The Talkies® Kit provides theory, tools, and specific steps to implement Nanci Bell and Christy Bonetti's Talkies® program. Talkies® is the primer to the acclaimed Visualizing and Verbalizing® program for students who need simpler, smaller steps of instruction to establish the connection between language and mental imagery.
The Talkies® program aligns with a theory of cognition, Dual Coding Theory, and through sequential steps brings the nonverbal code of imagery to consciousness. The goal is to engage the individual to consciously create and access mental representations and stimulate his or her awareness of the imagery-language connection. Talkies® is not intended to diagnose or be an exclusive treatment for speech-language pathology and audiology disorders.
Talkies® instruction may benefit students with prior third-party diagnoses of expressive language delays or autism spectrum disorders.
This kit contains all the materials you need to implement the Talkies® program:
- Talkies® Teacher's Manual
- Toys
- Colored Felts Box
- Picture to Picture Easel Book
- Large Picture to Picture Posters
- Illustrated Picture Structure Word Cards
- Picture Structure Word Boards
- Talking Cards Box, which includes concepts, articles and connectors, movements, and more
- Magic Door, Window, and Stones
- Word and Sentence Reference
- Picturing Vocabulary! Book
- Picturing Vocabulary! Cards box, including over 400 cards
- Picturing Vocabulary! Tracking Charts
Warning: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
