Poster: 24 Starter Signs - AAC Boardmaker

This is a children’s key word sign poster for introducing children’s key word signing to your child. It has the first 24 signs that will be useful for allowing your child to convey their first wants and needs. The Starter Signs poster is designed using visual communication symbols.

Children’s key word signing is an unaided AAC (alternative and augmentative communication) tool. It is an excellent tool for those who are having difficulty with speech for whatever reason. It's also very helpful for their communication partners. Children’s key word signing is often used with autistic children, children with dyspraxia, downs syndrome, neurotypical children with a speech delay, those with anxiety and even babies that are pre-verbal (sometimes called baby signing).

This poster has been designed to complement other AAC tools which are symbol based. It is perfect for the home, child’s bedroom, early learning service, school, playgroup or anywhere there are children.

The signs that are included are:

eat, drink, milk, toilet, please, thank you, nappy, book, play, sorry, more, finished, share, stop, bed, bath, friend, help, home, love, mummy, daddy, sister, brother

Children’s key word sign uses signs alongside speech in simplified sentences to encourage communication through both sign and speech. Research has shown that CKWS encourages verbal speech while allowing the child an alternative method of communication.

Children’s key word sign uses signs borrowed from Auslan (Australian sign language) however it is not Auslan, Auslan has its own grammar, structure and Deaf Community associated with it.

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Available in two sizes - A2 and A3