RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS

Made by a speech pathologist working in Australian schools.

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Pelican Talk Speech Therapy Resources provides a range of resources for schools. They are currently being used in all states  and territories of Australia.

In some schools, certain programs have been adopted as programming tools to be delivered to the whole class whereas other programs are used to address individual goals for students with speech and language disorders.

Above: Many of Pelican Talk's resources can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard (eg. SmartBoard)

Pelican Talk's resources are extremely useful for teachers  and integration aides (inclusion support) who are assisting children with specific speech and language impairments.

Do you have students who are still saying "w" for "l"?   ("I wike you")  Show them the Lovely Lara sound, point to her tongue and practise saying her sound. Then show the students the Wonderful Worm sound. Talk about how the sound is different, and the mouthshape is different too. You'll be surprised how a little awareness can go a long way to change speech patterns. This is part of "phonemic awareness".

(Lovely Lara and Wonderful Worm are part of The Speech Sound Set ©. This is Lovely Lara).

Pelican Talk products address not only speech, but also the three vital skills for  early literacy development. These include:

1. Phonemic Awareness  (See Here)

2. Oral Narrative (see Fun with Sequences  and Language Scenes)

3. Letter - Sound Correspondence

(see Speech Sound Set and Speech Vowel Set and Monkey Sounds)

Dirty Bert's sound is taught using a Hand Cue and a story. Later children learn all the spelling options for this sound (ir, er, ur, or) and a handy  workbook can be photocopied for each student. Teacher tips are given about when to use certain spelling patterns (eg. "or" is used to make Dirty Bert's sound after the letter "w").  At all times, children are encouraged to think about the distinction between sounds and letters. Dirty Bert is part of The Speech Vowel Set.

 The Speech Sound Set and The Speech Vowel Set contain a character for every consonant and vowel sound, Hand Cues, a "story"  and the spelling options for each.  An example page of from the SPELLING OPTIONS booklet from THE SPEECH SOUND SET can be viewed here.

Free Early Literacy Programming Tips  - Click Here

Teacher training in Phonemic Awareness is also available. Only $65 per school. Click here.

There are also three specific programs that have arisen from the needs seen in schools:

1. Teaching  about vowel sounds and vowel spelling.

(See Monkey Sounds and The Speech Vowel Set).

2. Learning and using keyword sign language in the classroom. (See Sign Language for Schools)

Resources range from AU$30.

Although there are 26 letters in the alphabet, there are 41 speech sounds that students need to be aware of.  These sounds can be represented with 250 different spelling options. It's no wonder it can be hard to teach literacy!

The Speech Sound Set and The Speech Vowel Set assist teachers and students in addressing all speech sounds.

"Good readers must have a strategy to phonologically recode words"  (sound out and blend sounds)  Ehri, 1991. The above resources work on increasing children's awareness of these sounds.

TEACHER PIX ©

Sign language is fun to learn, but it can also be used by the teacher to supplement simple instructions to the class, thus increasing attention to speech.

See SIGN LANGUAGE FOR SCHOOLS ©

SOUND SEGMENTER©

Barrier Games are great for teaching clear communication and careful listening. Contains 60 barrier game pictures to print and photocopy. Great for teaching concepts too, particularly for students who have language disorders.

MORE LANGUAGE RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS ?

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TEST YOUR PHONEMIC AWARENESS - CLICK HERE