. Use with a good set of plastic letters where digraph consonants and vowels are presented as single units.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Pages of pictures in sets of 10 for a variety of tasks. Adaptable for many levels - see Suggestions page. Matching, association pairs, categories, similarities, prepositions, opposites, and parts of the whole. Use for comprehension, naming, modelling sentences, cut and stick, writing, and games.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. A social story originally inspired by several upsets suffered by a child with social communication problems. Makes a framework for looking at o'clock times and talking about similar irritating events. Clock faces for half-past times provided too, together with alternative events. Lots of ideas included for using the cards. Could be printed 2pp to A4 but cards will be easier to handle if file printed on A4.

Activity book with lots of different things to do. Suitable for differentiation. Learn animal and bird names and use the pictures for several games.