Different
Aided Language Input (ALI)
Ideas for communication opportunities throughout the day
Requesting
Want different colour
Do something different
Commenting
It different
Use different one
That one is different
Asking/Answering Questions
What different?
Why different?
Something different
Social Interactions
Something is different
Make different plans
Did you do something different with your hair?
Protesting
It is not different
Want different
Not want different
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
Sorting and matching games (e.g., pictures or real life objects like socks!)
Every time a new activity is being started, or you are doing something “different”
Guess who – when guessing “do they have ____”, if they do not, respond with they have different ____
Play with Lego/blocks and build “different” things
Semi-Structured/Group Activities
Ideas on how to use the core word in a group activity
Talk about diversity - personal characteristics that are different amongst the group (hair colour/length, eye colour, height, etc.)
Categorize items (e.g., these are animals are the different because they are/have __.)
Suggestions of Predictable Chart Writing sentence frames
____ (person) has different _____. (characteristic)
The animals have different _____.
Links to interactive Boardmaker activities created to target the core word