Speech and Language Therapy – Core Key Word Sign Vocabulary

Thank you for attending the Children’s key word sign training for Speech Therapists and Allied Health professionals. Please find below:
- Core Vocabulary for Speech and Language Therapy and Allied Health Professionals
- Information on Children’s Key Word Signs
- Sing and Sign Videos
- Watermarked Communication Boards (covered in training)
Information on Children’s Key Word Signing
What is Children’s Key Word Sign?
Differences: Auslan vs Children’s Key Word Sign
How to Sign
Recognising Signs
When to sign
Parental Portal
To aid the parents and carers, Sunshine Sign and Sing have created a parental portal. This can be shared to all the parents and carers of the children that attend your therapy. It has some information on what CKWS is and provides them with 24 video tutorials for starter signs and links to our free resources. Click the button below to access our parental portal.
Core Vocabulary
The Core Vocabulary provides you with over 100 signs to assist your families and yourself during therapy. It has been split into Starter Signs, Core Signs, Playroom Signs, Feelings and What’s Wrong. Please refer to the table of contents to find the sign you require.
Click on the pictures to see video tutorials of the signs

The symbols used in the pictures are boardmaker symbols as these are most used by AAC users.
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Starter Signs
Bed

Book

Brother

Brush Hair

Brush Teeth

Cold

Dad

Drink

Eat / Food

Family

Finished

Friend

Get Dressed

Help

Home

Hot (feeling)

Hot (object)

Kind

Love

More

Mum

Next / Turn

Now

Line Up

Look / See / Watch

Nappy

Pack

Play

Please

Ready

Share

Sister

Sit

Sorry

Stop

Thank you

Toilet

Wait

Praise
Excellent

Good

Good Work

Okay

Core Signs
Again

Come

Different

Go

I / Me / Mine

Like / Dislike

No / Not

Same

Want

Which / Or

Yes

You / Your

Playroom Signs
Ball

Blocks

Dinosaur

Doll

Drawing

Dress Up

Play Dough

Sand

Teddy Bear

Toy

Feelings
Angry

Bored

Brave

Calm

Excited

Feel

Frustrated

Full

Happy

Proud

Sad

Scared

Sick

Silly

Worried

What’s Wrong?
Breathe

Bright

Difficult

Hug

Hungry

Loud

Mean

Need A Break

Pain

Thirsty

Tired

Uncomfortable

Question Signs
What

When

Where

Why

Songs
Click the left images for pop up tutorials of the signs. Click the right image for pop up sing and sign along video of the song.
I Had a Little Turtle


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Communication Boards
Blocks


To purchase the blocks communication boards and access to video tutorials of the signs please click here.
Mealtime


To purchase the mealtime communication boards and access to video tutorials of the signs please click here.
Transport


To purchase the transport communication boards and access to video tutorials of the signs please click here.
Play Dough


To purchase the play dough communication boards and access to video tutorials of the signs please click here.