A song about lights, music, and making requests
This song about having a dance party at home is a carefully crafted song that models the core words on and off.
The words on and off are important core vocabulary words, which often function like action words for little ones. They use this core language to make requests for actions, like getting help with putting shoes on and taking a jacket off. Because these core vocab words are often missing from the vocabularies of little ones with speech and language delays, this song provides lots of repetition.
Other target words in this song include: lights, all done, again, stop, and hot. To help little ones with putting word combinations together, different words are combined with “in” and “out” to make lots of two and three-word combinations (like “turn it on” and “take it off”).
Adults and kids alike love the On and Off core vocabulary song!
This video brings music and speech therapy strategies together with AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). The symbols for the core words featured in the song are shown on screen as the lyrics play. An index finger touches the corresponding core word symbol for each word in time with the lyrics to provide aided language stimulation.
This video is perfect for parents wondering how to get started with modeling core words and AAC at home.