the first stop for information on children’s communication
 Ready Steady Talk! is an activity book of great games to help children get ready for pre-school and beyond. Are you and your child ready for pre-school? Going to and moving through pre-school are big steps for any child, and you play a vital role in helping your child to develop the speech and language skills they need. Ready Steady Talk! is a fun-filled activity pack developed by I CAN’s speech and language specialists and comes highly recommended by early years professionals. The games and activities in Ready Steady Talk! help your child by developing five core skills:
The book includes eight pages of invaluable information for parents and carers. Ready Steady Talk is sponsored by Openreach. ISBN: 978-0-9565855-1-6 This resource is also available inside the Working with Under-5s: Understanding Communication Development Toolkit. Now available in Welsh - Order here How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/resources/ready-steady-talk |
 An activity book for schools and parents with accompanying CD, packed with ideas for activities and games focusing on the five essential ‘ingredients’ that support children’s communication skills (4–6 years). The Communication Cookbook shows how to help children build language skills and grow into confident skilful communicators during their critical first two years at primary school.
The Communication Cookbook is a resource book/DVD of activities to support children's language and communication.
It focuses on five essential ingredients that support children's communication skills, and contains simple recipes to help parents and teachers to develop these in skills in children aged four to six. The five essential ingredients are:
This section of the Talking Point website includes free downloadable PDFs of activities in The Communication Cookbook, and some great online games. "Thank you for sending us the copy of The Communication Cookbook. It really is an excellent resource and will be exceptionally useful to us when planning further ways of supporting pupils with SEN, their teachers and their parents." ISBN: 978-0-9565855-0-9 How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/resources/communication-cookbook |
 All the great children’s picture books and stories with British Sign Language support, free of charge
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.signedstories.com |
 Award-winning EGAR Educational Games And Resources are dedicated to developing communication skills, the art of conversation and an appreciation of the value of talking in dealing with life’s challenges and making healthy informed choices. The psychology based Let's Get Talking Choice Discussion card sets provide a structure for intervention and prevention work, covering Health, Crime Prevention, Personal Development, Citizenship and the Environment.
Price: £0.00
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 This brightly coloured poster provides ten top tips for practitioners and parents to support children's speech, language and communication in the early years.
Top Tips include:
- Use a full range of expression
- Be careful with questions
- Give the child time to respond
Size: approximately 36cm x 36cm.
How to get this: http://www.icancharity.org.uk/resources/top-techniques-poster |
 This poster contains information about children's speech and language development up to five years old. It covers the areas of:
- Listening and attention
- Understanding
- Speech sounds and talk
- Social skills
Size: approx 54cm x 60cm
You can order this poster as a single copy, or in packs of 25 or 100 below.
How to get this: http://www.icancharity.org.uk/resources/stages-development-poster |
 This A3 poster is folded into a leaflet format and can be placed in a dispenser or featured on the wall.
Designed for reading material in health centre waiting rooms, this colourful leaflet is informative and clearly maps out children’s communication development from birth to five years of age. It is aimed at parents and particularly suitable for display in a GP surgery and/or children’s centre.
At each year, three characteristics of developing communication are listed highlighting how to follow the progress of children’s speech, language and communication development.
Top tips and signposting are listed if parents are worried about their child’s development.
How to get this: http://www.icancharity.org.uk/resources/first-words-poster |
 Ready Steady Talk! is an activity book of great games to help children get ready for pre-school and beyond. Are you and your child ready for pre-school? Going to and moving through pre-school are big steps for any child, and you play a vital role in helping your child to develop the speech and language skills they need. Ready Steady Talk! is a fun-filled activity pack developed by I CAN’s speech and language specialists and comes highly recommended by early years professionals. The games and activities in Ready Steady Talk! help your child by developing five core skills:
The book includes eight pages of invaluable information for parents and carers. Ready Steady Talk is sponsored by Openreach. Take a look at the Corgi Openreach Van here -https://shop.ican.org.uk/corgivan ISBN: 978-0-9565855-1-6 How to get this: https://shop.ican.org.uk/readysteadytalk_welsh |
 This popular DVD features Dave Benson Phillips performing 19 well known children's nursery rhymes using Makaton signing.
Price: £9.99
How to get this: http://www.makaton.org/shop/shopping/stockDetails/Nursery-Rhymes-DVD |
 Beautifully illustrated book of popular nursery rhymes. Using Makaton to sign along to Baa Baa Black Sheep, Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Price: £9.99
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 Learning to count and read is fun with this beautifully illustrated children's book. The pictures and text are supported by Makaton symbols and signs which have been carefully chosen to help young children to express their needs and begin to interact with people around them.
Price: £8.99
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 Beautifully illustrated children's book. The pictures and text are supported by Makaton symbols and signs which have been carefully chosen to help young children to express their needs and begin to interact with people around them. Learn Makaton symbols and signs for colours and animals.
Price: £7.49
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 Three beautifully illustrated children's books which introduce Makaton symbols and signs.
Price: £19.99
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 1Voice - Communicating Together is all about bringing Augmentative and Alternative Communication users and their supporters together. 1Voice has activities and events around the country, as well as 'pop-ups' - less formal events where we can get 2 users together! It only takes 2 to communicate!
The best way to find out about what's happening in your area is to visit our website events page at www.1voice.info/events
You can also email info@1voice.info for more general information.
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.1voice.info/events |
 This comprehensive book provides approximately 130 symbols and signs, covering a wealth of vocabulary for parents and carers to use with young children
Price: £8.99
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 This popular Makaton resource provides ideas for games and activities to help children and adults to use Makaton. The games and activities use everyday objects and are enhanced with a selection of really useful vocabulary to complement the Makaton Core Vocabualry, such as food, clothing, transport, weather and colours.
Price: £19.99
How to get this: https://www.makaton.org/shop/shopping/stockDetails/Makaton-Games |
 Full ideas for workers with pre-school and nursery age children. Topics include me, houses and homes, gardening, transport, weather, bars, everyday phrases, finger spelling chart and a translation of "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears" and "The Thirsty Black Crow".
Price: £14.99
How to get this: https://www.makaton.org/shop/shopping/stockDetails/Make-and-Do |
 My First Signs, designed for parents and carers to share with babies with its simple instructions and endearing illustrations, this book is an ideal introduction to signing.
Price: £4.99
How to get this: https://www.makaton.org/shop/shopping/stockDetails/My-First-Signs |
 The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity.
Core Vocabulary Book of Signs, Line drawings of the signs used with the Makaton Core Vocabulary: Stages 1 to 8 and additional
Price: £21.99
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 The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity.
Core Vocabulary Book of Symbols, contains all the Makaton Symbols for stages 1 to 8 and additional of the Makaton Core Vocabulary
Price: £21.99
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 The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity.
Core Vocabulary - Pocket Book of Signs 1 is ideal for reference in a handy pocket-sized format, with finger spelling. stages 1 to 4 and additional.
Price: £8.99
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 The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity.
Core Vocabulary - Pocket Book of Symbols 1 is ideal for reference and matching the pocket books of signs, in a handy pocket sized format. Stages 1 to 4 and additional.
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