Just for Kids Basic Concepts Author:Janet R. Lanza, Lynn K. Flahive Includes CD that has never been opened. — From the Introduction: — If you can't understand the directions, how can you perform the task? Many chilcren with communication disorders experience this predicament several times every day. Just For Kids: Basic Concepts addresses this dilemma by giving students practice understanding and using words that ... more »are commonly found in directions at school and in life in general.
It's common for children with communication disorders to be able to understand a particular concept word in one situation but to be unable to carry that understanding over to a different situation. Because of this, Just For Kids: Basic Concepts presents each concept in a wide variety of settings. There are opportunities to work on the concepts receptively and expressively, on worksheets, in sturctured situations, and in conversational speech with games and hands-on activities like crafts and recipes.
Just For Kids: Basic Concepts is equally effective when working with individuals or gorups. You can use specific parts of each unit, or you can present all the lessons in each unit. Just For Kids: Basic Concepts can be used successfully exactly as presented, but it also offers many opportunities for your students' and your own creative talents.
The 13 units in Just For Kids: Basic Concepts target the following concepts:
Position:
in, out, on, off
top, middle, bottom
front, back, forward, backward, in front of, behind