Bubbles

A symbol chart to support communication while playing with bubbles.
It is available in five layouts (choose the option below) to support different access methods:
<ol>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 1 – 8 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 2 – 16 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 3 – 30 symbols</li>
<li>Eye pointing – 6 symbols</li>
<li>Hand (or other body part) pointing – 6 symbols</li>
</ol>
Learn more about the options for customisation offered and how they can help to meet needs your learners needs by <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/blog/customisable_symbol_charts">clicking here</a>.

For more information about creating symbol based materials click <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/getting-started-with-paper-based-symbol-resources">here to access our Getting Started with Paper-Based Symbol Resources eBook</a>
<a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/all?category=symbol-charts">Click here to download free symbol based AAC charts featuring core words.</a>
<a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/learning/search?category=communication">Visit Ace Centre Learning for live and on demand training courses on introducing symbol based AAC here</a>

Getting Started with Core Words

This leaflet is a starting point for introducing the concept and importance of core words to people who are creating symbol based AAC materials.
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Dolly

A symbol chart to support communication while playing with dolls.
It is available in five layouts (choose the option below) to support different access methods:
<ol>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 1 – 8 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 2 – 16 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 3 – 30 symbols</li>
<li>Eye pointing – 6 symbols</li>
<li>Hand (or other body part) pointing – 6 symbols</li>
</ol>
Learn more about the options for customisation offered and how they can help to meet needs your learners needs by <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/blog/customisable_symbol_charts">clicking here</a>.

This fully revised and updated illustrated guide describes what’s required to construct and use a communication book with a preliterate individual.  This second edition builds on all that was good about the original, much loved guide, incorporating the wealth of experience of the full Ace Centre team.  The guide offers clarity for parents, carers and professionals in developing communication books that progressively help people to communicate an increasing number of messages.  
The guide sets out:
<ul>
<li>An updated, stable core vocabulary that is available from every topic page to promote its use.  The core vocabulary is developed through five stages and includes a newly simplified Stage One.</li>
<li>Ideas for developing a fringe vocabulary that can meet an individual’s interests, needs and varied environments, with plenty of examples included.</li>
<li>A continued promotion of the communication of rich ideas through symbols rather than the production of grammatically correct sentences for face-to-face communication.</li>
<li>A new approach to organising pages and accessing vocabulary with a suggested menu, tabs and supports for navigating around the book.</li>
<li>The importance of a communication partner who is taught, through the guide, to use and model the symbols during communication and to support and scaffold the learner’s own communication attempts.</li>
</ul>
<div class="rounded-img wp-image-2831 size-thumbnail aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-20-at-15.44.40-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></div>
The guide itself with its sample pages is presented in an A5 file, but a learner’s communication book can easily be created at A4 size if this is preferred.  Templates for use with most resource making software are available for download along with worksheets to assist in generating page and vocabulary ideas. Download the templates here:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-BM6-Templates-2.25.zip">Boardmaker V6 Templates </a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-BM7-Templates-2.25.zip">Boardmaker V7 Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-InPrint-3-Templates-2.25.zip">InPrint3 Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://backend.acecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DUCB-Ace-Centre-MindExpress-Templates-2.25.zip">MindExpress Templates</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/resources/identifying-vocabulary-to-personalise-aac/">Identifying Vocabulary to personalise my book</a></li>
</ul>
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DUCB - Developing and Using a Communication Book

More options

title

Symbol System

Select how you would like the chart to be laid out, ie finger, hand or eye pointing

Layout

core-border

Font

Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface

OpenDyslexic is a typeface designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia

Atkinson Hyperlegible focuses on letterform distinction to increase character recognition, ultimately improving readability.

Comic Neue is an original reinterpretation of the classic, Comic Sans.

non-core-border

cover

Change the background colour of the chart. Select white to save printer ink.

Background colour

Cell colour

Text colour

Title text colour

The space between the cells. This will also affect the size of the cells.

Cell spacing

The space on the outside edges of the page. This will also affect the size of the cells.

Page spacing

Label position

Copyright Notice

rows

columns

orders

let-it-go

let-it-go-core

let-it-go-non-core

fold

fold-core

fold-non-core

sponge

sponge-core

sponge-non-core

soap

soap-core

soap-non-core

shampoo

shampoo-core

shampoo-non-core

towel

towel-core

towel-non-core

house

house-core

house-non-core

circle

circle-core

circle-non-core

triangle

triangle-core

triangle-non-core

bridge

bridge-core

bridge-non-core

brown

brown-core

brown-non-core

film

film-core

film-non-core

tv-core

tv-non-core

watch

watch-core

watch-non-core

cartoon

cartoon-core

cartoon-non-core

silly

silly-core

silly-non-core

choose

choose-core

choose-non-core

bed-core

bed-non-core

hungry

hungry-core

hungry-non-core

food

food-core

food-non-core

tired

tired-core

tired-non-core

change

change-core

change-non-core

clothes

clothes-core

clothes-non-core

love

love-core

love-non-core

nappy

nappy-core

nappy-non-core

lose

lose-core

lose-non-core

listen

listen-core

listen-non-core

song

Bath

A symbol chart to support communication around taking bath.
It is available in five layouts (choose the option below) to support different access methods:
<ol>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 1 – 8 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 2 – 16 symbols</li>
<li>Finger pointing Stage 3 – 30 symbols</li>
<li>Eye pointing – 6 symbols</li>
<li>Hand (or other body part) pointing – 6 symbols</li>
</ol>
Learn more about the options for customisation offered and how they can help to meet needs your learners needs by <a href="https://acecentre.org.uk/blog/customisable_symbol_charts">clicking here</a>.

15 - Widgit

15 - PCS

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Bath

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