Go
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
I go
It go
Go fast/slow
Go more
Commenting
It('s) go(ing)
It go fast/slow
We are going outside
Like to go
Asking/Answering Questions
Where (did) (it) go?
It go
How's it going?
Social Interactions
Please go now
Go away
Go good (in response to 'How's it going?"
Good to go
I need to go to the bathroom
Protesting
Not go
No more go
You go
Stop go(ing)
Songs and Videos
Listen for the core word in the song or video and model it on your communication tool each time you hear it
Books for Shared Reading
Listen for the core word in the book and model in on your communication tool each time you hear it
Naturally Occurring/Individual Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a naturally occurring opportunity
Tell peers to "Go away!"
Going on a bearhunt
Toy cars (or similar)
Draw a racetrack on a piece of paper. Have student say when to make the car "go". Push the car and make it "go" through the track. Talk about when the car stops.
Play with cars in the sand box (or make a sand box in a plastic tub)
Have a race. Practice "go fast", "go slow", or "ready, set, go"
Blow up a balloon and let it "go". Practice phrases like "make go", "go fast", "it go down"
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Use switch toys and make things "go"
Plug an item into a PowerLink to be creative with what can "go"
Put feathers on a table and use a hairdryer or fan to make them "go"
Use a blender to make smoothies, make it "go" when you turn it on
Have a dance party/play freeze dance
Build a ramp and make guesses about which things will "go" down the ramp
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
____ will go down. (making guesses on a ramp)
Let's go to ____.
I like to go to ____.
Make ____ go.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word