26 Toddlers’ Highest Frequency Words

Combined with Toddlers’ 80 First Words

And More Core Words

Banajee, DiCarlo & Stricklin, 2003

Gail Van Tatenhove, NLDAAC

British National Corpus, Balandin, Hill, Stuart, Marvin, UK Nat Lit., Dolch, Ogden, Israel

•Gail Van Tatenhove reports that users prefer single sheet displays to sets of pages they have to navigate.

•She recommends 300 to 400+ permanently available core words.

•With a starter set of at least 100 core words.

•If a user cannot access 100 words on a personal board then supplemental boards are used.

•Gail got very positive results using a starter set of 100+ core words with 24 individuals with severe cognitive disabilities.

Tracking OutcomesP

ixon Project Kit materials used in 4 adult programs and 2 classrooms (severe cognitive disabilities)

Personal AAC systems = P-AACS

January 2007 0/24 individuals had any P-AACS

January 2008 24/24 individuals had Pixon-based P-AACS

22/24 had manual communication boards only

2/24 had devices with matching manual communication boards (1 Vantage, 1 ECO)

Made nearly a “seamless” transition to the Unity® program

Additional OutcomesV

ocabulary acquisition in 12 months2

/24 = over 100 core words8

/24 = 76 - 100 core words1

0/24 = 51 - 75 core words3

/24 = 26 - 50 core words1

/24 = 1 - 25 core wordsS

yntactical acquisition8

/24 - primarily 1-word utterances and word strings1

1/24 - consistent 2 word utterances5

/24 - consistent 3+ word utterancesM

orphology acquisitiona

ll beginning to mark morphology IF available on his/her board (10 people have morphology markers)

The Pixon Project: Supporting an AAC Language Development CurriculumGail M. Van Tatenhove, MS, CCC-SLP www.vantatenhove.com

•Visual or motor impaired users may need a personal board with fewer words.

•And they are good for first time responders and early language practice.

•But assumed inability to learn is a bad excuse for limiting vocabulary.

•Gail makes sure that a poster with all 400 core words goes on the wall in every class,

•So the teacher knows which words to paraphrase her lessons into and elicit responses from.

• Based on Gail Van Tatenhove’s Pixon series of language

boards, with more words from Gail’s clinical practice, and• 2

6 Highest Frequency Words that 2-3 year olds use for 96.3% of everything they say (Banajee 2003)

Note on bracketed words in titles of slides that follow e.g. 20(26) Gail’s 20-cell board has 26 words as some cells have 2 words e.g. NOT/DON’T.Ours are to have sound added for speech output so each word needs own cell.

I it what again away

mine did here ready

you your do a all

not don’t some that

finished go done the this

gone help is bad different

look see in off good

stop want on out more

I it what again away

mine my did here there ready

you your do a all big

don’t some that differentcome drink done the this good

eat get is not bad little

give go put in out more

help like stop on off

look see want up downFaCE October 2009

I it who what when bad

me myself did again away big

mine my do here there different

you your don’t not now good

done ready happy

come drink is a all little

eat feel get some that more

give go hear the this sad

listen help like trouble how sick

look make put why where silly

say see stop in out

read take tell on off

turn want up down

I it who what when where how why

me myself am look again away bad hot

mine my are make here there big little

you your is open late later careful messy

he she be put not much clean more

him her can read now ready cold other

his hers did say a all different sad

its do see some that dirty same

we they don’t sit the this fast sick

close get done stand these those good silly

come give should stop thing trouble happy slow

drink its will take wait in out

eat go help tell want on off

feel hear let turn watch up down

find listen like try work to

I it who what when where how why

me myself am look again away bad hot

mine my are make here there big little

you your is open late later careful messy

he she be put not much clean more

him her can read now ready cold other

his hers did say a all different sad

its do see some that dirty same

we they don’t sit the this fast sick

close get done stand these those good silly

come give should stop thing trouble happy slow

drink its will take wait in out

eat go help tell want on off

feel hear let turn watch up down

find listen like try work to

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• Toddlers’ Top 26 and First 80 Words

• 100 British National Corpus Top Words

• Researched by Brighton University, 1996

• 347 Adults Top Words (Sue Balandin,)

• Some UK National Literacy Strategy Words

• 174 Stuart Elder Adults

• 300 Mark Israel

• 152 Word Frequency

• Dolch

On a VOCA* we could have ’d, ’ll, ’m, ’re, ’s and ’ve once each ready to add to pronouns

They don’t sound right as separate items in PowerPoint.

8 are missing from following slide, all are on the slide after that – it’s a space issue.

We wanted negatives of all helper verbs but only room for the ones where a separate ’nt wouldn’t sound right – can’t, don’t, aren’t, weren’t.

’nt works well added to could, did, does, had, has, have, should and would.

