Picture Sentence Key Vol. II Household Chores
by Mayer-Johnson, LLC
Help children with autism and other language disorders learn basic sentence construction!
Picture Sentence Key Vol II Household Chores is the follow-up program to Picture Sentence Key, the software that helps teach children the basic sentence construction of “Who” is “doing” “what”. This volume focuses on household chores.
Students build sentences with each word spoken aloud, then an animated picture shows the action of the sentence. The choices include five people, six verbs, and nineteen noun symbols.
Features and Benefits
- Develop Expressive Language Skills
Students develop expressive language skills by building sentences from the words shown on the screen. When a complete sentence has been constructed, the program plays an animation of the activity described to reinforce correct responses. Learning is errorless – only correct answers are accepted. Intrinsic rewards and errorless learning combine to make Picture Sentence Key ideal for independent work.
- Reinforce and Extend Learning
In the manual, you’ll find ideas for reinforcing the concepts with other activities and extending learning for greater generalisation. For example, real-world objects or photographs can be used to reinforce the activities described in the sentences.
- Customise to Meet Every Student’s Needs
It’s easy to tailor Picture Sentence Key to individuals. For example, you can choose how many words are displayed, and whether they include symbol or voice support. Two different modes, normal and quiz, offer additional flexibility. Normal mode allows students to create any valid sentence from the words displayed. In quiz mode, students create a sentence that corresponds to the animated picture.The program allows you to save word lists and setup options, including accessibility settings, for multiple students. It also records student progress so you can easily track difficulty levels, selection errors and more.
Picture Sentence Key is highly structured using PCS symbols. Within that structure, the student can choose what words will go together to make a sentence.
The meaning in each statement is clearly illustrated by an animated picture. The child constructs sentences by clicking on the Picture Communication Symbols. An option is also provided to display only the words so that the child constructs sentences from words.
Picture Sentence Key gives you the flexibility of showing a minimum of pictures: one person, one verb, and one noun, up to a maximum of four people, four verbs, and eight nouns. Start with a small number of pictures and add pictures as the student gains an understanding of the program.
Picture Sentence Key includes options for normal and inverse scan for use with single/dual switch devices. In addition, direct access by mouse, touch screen, IntelliKeys USB are supported. Dwell access for head- or eye-pointing devices are provided.
What’s New in Version 2?
Picture Sentence Key now includes the following new features:
- work with 2-symbol, 3-symbol, or 4-symbol sentences by setting the difficulty level to Easy, Medium, or Hard
- option for dwell mode access: use with head/eye pointing devices, etc.
- averages and more details are included in the Score Report
- scores can be saved to a text file for long-term record keeping
- teacher options are grouped by tabs for ease-of-use
- support for Windows XP and more than one library/volume
For students that are not yet ready to create their own sentences, you can use Picture Sentence Match as an introduction.
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System Requirements
- Windows 95, 98(se), NT4, ME, 2000, XP (not Vista compatible at this time)
- 64MB RAM
- 14MB Disk Space
- Pentium 166MHz Processor or later
- Sound Card
Picture Sentence Key Vol. II Household Chores is targeted at the following age ranges:
- Early Primary
- Mid Primary
Picture Sentence Key Vol. II Household Chores is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Literacy
Users can access Picture Sentence Key Vol. II Household Chores in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
- IntelliKeys
- Touchscreen
- Single Switch
- Multiple Switches
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and technical support visit:
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