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Aided Language Input (ALI)

Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day

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Commenting

Asking/Answering Questions

Social Interactions

Protesting

Listen for the core word in the song or video and model it on your communication tool each time you hear it

Listen for the core word in the book and model in on your communication tool each time you hear it

Ideas on how to use the core word in a naturally occurring opportunity

Any activity that requires opening (e.g., open a door, gate, jacket zipper, backpack, markers)
Play hide and seek. Tell the seeker they can “open” their eyes when they are done counting

Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity

Go for a community walk and look for “open” signs
Talk about store hours and when different types of stores are “open”
Hide plastic eggs (or any other container) and model “open” each time one is found
Use keys to "open" anything with a lock. Talk about which key "opened" and which keys did not "open"

Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames

Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word

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