Minspeak for Kids By Gail M Van Tatenhove

Minspeak for Kids By Gail M. Van Tatenhove

An instructional booklet for use in inclusive classrooms ©Gail M. Van Tatenhove, 2005 Minspeak® is a registered trademark of Semantic Compaction Systems.

Your friend uses a very special machine to talk with you.

Which one does your friend use?

Your friend’s machine has many, many words and sentences in it.

The machine TALKS, but only when you follow the rules.

The name for these special rules is …….

I know you can tell me the names of these pictures, but can you find them on your friend’s machine?

This is an APPLE. That is the NAME of the picture. But it can mean other things too.

Try This One!

Try One More!

Let’s push the picture on the machine and try to make it say one of those words.

Here are some Important Friends that need to come along!

What picture do you need? What friend comes along?

What picture do you need? What friend comes along?

What picture do you need? What friend comes along?

Patterns make learning the codes very easy. Once you learn the pictures and the patterns, learning Minspeak is easy!

Explore New Friends and A New Pattern

Time for a Test! What are the Four Rules of Minspeak?

The 4 Rules of Minspeak 1. Minspeak uses pictures 2. Minspeak pictures mean more than 1 thing. 3. Minspeak pictures go together, like friends, before they talk. 4. Minspeak pictures go together in patterns.

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