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Home communication boards: clothes, bedroom and TV time

Home communication boards give someone who doesn’t speak, or doesn’t speak much, words for the everyday parts of home: what to wear, what they need at night, helping at the table, calling family and screen time. This page has five free boards to print, from a clothes communication board with too tight and itchy to five more minutes on the tablet.

Each board is one page. Print the PDF, or add the board to the Tap AAC app, where every button on the page says its words out loud.

My clothes

Eighteen clothes with I want at the top, and the words for when clothes don’t feel right: too big, too small, too tight, itchy, wet. Zip, button and tie my shoes ask for the help that’s needed.

Printable clothes communication board with I and want. Clothes: shirt, long sleeves, pants, jeans, shorts, leggings, dress, skirt, sweater, hoodie, jacket, coat, pajamas, underwear, socks, shoes, sandals, cap. Talk: this one, my favorite, too big, too small, too tight, itchy, help me, zip, button, tie my shoes, dirty, wet.
My clothes (one page), to print or to add to Tap AAC.

My clothes PDF US Letter, 1 page, 1,037 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,037 KB) · A4 PDF (1,037 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,038 KB) · A4 PDF (1,038 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,144 KB) · How to add a board

My bedroom

Things in the room, and what a person needs at night: lights off, door open, too dark, I’m scared, I had a bad dream, I can’t sleep, read to me. Keep it by the bed, where those words are needed.

Printable my bedroom board. In my room: bed, pillow, blanket, teddy bear, lamp, night light, closet, dresser, toy box, books, window, curtains. At night: lights on, lights off, door open, door closed, too dark, I’m scared, I had a bad dream, I can’t sleep, read to me, hug, too hot, too cold. Bedtime and morning: pajamas, slippers, alarm clock, good night, sleep, wake up.
My bedroom (one page), to print or to add to Tap AAC.

My bedroom PDF US Letter, 1 page, 1,101 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,101 KB) · A4 PDF (1,101 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,101 KB) · A4 PDF (1,103 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,219 KB) · How to add a board

Setting the table

Eight numbered steps to a ready table, from wash hands to dinner’s ready!, and a second row for after the meal: clear my plate, dishes in the sink, wipe the table, push in my chair. A first household job a child can do every day.

Printable setting the table visual: steps wash hands, plates, cups, forks and spoons, napkins, the food, dinner’s ready!, sit down. After we eat: clear my plate, scraps in the trash, dishes in the sink, wipe the table, push in my chair, wash the dishes. Talk: I can help, help me, please, thank you, great job, all done.
Setting the table (one page), to print or to add to Tap AAC.

Setting the table PDF US Letter, 1 page, 728 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (728 KB) · A4 PDF (728 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (729 KB) · A4 PDF (728 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 828 KB) · How to add a board

Calling family

Who to call, and what to say on the call: hello, how are you?, I miss you, look at this, I can’t hear you, see you later. On a video call, hold the board up so the other person can see it.

Printable calling family board with I and want. Call: Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, a friend, cousins. On the call: hello, how are you?, I’m fine, I love you, I miss you, look at this, I can hear you, I can’t hear you, say it again, wait, see you later, bye. Phone: phone call, video call, send a message, photos, louder, quieter.
Calling family (one page), to print or to add to Tap AAC.

Calling family PDF US Letter, 1 page, 987 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (987 KB) · A4 PDF (987 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (989 KB) · A4 PDF (989 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,104 KB) · How to add a board

Tablet and TV time

Choose what to watch or play, take turns, and say when it isn’t working (it’s not working, charge it, louder). When time’s up, the last row has six things to do next, from board game to play outside, which can make the switch easier.

Printable tablet and TV time board with I and want. Watch and play: tablet, TV, video game, a movie, cartoons, music, photos, computer, headphones, charger, remote, take a photo. Talk: my turn, your turn, again, wait, help, it’s not working, charge it, louder, quieter, five more minutes, time’s up, all done. Time for something else: board game, cards, book, play outside, draw, blocks.
Tablet and TV time (one page), to print or to add to Tap AAC.

Tablet and TV time PDF US Letter, 1 page, 1,199 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,199 KB) · A4 PDF (1,199 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,200 KB) · A4 PDF (1,201 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,316 KB) · How to add a board

The 5 boards at a glance

BoardButtonsPagesName in the Tap AAC app
My clothes321“My clothes”
My bedroom301“My bedroom”
Setting the table201“Setting the table”
Calling family261“Calling family”
Tablet and TV time321“Tablet and TV time”

Every board is also a ready-made page in the Tap AAC app, under the name in the last column: search the app’s Page library for it. Printed together, the 5 boards make a small communication book on this topic: keep them in a binder or folder, with the one used most at the front (tips for communication books).

How to use the home boards

  1. One board, one place. The clothes board inside the closet door, the bedroom board by the bed, the table board on the fridge, the screen time board by the TV.
  2. Use it at the moment it’s needed. Hold up two shirts and point to this one; point to five more minutes before the timer goes, not after.
  3. Make it about this home. Glue a photo of the real grandma over the picture, cross out what your family doesn’t have, and write in what’s missing.
  4. Count the small words. Itchy, too dark and it’s not working can head off a hard moment, because the person can say what’s wrong.

For the steps of getting dressed there is the getting dressed visual schedule, and for bedtime, the bedtime routine chart.

All the boards are free to print and share (terms of use). The “Add to Tap AAC” files are Open Board Format (.obz) files: Tap AAC opens each one as the printed page, and other AAC apps that open .obz files show it as a grid of buttons. How to add a board to Tap AAC.

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These boards and guides are general information, not therapy or medical advice, and they don’t replace a speech therapist. A speech therapist who knows the person can help choose the right words, pictures and layout. The boards are free to print and share; please don’t sell them (terms of use). Questions about the boards? Email support@lmnoplabs.fun.