You
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Want you
You make some
You put more on
Commenting
Do you see
You did a good job
You are brave and kind
I like it when you ___
Asking/Answering Questions
Where did you go?
Are you going to ___?
What did you do on the weekend?
Do you want to hear a joke?
Social Interactions
See you later, alligator
You're hilarious!
How are you?
Protesting
I don't want to do___, you do it!
Not you(r) turn, my turn
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
Play go fish (do you have…)
Ask questions about other people. Do you like ___? Do you want to ____?
Talk about whose turn it is (e.g., you(r) turn, not you(r) turn)
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Play Guess who. Ask questions like: do you have brown hair? Do you have glasses?
Write cards or notes for others (e.g., You are a good friend, you make me feel loved, you are kind)
Talk about what someone can do to help (e.g., you help me read, you help me play)
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
You help me ___.
You like ___.
Do you have ___.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word