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Description
Bring meaningful, inclusive communication into your Early Learning service, home, therapy room or classroom with our Children’s Key Word Sign (CKWS) Poster featuring 16 essential signs for toys and games. This evidence-based resource supports speech and language development, AAC modelling, early play skills, social connection and emotional expression.
Designed for educators, OTs, Speech Language Pathologists, Play Therapists, Music Therapists, support workersand families, this poster helps adults model signs linked to items children genuinely want to communicate about — increasing motivation, attention and successful communication attempts.
Why this poster works
Research shows that to establish an effective signing environment, children must see signs connected to high-interest, meaningful objects. Toys and playful materials are ideal early motivators.
To support this, Sunshine Sign and Sing selected the most iconic, easy-to-learn signs for 16 everyday play items — helping children sign back earlier, more consistently and with confidence.
What’s included: 16 Children’s Key Word Signs
Ball (most iconic sign)
Blocks
Bubbles (most iconic sign)
Car
Digger
Dinosaur
Doll
Drawing
Dress Up
Game
Painting
Play Dough
Sand
Shop
Teddy Bear
Toy
A QR code on the poster links directly to video tutorials for each sign, helping educators, therapists and families model signs accurately and consistently.
About Children’s Key Word Sign (CKWS)
Children’s Key Word Sign is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tool that uses Auslan signs, gestures, facial expressions and speech to support communication.
CKWS benefits:
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Children with communication delays
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Neurodivergent children
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Babies and toddlers
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Neurotypical children learning language through gesture
Research repeatedly shows that children and adults tend to produce iconic signs first. Where multiple sign options exist, Sunshine Sign and Sing always selects the most iconic version, aligning with evidence-based AAC and sign-supported communication practices.
This poster is 100% Australian made.
