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Handouts: The Balanced Literacy Approach: Positive Communication and Literacy Outcomes for All Children

Please find below the handouts for the Balanced Literacy Approach: Positive Communication and Literacy Outcomes for all Children. They are in PDF format so you will need a PDF reader to view these. To save the files, please open the document and select the save icon on the bottom toolbar. Regards Sally.   Invercargill – …

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App of the Week

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School Holidays are at and end and as a family plenty of photos were taken. Photos are a great motivator to get people talking and telling stories and what better way get kids involved in story writing but to use the photos. Over the years I have used various types of software applications to create books and do story writing activities with Holly. Some of these have been quick and painless, others have been exhaustive but in the end we achieve the end result, she is able to share her story and photos.

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Christchurch Earthquake

TalkLink Trust and People First www.peoplefirst.org.nz have been thinking about ways we can assist people affected by the Earthquake. For some people it has been difficult to explain what has and is happening around them. To this end Michelle King, one of our Christchurch based speech-language therapists has created a social story about the earthquake. …

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ChatAbout Day Snailbourne Cup Resources up

Thank you to all that came. It was a great day had by all, check out the video after the resource links below. Here are the resources used on the day They are in PDF form here but can be supplied in there original form (Boardmaker) Art Items Art Items 2 Art-where to put items …

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Creating Communication Opportunities throughout the School Day

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  Creating Communication Opportunities throughout the School Day by Polly Thomas   Personalised Fuzzy Felt by Polly Thomas   Making Communication Books by Polly Thomas Interactive Song Boards by Polly Thomas   Stories Supported by Core Vocabulary by Jane Wendelken

Permanent link to this article: http://www.talklink.org.nz/index.php/2010/11/06/creating-communication-opportunities-throughout-the-school-day-by-polly-thomas/

Communication Boards

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.talklink.org.nz/index.php/2010/10/18/communication-books/

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