-Set of 60 photos (20 different actions)

-Use these cards to teach action/verb vocabulary, pronouns, increasing your child's mean length of utterance (amount of words your child spontaneously produces), and response to basic /wh-/ questions "who" and "what doing"

Action/Verb Vocabulary:

   1. Build your child's receptive knowledge of the action/verb vocabulary by verbally identifying the action for your child, one photo at a time. If possible, demonstrate the action throughout your child's day while using the target word. Have your child participate.

   2. During a game or fun activity, stop game/activity and present your child with two (then three) photos at a time. Ask your child to point to target action photos

  3. During a game or fun activity, present your child with one photo at a time and prompt your child to identify the action/verb (i.e., "The boy is...") Give your child time to respond. If your child needs help, provide your him/her with the initial sound (phonemic cue) of the response (for example: /w/ for "washing hands.") Provide your child with the full model of the word or phrase if he/she still does not respond with the phonemic cue. 

Pronouns: 

1. Provide your child with correct pronouns as you look at each photo. Emphasize each pronoun.

Examples: He is swinging.

                   She is swinging.

                   They are swinging.

2. Assist your child in sorting he/she/they photos into different bins or piles on the table as you model the correct pronoun.

3. During a fun game or activity, present your child with one photo at a time and ask your child to identify using the correct pronoun. Provide phonemic cues and models as needed.

Expanding Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)

1. During a fun game or activity, pause activity and show your child a photo. Allow him/her to spontaneously use his/her own language to describe the photo. Expand on your child's utterance using more words. Emphasize the newly modeled words.

Example: Parent presents child with photo of a boy brushing his teeth

Child: "Teeth!"

Parent: "Brush teeth!"

Example: Parent presents child with a photo of a girl swinging

Child: "Girl swing!"

Parent: "The girl is swinging!"

/Wh-/ Questions:

Present your child with one photo at a time and ask "who is..." and "what is he/she doing?" questions. 

Provide your child with phonemic cues and models as needed.

Increase the amount of photos presented. Example: present your child with two different photos- boy swinging and girl writing. Ask, "who is writing?" "what is the girl doing?"

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