WH questions visual, colors and numbers: free AAC boards

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.

Question words

The six question words in a row, twelve ready questions (what’s that?, how many?, what happened?, are you okay?), ways to answer (yes, no, I don’t know, let me think), and a row for finding out more: I have a question, tell me, show me, say it again.

Question words PDF US Letter, 1 page, 1,157 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,157 KB) · A4 PDF (1,157 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (1,158 KB) · A4 PDF (1,159 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,276 KB) · How to add a board

Opposites

Twelve pairs of opposites side by side, so the person points to one and then its pair: big and little, hot and cold, full and empty, in and out, same and different. The last words, more, not, very and too much, change any of them.

Opposites PDF US Letter, 1 page, 941 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (941 KB) · A4 PDF (941 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (941 KB) · A4 PDF (941 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 1,030 KB) · How to add a board

Colors and shapes

Twelve colors and twelve shapes, from circle and square to hexagon, cube and cone, with I see at the top and what color is it?, what shape is it?, same, different and find it for games. Point to a color and a shape together: “I see red circle.”

Colors and shapes PDF US Letter, 1 page, 920 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (920 KB) · A4 PDF (921 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (922 KB) · A4 PDF (922 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 999 KB) · How to add a board

Numbers and counting

Big number keys from 1 to 20, and the words for counting and comparing: how many?, count, more, fewer, all, none, first, next, last, add, half and roll the dice for board games.

Numbers and counting PDF US Letter, 1 page, 414 KB

Portrait (tall page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (414 KB) · A4 PDF (414 KB)

Landscape (wide page, 1 page): US Letter PDF (414 KB) · A4 PDF (414 KB)

Have Tap AAC? Add to Tap AAC (.obz file, 452 KB) · How to add a board

The 4 boards at a glance

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 4 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 WH questions visual

1. Ask with the board, not just your voice. Point to where as you ask “Where is the cat?” Seeing the question word helps the person understand what kind of answer you want.
2. Give the answers a place too. Point out I don’t know and let me think. Both are good answers, and they are better than a guess.
3. Turn it around. Let the person ask you. Children who use AAC are asked many questions and get few chances to ask their own.
4. Start with what and where, which most children learn first, and add why and how later.

Games with the other boards

Play “find it” with the colors and shapes board: one person names a color and a shape, the other finds something in the room that matches. Use the numbers board with a real die in any board game, pointing to the number before moving. The opposites board works with toys and the bath: full and empty cups, wet and dry towels, on and off the light.

For classroom routines there is the classroom visual schedule, and for the day, date and weather, the weather and calendar board.

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.