*VOCA = Voice Output Communication Aid

who whose what what’s +ED ING when how why where where’s andI I‘d am done ask known actually now bad about in as

I‘ll I‘m are had guess knows again really best above inside becauseI‘ve me aren’t has come let almost since better after of but

mine my be have comes like alright so big around off byyou SELF been having finished look always such different at on if

you’ll your being is found made away then first back out oryou‘re yours can isn’t get make even there great before over than

he he’ll can’t may give need ever there’s large between through withhe’s him could might go put here today little down to bodyhis it ‘NT must goes said here’s together many for under daysits it’s did mustn’t going saw just too more from up lot

she she’ll do shall gone say maybe upon most a that placeshe’s her doing should got saying much very next all that’s sidehers we does was help says NOT while one an the thingwe’ll we’re doesn’t were hold see tell wait other any these thingsour SELVES DON’T weren’t hope seeing think want sad every this timeours us people would keep seen thought watch same none those timesthey they’re woman man knew start told went still some which way

they’ll them girl boy know stop turn wish sure ER EST words

their theirs guys kidsknowing

take use work two well LY years

er hello Hey Hi Bye fine good hang on huh hum right whoanah no yeah yep yes mmm O-Oh Oh OK Ooh Ouch Ow

maybe please sorry thank you thanks awesome cool mint sound wicked Yuk Yum

drink eat feel find read seem send try stuff

who whose what what’s +ED ING when how why where where’s andI I‘d am done ask knows actually now bad about in as

I‘ll I‘m are had guess let again really best above inside becauseI’ve me aren’t has come like almost since better after of but

mine my be have comes look alright so big around off byyou you’d been having finished made always such different at on if

you’ll you‘re being is found make away then fine back out oryou’ve your can isn’t get need even there good before over thanyours he can’t may give put ever there’s first between through withhe’d he’ll could might go said here today great down to bodyhe’s him ‘NT must goes saw here’s together large for under dayshis it did mustn’t going say just too little from up lotit’d it’ll do shall gone saying maybe upon many a that placeits it’s doing should got says much very more all that’s side

she she’d does was help see NOT while most an the stuffshe’ll she’s doesn’t were hold seeing tell wait next any these thingher hers DON’T weren’t hope seem think want one every this thingswe we’d SELF would keep seen thought watch other none those time

we’ll we’re SELVES people knew send told went right some which timeswe’ve our woman man know start turn wish sad sure ER way

ours us girl boyknowin

gstop use work same two EST words

they they’d guys kids known take Hello Hey still well LY yearsthey’ll they’re Hi Bye hang on huh hum nah no yeah yep yes

they’ve them er mmm O-Oh Oh OK Ooh Ouch Ow please sorrytheir theirs thank you thanks awesome cool mint sound wicked Yuk Yum whoadrink eat feel find read try home world

what what’s .who I am done gone ING again never about for howI’ll I’m are had got say almost not above from whenme mine be has heard says also now across in wheremy you been have help see always often after of where’s

your yours can is knew sees away so along off whichSELF he can’t might know show during soon around on whosehim his could should known start ever such at up whyshe her did was knows started far then before out andhers it didn’t were leave stop here there below through asits It’s do will let stopped just together between to because

we our does won’t let’s take much too down under butours us doesn’t would like tell must very a some bythey their don’t feel look think near while all that if

theirs them ask find made thought another more an that’s ornothing SELVES bring finished make told bad most any the thanpeople person brought fix need took big next both this with

guys kids call found open try different one every these withoutmother father came gave opened used first only none those untilwoman man change get own wait good other sad body things

girl boy come give put want happy ready same side timebrother sister drink go said watch little right still stuff times

baby children eat goes saw went many round whole thing wayhello Hi bye no yes

The next slides are designs for more words with

7 or 9 changeable non-core words on Slide 1 for talking on a topic without navigating, and

A second slide for alphabet, word parts, numbers, colours, time and date words, more verbs and adjectives and nouns that are core.

Users can add slides with their own words.

Navigating is easier to more concrete words than the abstract core.

Main 2 3 Note: combine words to get outside inside into whatever anyonewho I what has what’s ING when how why about where where’sI’d I’ll am hasn’t happened pick actually quite funny above from whoseI’m I’ve are have hate play again really glad across front andme mine aren’t haven’t hear point against since great after in asmy SELF be is heard push ago so happy along of becauseyou you’d been isn’t help put almost soon hard around off but

you’ll you’re can may hold read already such high at on byyou’ve your can’t might hope ride alright suddenly hot back out eitheryours SELVES could must hurt said also then hungry before over else

he he’d couldn’t musn’t jump saw always there important behind past ifhe’ll he’s did shall keep say away though kind below through orhim his didn’t should knew says during today large between to thanshe she’d do shouldn’t know see even together last bottom top with

she’ll she’s does was known seen ever tomorrow late down under unlessher hers doesn’t wasn’t knows show far tonight later for up untilit it’s don’t were learn shut here too less a some partits we done weren’t leave sit just toward little all that piece

we’d we’ll had would left sleep much upon long an that’s placewe’re we’ve hadn’t wouldn’t let sound near usually low any the sideour ours ask drink let’s stand never very mad both these stuffus they began eat like start not while many each this thing

they’d they’ll believe end listen started now yesterdaymedium every those thingsthey’re they’ve bit fall live stop often yet messy none which timetheir theirs block feel look stopped once beautiful middle sad body timesthem person break find looks take walk best more same nothing way

