The first activity is one that I've been doing with my itty-bitties. It's called "Where's Mommy?" and I use it for working on family member names, vocabulary building, and early concepts. I also use it for my CAS kids at the VC level in the Kaufman program. I send them home with the instructions to take pictures of various family members demonstrating the concepts I want to teach, as well as close-up pictures of each family member. After I receive the photos from the family, I import them into a Tapikeo grid. I made a grid as a template, which you can download at the end of this post, to help me organize my story. This is what the grid looks like:
The words and the background color in each cell of the template disappear when a new photograph is added, so you can put a picture of Daddy in a cell that has a different family member's name and no one will ever know! As I said, the template is just to help me organize my story. You can add your own words to each cell by typing in the "text" box. My kids love this story, and it generates a TON of language.
If you would like to use this template, you can download it here:
The next idea I'd like to share is to make stories about individual concepts. Here is one Charlie and I made together. I made the orange slide using Microsoft Word and saved it as a PDF. I imported it to my iPad, and then used it as the first cell of a new story.
Then Charlie and I used objects around my office to demonstrate the concept of "between". I took photos of him directly from the app (as I've explained in earlier posts) and then recorded Charlie using the word "between" in a sentence.
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| Press "new" to take a picture, then record voice. |
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| Charlie said, "The bear is between my arms." |
We completed seven different examples of demonstrating "between" for this story, and then played it back. Charlie was so proud and really learned the concept well. I exported this story to his iPad at home, and asked him and his mom add to it using items from around his house. I can't wait to see what they add!
I made a generic "cover page" for this story that you can download here if you want to make one, too: My Story of "Between".
Another great idea: Charlie's mom purchased this app and promptly put it to use to work on his articulation skills. She knew we were working on the /l/ sound in the final position of words, so she and Charlie found objects around their house and made a story of Charlie saying words that end in /l/.
I hope you're using this app. It has so many amazing possibilities!
Nice chatting with you,
Pam
Here's the link to the grid: www.tapikeo.com/user_grids/Pam%20Dahm/Where%20is%20Mommy.tpk
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam for this very good idea!
You're welcome! I added the link to the body of the post now, too.
ReplyDeleteSo weird stupid question: when you say you send it home, if they didn't have an iPad do you print it out?
ReplyDeleteSorry for the confusion. A grid can only be exported to another device that has the Tapikeo app installed, so the family must have an iPad or iPhone to download it. However, there is the option of creating a version for a web browser. I have never used that option, but I think that it means you can post your story on the web and then it can be viewed by others.
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