Free Language Activities
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Free Language Activities
The free language activities on this page are examples of therapy materials that have high usability with school students of all ages.
The activities are in easily accessible pdf form.
Updated 15/02/2021
Sentence and Grammar Program - Talking Train: The Talking Train Sentence and Grammar program is a highly detailed and scaffolded guide for speech pathologists, teachers and parents that features direct instruction techniques to teach sentence construction and the correct use of grammar. Designed and created by highly experienced speech-language pathologists Yota Passokas-Pappas and David Newman.
Click here to access the Sentence and Grammar Talking Train page
Flight Zone Board Game: The Flight Zone board game is an exciting and complex game that recreates the experience of a WW2 pilot landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Also explore the Sentence Builder activity that was built to be used with the board game. For all ages.
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Turbo-Card Board Game: The Turbo-Card board game is an innovative car racing game that doubles as a fun game and as an exciting problem solving activity that requires good strategy and the luck of the dice to win. For all ages.
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Synthetic Phonics Worksheets: To be released over the coming months are worksheets that were initially designed to be used with decodable books but can also be used as activities to be completed at home independently.
Long Vowel - /er/ words
Long Vowel - /oe/ words
Long Vowel - /ae/ words
Long vowel - /ee/ words
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Sentence Structure Program: The sentence structure program is a 92 page intervention package that shapes and guides students' abilities to recognize and then construct simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Story Starters: In a Mind's Eye oral and written language program has over 60 scenarios that will engage your students imagination and promote their oral and written language skills.
Click here to access the Story Starters oral language program
Altered State - Vocabulary Building Program: An oral and written language program that features absurd situations and a score of high utility tier 2 words for your students to explore using purpose built worksheets. For ages 9-12.
Click here to access the Oral Language Program - Altered State program
Editing a Story: Lots of useful information and activities to help students polish and edit their stories.
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Active Listening Activity - Advanced: Like the entry level active listening program, the advanced level program is easy to use and print. For students ages 7-10 years and above.
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Sounds to Graphemes Guide: A webpage that features the new Sounds to Graphemes Guide ebook.
Click here to access the Sounds to Graphemes page
Phonological Awareness Intervention: A webpage that features the new Phonological Awareness ebook.
Click here to access the Phonological Awareness Intervention page
Multiple Oppositions Speech Therapy Guide: A webpage that features the new Multiple Oppositions Therapy Guide.
Click here to access the Multiple Oppositions Therapy Guide page
Sentence Creator for Early Literacy: A webpage that features the new Sentence Creator program that is a modified version of the original Sentence Builder program. The webpage features an example of a real life language teaching session.
Click here to access the Sentence Creator for Early Literacy page
Lateral Lisp Therapy: A webpage that guides you with a variety of techniques to tackle the lateral lisp speech error. The page features a pdf download of therapy techniques with illustrations and activities.
Sentence Builder Program: Activities that assist children to construct grammatically correct sentences. For students ages 5 - 8.
Working Memory Challenges - Advanced: Activities that exercise children's short term memory abilities. For students age 7 and up.
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Working Memory Challenges - Junior: Activities that exercise children's short term memory abilities. For students age 7 and up.
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Working Memory Challenges - Entry: Please note, that there are some shapes (included in the program) that will need to be cut out and pasted onto card or laminated to get the best out of the program.
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Writing Tips - Letter Reversals: Information and illustrations of common letter reversals. For students age 5-8 years.
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Active Listening Activities - Entry Level:(Revised 26/02/2016) Easy to use and print listening comprehension activities that your students will find both a challenge and a lot of fun. For students ages 5-8 years.
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Oral Language Techniques: Tried and true language stimulation techniques to facilitate children's oral language development.
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Absurdities Activities: Vocabulary building activities that feature 20 absurd scenarios with the transport theme and three stimulus questions for each story.
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Absurdities Activities: Vocabulary building activities that feature 20 absurd scenarios that feature animals and three stimulus questions for each.
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Idioms Activities: Idioms activities that feature 10 animal idioms and a variety of different activities for each.
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Story Grammar Marker: A unique story grammar marker which your students can use as a visual guide to help them retell oral narratives and compose original stories.
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Irregular Past Tense Verb Guide: This chart is useful for students who want a quick and easy guide for tricky irregular verbs when writing stories or projects.
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Dragon Rider Instructions Features a 14 page instruction manual that explores the rules and mechanics of the
Dragon Rider game. Also included is an appendix with cut out characters that can be used in the game. Recommended for ages 7 and up.
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Dragon Rider Gameboards: Two gameboards that feature stage 1 and stage 2 of the Dragon Rider game. Please allow a
little extra time to download the gameboards. The file is over 5MB's and may take your computer a little extra time to download it.
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Vocabulary Program - Absurdities: A free program that features over 100 individual absurd scenarios for your students to explore - grades prep - 3.
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Summarization Worksheet: A worksheet for use at the end of sessions to mark student progress and to make brief comments. Can also be used to update parents and class teachers.
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Grammar Aides: Nouns
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Grammar Aides: Verbs
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Grammar Aides: Adjectives
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Grammar Aides: Adverbs
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Grammar Aides: Pronouns
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Figurative language worksheet A worksheet designed to enable your students to manipulate simile and metaphors in written text.
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Figurative language worksheet(Example) A worksheet designed to enable your students to manipulate simile and metaphors in written text.
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Semantics: Vocabulary building worksheet - Example (Colour)
A completed example of a vocabulary building worksheet.
Semantics: Vocabulary building worksheet
The vocabulary worksheet is very useful in that it allows your students to learn about synonyms within the context of a written text.
Sentence Building Aide: Connecting words for independent and dependent clauses.
This is a chart I use to assist students to understand the links between clauses. Partly based on 'The Write Stuff for Writing,'by Westby, C.E. & Clauser, P.S. 2005
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Semantics: Vocabulary building worksheet - Example
A completed example of a vocabulary building worksheet.
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Semantics: Vocabulary building worksheet - to be used with a Dictionary and Thesaurus
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Recommended Sequence for Shared Strategic Reading
This download is a very useful example of a real life therapy session. It's to be used in conjunction with the shared strategic reading chart.
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Shared Strategic Reading Chart - Colour
I use this daily chart as a visual reminder. I usually place the chart in front of me as a visual checklist during a language therapy session. I've laminated my copy back to back. Read the chart several times before use, to familiarise yourself with the terms.
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Shared Strategic Reading Chart - Black & White
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Semantic Map (Noun)
A graphic organizer, to be used in conjunction with a preparatory set.
Semantic Map (Noun) Example
This is an example of a filled in semantic map.
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Semantic Map (Adjective)
A graphic organizer with the focus on adjectives. To be used in conjunction with a preparatory set.
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Semantic Map (Adjective) Example
An example of a filled in adjective graphic organizer.
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Vocabulary Scoring Chart
A scoring chart is a vital way of tracking a student's progress.
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The information provided in the monthly newsletters is ideally suited to be used by speech-language pathologists, teachers and parents of students with language difficulties.
Once you've signed up to the Language Dispatch you'll also receive a new free Idioms ebook, On Cloud Nine.
The On Cloud Nine Program features 100 context based scenarios, and a multiple choice format to effectively teach this difficult figurative language concept.
The program is very easy to use and is yours free, once you've signed up to the Language Dispatch. The program is available as an Adobe pdf download.