Main 2 3 finished lose talk walked better most short address pagepeople family bring fix lost tell want big new sick animal paperMum Dad brought follow love think wanted cold next silly answer phone

mother father buy found made thought wants dear nice slow book picture

sister brother call gave make told watchdifficul

told small car problem

grandma granddad came get mean took wear different one still clothes roadwife husband care gets mind tries went easy other sure fun questionlady man cause give name try win enough pretty well home school

women men change go need turn wish fair probably whole house severalgod guys clean goes open turned woke fast ready worse idea sentencegirl boy colour gone opened use woken favourite real worst job street

baby child come got own used work few right wrong lot wordchildren friend draw guess pack wait write full round young money worldMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday date spring summer autumn wintero’clock minute second hour day week weekend month year morningafternoon nightJanuary February March April May June July August September October November December

one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelvethirteen teen fifteen twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety hundredblack blue brown green orange purple red white yellow half number thousandbl br ch cl ai air au aw ea ee ew ie ir ace ack ail ain ake ale ame an setcr dr fl fr oa oi oo or ou ow oy ue and ank ap ash at atch ate aw sortgl gr pl pr 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ay eat ed ell er est ice ickqu sc sch sh Q W E R T Y U I O P ide ight ill in ine ing ink ipsk sl sm sn A S D F G H J K L it ock oke ool op or ore oysp st str sw Z X C V B N M . ? uck ug ump unkth tr tw wh wr by ck ld ly mp nd ng nt

Main 2 3 forget pour uses big bigger biggest air dog mouthMr. Mrs. add grow pretend using easy easier easiest arm dollars music

wives husbands ate hide pull visit far farther farthest bag door noisecouple couples bet hug push waited hard harder hardest bath duck plugdoctor pet bite imagine quit waiting high higher highest battery ease popteacher class brings join ran waits kind kinder kindest bed example potstudent aide called jumped relax wash large larger largest bird eyes roomtherapist driver catch kiss remember yell little littler littlest breakfast face sea

climb laugh run f**king long longer longest cake finger shoeshello hi comes leaves sat low lower lowest catholic floor skinhey bye c’cated lift share mean meaner meanest cave food storyno nah c’cates looked sing near nearer nearest chair form sunyes yep c’c’ting makes spell new newer newest city game swing

yeah oh cook match spelled nice nicer nicest c’c’tion garage tableok maybe cut means spells old older oldest computer hair towel

huh hum dance meant stir pretty prettier prettiest cookies hand toyser um draw meet stops short shorter shortest country head trees

uh-huh ooh dress miss swim slow slower slowest couples homes turtlesouch ow drive move swimming small smaller smallest course horse TVyuk yum drop needs talked actual courses houses water

whoa wow eaten owned talks bloody overly thirsty crew housing yearscool mint eats owns teach dirty probable tired crib jobs

awesome wicked ends paint tells kinds quiet true cup juiceplease sorry fail pay thinks lots smart ugly difference life

sh*t thank you fell placed threw loud strong weak difficulty linethanks welcome fly places throw mostly tall wild dinner lunch

We narrated the PowerPoint stories we made for 2008 International AAC Month.

A speaker icon appeared for each sound.

In PowerPoint 2007 (Windows) we noticed an option on the Format menu is ‘Change Picture’.

In PowerPoint for Mac there’s a button to set the speaker icon transparency to 100%.

We had pictures of core words in our stories.

We put sounds on top of these words and swapped the speaker icons for transparent Gifs.

Piggy’s AAC Phone, June 2008 (Slide 15) www.aacawareness.org

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Click on a word to say it!

This will show Piggy which words are in each word group.

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Note: this is the no-sounds version of this PowerPoint

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Toddlers’ Top 25 Words

We put the top core words on the frames.

Toddlers’ Top 25 Words

We put the top core words on the frames.

More Toddlers’ Early Words

See what you can say with just these few

words.

More Toddlers’ Early Words

See what you can say with just these few

words.

The Winning Ticket, June 2008 (Slide 8) www.aacawareness.org

Click on a word to say it! Note: this is the no-sounds version of this PowerPoint

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