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Practical Language Activities offers an impressive collection of photocopiable exercises and worksheets for the development and reinforcement of oral expressive language.  More than 60 language skills are covered including:

• Semantics:  adjectives; analogies; antonyms; basic concepts; categories; idioms; half/whole relationships; prepositions; proverns; sentence meaning
• Syntax & Morphology: adverbs; conjunctions; plural forms; prefixes & suffixes; pronouns; sentence construction; sentence transformation; verb forms; "wh" questions.
• Pragmatics: critical thought; description; expression of feelings; humor; prediction; problem solution; social awareness
• Speech & language therapists, special needs teachers and mainstream teachers will appreciate the scope and convenience of this remarkable book.  It is packed with ideas for both spoken and written English.

Language ages 6 - 11 years    €39.95 (discount included) 

teaching verb tenses can be an awesome task!  This resource addresses both regular and irregular past tense verbs.

• The regular verbs section is divided into two parts: verbal communication and written language skills, because the learning prerequisites of verbal and written language involving the regular past tense verbs are so different
• The 80 irregular verbs are divided into four groups.  Each group has a pre-post test and a lesson plan to chart progress

For ages 4 - 10 years     €44.95 (discount included)

This will help teachers therapists to work on word finding.  This collection of worksheets is just what you need!  Illustrations give associated visual clues but not answers.  If a student has difficulty recalling a word, hints are provided in a structured sequential pattern.  The repetitious structured clues teach the techniques to use when words remain on the "tip of the tongue" but cannot be recalled.

• Includes 50 student and 50 corresponding instructor's worksheets
• full of delightfull cartoons which moticate throught the author's and illustratio's sense of humor.

Ages 5 years toi adult      €26.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Language Development Lessons for Early Childhood aims to strengthen listening skills and provides various methods to encourage young learners to answer questions orally and to enjoy communication with others.  These uniquely designed questions incorporate three basic techniques that encourage children to interact with a speaker

• Yes or No Answers
• Choosing Between Two Answers
• Completing Sentences

All the activities within this workbook provide the structured method and repetitious practice needed to master early development skills.    Ages 5 t 10 years.      €24 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

This workbook has been designed for each student to listen carefully to the details and sequences of events in each story and then orally express an appropriate ending to each story.  The activities involve good listening, remembering details, forming logical conclusions and expressing thoughts orally.  The activities are designed for young students who are just begining to master the skills of listening and responding to details.  How Would The Story End?  provides an important step in learning to tell or write stories.  Ages 5 to 10 years.        €26.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

This is a great resource for small language group activity designed to elicit verbal responses from children and at the same time encourage listening and turn-taking skills.  When one child is answering the other children listen and observe.  Children are actively encouraged to follow what is going on even when it isn't their turn to answer.  The clinician is able to see every child's question at any one time and the child is able to see all other children's pictures.   Ages 3 to 6 years.        €34.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Building Blocks of essental curricular vocabulary Concepts are the building blocks of languge.  100% Concepts: Primary gives children practice with concepts in different formats to enhance language skills.  They are provided in the following topic areas:

• Following Directions - draw a ..., circle, cross out, row, column
• Grouping/Association - belongs, both, each, pair, set
• Maths - some, more, most, whole, half, total
• Time - before, after, while, during, hour, month.

Each Section includes:

• Teacher guide pages with suggestions for teaching the concept
• Family letters telling parent and carers what concepts their child is practising and how they can help their child at home
• Fun woeksheets with many activities to reinforce curricular concepts

Ages 5-9 years         €47.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

buidling blocks of essental curricular vocabulary Concept learning doesn't just stop in the early years.  Older pupils with language problems need to understand the terms they hear in the classroom.  These reproducible activities cover the following topics:

• Location and direction; interior, exterior, region
• Quality or condition: ancient, modern, public
• Comparison: similarities, differences, equally, fewer
• Degree or extent: obvious, unusual, minor, major
• Time and occurance: constantly, annually, since
• Size, weight and volume: shallow, expand, enormous
• Relationship: alone, single, divided, joined

Ages 10-14 years  €47.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Language Steps is designed to develop both comprehension and expression in spoken language from a one- to a four word level. 

• Designed to be used by speech & language therapists, teachers, nursary nurses, assistants and parents
• Can be used to complement current therapy input or as an entire language scheme
• Contains activities suitable for individual  and group work, as well as home practice
• Contains clear instructions and photocopiable picture material needed to complete the activities making Language Steps an extremely practical resource

€50.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Children learn best by doing things.   More than 150 pages of fun , colour, cut, fold and play activities will keep them busy learning basic concepts.  Your pupils will enjoy wrapping snakes around their arms, making an insect grow from little to big, and sliding a pair of silly socks on and off a pair of feet.  Teach basic concepts in these four areas: 

Spatial - in. out, up, down, middle, around, through

Attributes - big, small, tall, short, empty, full

Quantity - whole, half, many, a few, fewer, more

Temporal - start, finish, before, after, first, second

Suitable for ages 3 to 6 years.  €32.95(DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Developing Baseline Communication Skills is a timely practical resource designed fo fit closely with the baseline assessments now being introduced into schools.  It contains a programme of games and activities aimed at fostering personal and social development, and promoting language and early literacy skills.  Teachers often express concern about the many children who enter reception classes lacking the listening, understanding and speaking skills necessary to make a successful start to their shool years.  This resource seeks to address some of these problems.  It offers:

• Games and activities suitable for four to five year old children in nursary education, playgroups, reception classes and those attending speech & language therapy clinics.  These are ideal for both mainstreat and special schools
• Two hundred games and activities, graded into levels of difficulty, for whole classes or groups that can be easily incorporated into the existing school curriculum
• Activities that can be carried out by teachers, classroom assistants or volunteers, with simple record sheets for optional use.
• Illustrated throughour, this is a unique manual which should be an essential addition to the materials used by every professional working with young children. 

