Down
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Want down
Put me down
I go down
More down
Commenting
It down
It go down
Get it down
Take it down
Asking/Answering Questions
What goes down? Why (does) it go down?
I go(es) down because___
Social Interactions
What is going down?
I'm down
Protesting
Not down
Not like down
Not want down
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
On the playground- going up and "down" playground equipment
Fly toy airplanes up and “down”
Model "down" when going on walks- down stairs, down a hill
Pour water down during water play
During music time, do dance movements that are “down” low
Jump up and “down” like bunnies
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Build a chute or tunnel as a classroom and send different objects "down" the chute
Make predictions during science experiments. E.g. when testing if items will float or sink, talk about if the object will go “down”
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
____ went down. (sink or float experiment)
Go down the ____.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word