Colourful Semantics Apps
Quick and easy resources to practise Colourful Semantics in 6 different ways!
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Created by a certified Speech-Language Therapist, these are resources which you can use in speech and language therapy, at school or at home to help improve sentence skills.
What is Colourful Semantics?
Colourful Semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is aimed at helping children to develop their grammar but it is rooted in the meaning of words (semantics).
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Colourful Semantics reassembles sentences by cutting them up into their thematic roles and then colour codes them. The approach has 4 key colour-coded stages. There are further stages for adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions and negatives.
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WHO – Orange
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DOING – Yellow
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WHAT – Green
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WHERE – Blue
6 different ways to practice...
Colourful Semantics Classic
Simply drag the right card from the multiple choice answers into the correct place in the sentence.
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Colourful Semantics Sorting
Drag the sentence cards into the correct post boxes to complete each challenge. It's fun, intuitive, and keeps learners coming back for more.
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Colourful Semantics Silly Mix
Using a starting verb, add more words to the sentence. Practise the sentence every time you add a new word to it. The words can be rearranged at any time. The goal is to create the longest and silliest sentence!
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Colourful Semantics Fill Gaps
A photo is shown alongside a sentence with a missing word. The task is to type in the missing word.
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Colourful Semantics Find Words
A sentence and coloured highlighters are shown on the screen. Select a highlighter and click on a part of the text to highlight it in the correct colour. Then complete the multiple choice comprehension questions which follow.
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Colourful Semantics Sequencing
Choose an activity from our selection to get started and then simply drag the correct card into the correct slot for each question.
Customise to your needs!
You can customise the TTS voice, choose between American or British English...
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and alter activity specific settings such as the number of semantic elements to choose the difficulty.
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Online Colourful Semantics Training with ITS
What: ITS will run through the Colourful Semantics approach and also provide you with inspiration for classroom implementation
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Presenters: Integrated Treatment Services
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When: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:30 - 20:30 GMT+5:30
Please note the timezone for this training is BST (UK Time).
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Where: Online on Platform
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It is important to be trained in Colourful Semantics before using the approach. We recommend training with Integrated Treatment Services, as their training has been developed alongside the creator Alison Bryan.
Integrated Treatment Services also provide a digital Colourful Semantics assessment which will help you to baseline your student’s progress using our Colourful Semantics app.
