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after the card has flipped. Its price is A$29.95 (http://www.
).
8. Facilitating Word Recall
Facilitating Word Recall
(1995) was developed by
Jean Gilliam DeGaetano.
It assists young students
with visual support and
structured sequenced
clues to develop their
ability to recall specific
labels. It is recommended
for ages 5 and beyond. You can purchase this resource
through ACER for A$63.95 ).
9. Developing Oral Language with Barrier
Games resource book and CD
5. Parallel texts
Correspondence to:
Lara Lambert
Senior Speech Pathologist
Fremantle Language Development Centre
email:
phone: (08) 9331 8602
Ron and Sandi Gillam introduced the idea of “parallel texts”
in their professional development workshops through
Speech Pathology Australia in 2009. The children learn the
structure of a narrative, while exploring the similarities and
differences between stories. For example, two texts with a
focus on a similar problem are Lamb-a-Roo by D. Kimpton
and Are you my mother? by P. D. Eastman.
6. A Sound Way (2nd ed.)
The Sound Way text contains an interactive whiteboard CD
with a range of fun, stimulating, developmentally sequenced
phonological awareness activities for practising and
consolidating early literacy skills. It was developed by
Elizabeth Love and Sue Reilly and published by Pearson,
Australia (2009). The price for the manual and the CD is
A$135 .
7. Smart Chute
The Smart Chute is a popular, card flipping, durable plastic
tower that is fun, motivating and provides immediate
feedback on sound and language responses given by the
student. The child posts a card in the top of the chute from a
deck of cards that targets, for example, final sounds or
idioms. The child provides a response and gets feedback
The Developing Oral Language with Barrier Games resource
book and CD contain over 40 barrier games that can be
printed in colour to develop the speaking and listening skills
of young students. These resources were produced by
Alison Jarred and Nadja Roelofs and published by Hands on
Concepts (2003). They can be purchased through ACER for
A$57.95 ).
10. Puppets
FLDC is committed to evidence based practice in education.
In 2010 we undertook a research project, in collaboration
with Karen Lock-Smith (Macquarie University) and Suze
Leitão (Curtin University). Pre-primary students were involved
in this project which examined the treatment efficacy of
grammatical intervention in the classroom. Their favourite
way to practise possessive (’s) was with puppets that they
named and described (e.g., Zac’s stripes / Zebra’s tail).