It can be difficult at first to shift from thinking about AAC in pre-programmed phrases and sentences and activity based
pages to focusing on using core words. Once the shift is made; however, it becomes easy to look at using core words in
natural, everyday occurrences as core words make up 75-80% of everyone's daily, natural language. Listed below are daily
activities that typically occur in a classroom and ways to use core words during these activities at the one-word, two-word,
and three-word level to help get the thinking process started. Notice how many of the core words and phrases can be used
throughout the day in various situations and activities.
Invite students to fill in the brackets with decisions, characters from stories, character traits, books, podcasts, movies, teams, or anything else! This site will create a PDF with a visual of brackets like you'd see at a tournament.
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This PDF consists of 12 grids of core vocabulary words with Pixon symbols - one for each month of the year. This is one approach to consider when introducing core vocabulary to students.