Using AAC with Core Vocabulary

Here are a few quick ways to incorporate AAC into your lessons using core vocabulary.  Our core word for the month of November is "turn".  There are many ways we can use core words and incorporate them into our language lessons.  In our group today, we used the big mac and  go talk 4 to enhance choice making for the kids during their small group motor, craft, and play activities.  For the language activity, we had four choices of  items that used the core word turn.  We had an iPad that we could "turn" on, a ghost that had lights that "turned", a mouse whose tail "turned", and wind up chatter teeth that we had to "turn" to get them to work.  Can you guess what the favorite item was??

We also used the big mac to request my turn during turn taking activities at all of the stations. These are so simple to use during a session.

One final idea, is to use a swifty (USB switch interface) to attach a switch to your computer/smartboard.  The kids can use the switch to "turn" on the music and dance.  

These are just a few ways to use AAC with core vocabulary.  Let me know how you use AAC to enhance your lessons.