First Words Board
A starting board for brand-new communicators: a small, motivating set of words and people, with room to grow into.
These boards are in Irish, printed from the Irish boards in SpeakPad.
PDF · 6 pages · A4 · Portrait · 283 kB · Free to print
Words on this board
Page 1: Baile
- ba mhaith liom
- tuilleadh
- stad
- cabhraigh liom
- sea
- ní hea
- dul
- críochnaithe
- ithe
- ól
- súgradh
- codladh
- Bia
- Daoine
- Mothúcháin
- Bréagáin
- mé
- tú
- cad
- ar
Page 2: Bia
- úll
- banana
- arán
- bainne
- uisce
- sú
- briosca
- cáis
- rís
- sicín
- iógart
- cáca
Page 3: Daoine
- Mamaí
- Daidí
- babaí
- Dia duit
- deartháir
- deirfiúr
- cara
- slán
- Mamó
- Daideo
- múinteoir
- Sábháilteacht
Page 4: Mothúcháin
- sásta
- brónach
- crosta
- scanraithe
- tuirseach
- ocras orm
- gortaithe
- grá
- ar bís
Page 5: Bréagáin
- liathróid
- leabhar
- bábóg
- bloic
- carr
- teidí
- míreanna mearaí
- bolgáin
- ceol
Page 6: Sábháilteacht
- Ná bain dom
- mo chorp
- Ghortaigh duine mé
- Bhuail duine mé
- Ní bhraithim sábháilte
- Ba mhaith liom rud a insint duit
- Inis do dhuine
- rún
Print and keep close
Use A4 paper and the portrait or landscape orientation shown on each card. For US Letter, choose Fit to page. Print every page in a set, check that the words and pictures are easy to see and point to, then keep the pages together. Laminate if useful.
An arrow and number lead to another page in the same PDF. Click the cell on screen, or turn to that page in the printed set. Keep the full set together and return to page 1 for the main board.
Use it together
Point to a picture as you say the word during everyday activities. Give the person time to respond in their own way; they do not have to copy you. Keep a core board nearby when using topic pages so words such as help, stop, and no stay available.
Make your own board in the app
These are starting points. To match someone’s own words, photos, and layout, print their board from SpeakPad. Open Caregiver Mode, tap More, then Print Board. You can choose the orientation and paper size, include linked boards, print each word as a card to cut out, and use larger text or black and white.
These PDFs use SpeakPad symbols. © SpeakPad. The boards are free to download and print.
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