Embedded Files
At St Vincent's, many of our children use Colourful Semantics to support their language. Colourful Semantics was developed by Alison Byron. It 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. Colourful Semantics is used widely by Speech & Language Therapists and has been embedded into lots of schools.
On 14th March, some parents joined us with one of our Speech & Language Therapists, Sarah Holdship, to find out more.
Colourful Semantics Parent Guide.pptx.pdfHere are a few of the resources that we use in school. Click on each image to open the PDF version.
These are the main colours/symbols used. These can be cut up and arranged in a variety of ways to create different sentences.
Larger images, can be printed A4 for display or smaller for use as table top or hand held visuals.
These can be used to help children to answer questions when they are reading or listening to a story. For example: "Who went to the park?" Children know their answer should be a person/character.
Below is a video and a handout for parents created by another of our Speech & Language Therapists, Kelly Ellis. So, if you missed our session, these will tell you the basics!
Colourful Semantics Parent Video.mp4Colourful Semantics Home Programme.pdfPage updated
Report abuse