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"Learn how language develops in stages, and how to develop expressive language at each stage with the Unity language system." A great site for support of early language development and PRC devices

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Very interactive website. Lots of games that could lend themselves to receptive language (following directions), and expressive language (the use of modifiers)

This website has information for parents, teachers, and SLP's. Could be used in a variety of areas (receptive language, expressive language, pragmatics, articulation, literacy, fluency)

Treasures for Teachers is a free site with downloadable games, posters, and resources. The section on language and vocabulary is a huge collection of games to help develop expressive and receptive language skills. The section on phonemic awareness contains several colorful activities.

Scrapbooking can be a fun and entertaining way to elicit language or speech in all ages and abilities.

Checklists & Forms; variety of forms to download including oral expression, receptive understanding, literacy; also profiles of development

Contains various simple science experiments. Could be used to target expressive and receptive language

I have had great success with this game with both adults and teens who are experiencing memory loss, difficulty with categorization, describing or recall problems. It is a wonderful game, because it is inexpensive and can easily be changed to fit whatever objectives you may be addressing.

Some of the ways we can foster language development are: Simple ideas for parents

expressive and receptive language ideas for young to older children

"The Communication Matrix is an assessment tool designed to pinpoint exactly how an individual is communicating and to provide a framework for determining logical communication goals. It was first published in 1990 and was revised in 1996 and 2004 by Dr. Charity Rowland of Oregon Health & Science University. It was designed primarily for speech-language pathologists and educators to use to document the expressive communication skills of children who have severe or multiple disabilities, including children with sensory, motor and cognitive impairments."

An activity teaching children to answer questions

Ideas and online games. Many activities based on books

Open ended artic, higher level artic (r sh ch)

This site provides a collection of neat graphic organizers that are helpful in improving receptive, expressive, and pragmatic skills of the child.

Printable artic stuff, bingo, game boards, posters, info on remediation

The pictorial vocabulary guide contains image based pages (les plantes) as well as complementary pages with adjectives, verbs, and expressions (les taches ménagères). Place your cursor over an object or text to hear it pronounced aloud. bulbWhen using the pictorial guides it's best to participate in an active way. Guess the word - even say it aloud yourself - and let the voice you hear be your friendly tutor that either corrects or confirms your guess.

Links to multiple interactive games grouped by level; annotation provided

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

Lots of games and activities; most interactive; can be used in many different ways