€44.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Increase your students' participation in the classroom, improve their ability to ask relevant questions, and expand their language  use to new situations with 100% Language.  The specialised lessons build language skills in six areas organised by developmental order:

• Reasoning - this foundation skill is necessary in order to develop higher-level language skills
• Sequencing - develop the ability to organise objects and ideas logically to impact success in the following classroom directions, reading and language comprehension and self expression
• Cause & Effect - students will understand the consequences of their actions on themselves and others.  To make life-long changes in how they make decisions and take action.
• Problem solving - students develop the ability to identify, understand, solve and avoid problems at school, at home, and in social situations.
• Opinions - students learn the art of expressing opinions as they develop the language skills to reponsibly express theri preferences and ideas
• Inferencing - students master the language and thinking skills to use prior knowledge and apply it to new information they see, hear, or read in order to make a reasonable deduction
• Paraphrasing - students learn to restate information in their own words which leads to improvements in reading and listening comprehension, conversation skills, and writing.  Ages 9-14.  €49.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

A photocopiable book of language activities, based on the National Curriculum, for children aged from 7-16 years.  There are 179 pages of games and activities designed to address specific areas of language use, and will prove a real time saver.  Sections include: 

Norms: Groups, naming nouns, speed naming, off one out, word play, what is it?  Syllables Verbs: verb variety, tircky tenses, Adjectives: adding adjectives, alternative adjectives

Conjunctions:  clever conjunctions

Adverbs:  adventurous adverbs, when, where and how?

Pronouns: silly sentences, sillier sentences

Meaning:  multiple meaning, more meaning, same or different? Antonyms & synonyms, crosswords

Concepts:  Cool concepts, Game Boards

€50.95 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Pocket Size Language Flashcards (12 sets altogether).  They compare in size to a good quality pack of playing cards.  The are designed to support teaching and therapeutic input in the clinic, school and home.  Each set contains 36 picture cards and four instruction cards measuring 115x75mm.

Set 1
Early Sequencings – (for an engaging introduction to sequencing).  The sequences are in three steps.  Examples of contents: getting dressing, face painting, tidying a playroom.        
Early Objects – (to develop a naming vocabulary through play).  Contains a variety of easily recognised everyday objects relating to a child’s familiar surroundings.  Examples of contents: toys, animals, garden, home.     
Early Opposites – (introducing opposites in a simple and entertaining way).  Contains a variety of adjectives and prepositions to aid development of a child’s vocabulary.  Examples of contents: wet and dry hair, hot and cold food, front and behind a tent.    
Early Actions – (an imaginative and creative method of developing a verb vocabulary).  These action words not only increase a child’s vocabulary but also helps the child put sentences together.  Examples of contents: emotions, moving around, school, meal times.             
€11.95 plus vat 21.5% each (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Set 2
Snack Time – (a versatile set to broaden vocabulary).  Food and drink cards which can be used as activities and games to improve vocabulary.  Excellent for group interaction, social skills and classification.
Match Up – (a creative matching game using objects in different forms and contexts).  These cards show objects in two different forms which gives you more to work on than simple recognition and naming tests.  Examples of contents: gift, dinner, umbrella cakes.                 
Guess What – (for a lively introduction to predicting outcomes).  Cards are in pairs with a activity on the first of the pair following by a predictable activity on the second.  Helps early sequence and also helps relate a simple story and predicts outcomes.      
Fun Pictures – (discover the deliberate mistake in these humorous and entertaining cards).  Based on the large “What’s Wrong” colourcards.  Each card contains objects and situations with something odd in each one.                                    
€11.95 plus vat 21.5% each (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Set 3
Shapes and Sizes – (differences in shape and size illustrated in a simple and appealing way).  These concepts and vocabulary are needed for early number work.  They contain the four basic shapes which are used with the concepts big and small and short and long.  Examples include: round clock, square sandwich, rectangular pencil case and a triangular paper hat.             
Heads and Tails – (a new and exciting matching game).  Familiar objects are shown on two cards.  The front of items on left hand side of first card and back on the right hand side for the other card.  Useful for early language and for developing the concepts of front and back.          
How Many – (for an enjoyable introduction to number).  Using the birthday party theme, these colourful.  In one card a teddy is showing feelings, and in the second card a child is showing feelings but the teddy in also in the picture.  Examples of emotions used – happy, frightened, loving, cold, tired.                     
€11.95 plus vat 21.5% each (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

(Special offers available for purchased cards in sets)

This strip book, 153 x 444 mm, with each individual card 148 mm sq., wire bound side-by-side in threes, is a flexible way of presenting future, present and past tenses.  Printed in full colour, laminated on both sides and wire-bound, it includes 20 different verbs illustrated in a series of original photographs.  Half of the verbs are regular and the remaining half irregular and there is an equal split between verbs in the singular and plural forms.  Some of the content includes: Drying, Cooking, Drawing, Playing, Painting, Eating, Reading, Writing, Washing and Brushing.

€46.95 & VAT(DISCOUNT INCLUDED)