WALC 8 Word Finding Workbook of Activities for Language and Cognition

These ready-to-use activities tap into many facets of cognitive-linguistic processing that contribute to word retrieval:
- vocabulary - reasoning
- problem solving - deduction
- convergent thinking - divergent thinking
- thought flexibility - logic
- general knowledge - creativity

The activities are organized into five skill areas:
Answering Questions-general information questions require short-answer responses
Building Categorization Skills-name items by category and add items to a category
Using Word Relationships-work with opposites, synonyms, and homonyms
Using Word Strategies-variety of approaches to stimulate word retrieval: use word puzzles, chaining, letter and syllable cues, definitions, and rhymes.
Naming and Selecting Pictures-name pictures and select pictures by the letter they begin with
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