Language & Autism - Strategies - Sequencing Phrase Word Order

Once we have learned a few words the magic begins. To really put an idea into words we need more than one. We might want "chocolate ice cream" or "cookies and juice". We might look for the "big truck" or our "red shoes". We might choose words such as "in the box" or "on the table" that tell where something is.
        The language spoken in our community will tell us the order that the words should be in. We learn first the casual way that we may speak to others. In school we learn the added rules that govern how we put our thoughts into written communication.
        Some of my students are inclined to process connected phrases and sentences in whole chuncks. They seem to sometimes assign meaning based on a single word in the phrase or sentence. Using pictures to represent individual words and then presenting various combinations with extended vocabulary may help them to process the constituent parts.

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NURSERY RHYME/SONG
xxxx     xxxx     xxxx

FAIRY TALE
xxxx     xxxx     xxxx

POEM
xxxx     xxxx     xxxx

STORY
Where Is The Cat     xxxx     xxxx

VOCABULARY
Valentines Day Hearts     xxxx     xxxx