The change from summer to fall is more than just cooler weather and pumpkin spice. It’s a great chance to add fresh, meaningful words to your child’s AAC device. Every season comes with new sights, smells, and activities, and fall is packed with fun ways to help your child use his/her AAC device in a natural environment.
Go outside and explore! Notice the crunchy leaves, the chilly air, the pumpkins on porches. While you’re out, model words like cold, orange, leaf, big, or go on your child’s device. Compare what you see now to summer: Hot in July vs cool in September/October.
Inside, bake something fall-themed together, read a pumpkin or scarecrow story, or pick out a cozy sweater. Use your child’s AAC device to talk through each step and make comments about what you see, hear, smell, or feel. Use the AAC device to make predictions, ask questions, to request, to protest and more! The more you connect your child’s device, the more natural communication will feel.
This season, use the change as a reason to communicate, model, and explore together!
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