A full, play-based swimming circle-time block — pool, splashing, rubber ducks, goggles, life jackets & water safety rules. Tap any picture to hear the word out loud, so your AAC and emerging communicators can join every step. Project it, or print it for a hands-on station.
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Circle Time Visual Schedule
Tap each step as you finish it. Predictable order = calm, regulated group.
💡 Tap a step to check it off (tap again to undo).
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Swimming Vocabulary Board
Tap a picture to hear the word. Big visuals for joint attention + labeling.
Point toMatchLabelAAC request
Show me the duck.
Touch goggles.
What is it?
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“We Go Swimming” Interactive Book
Read together. Tap “Read this page” for audio, “Answer” to reveal the target.
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Pack the Pool Bag
Real props: a swimsuit, goggles, a towel. Teacher: “What do we need for the pool?”
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What do we pack for the pool?
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Water Safety Sorting: Safe vs. Not Safe
Tap a card to see if it is ✅ safe or ✋ not safe at the pool.
💡 Print this page and have learners physically sort onto a SAFE / NOT SAFE mat.
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Water Safety Routine
Practice the pool routine together — great gross-motor imitation.
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ASK
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WALK
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JACKET
Motor imitationSafety skill
Ask a grown-up… walk to the pool… life jacket on!
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Fish Color Match
Tap a fish, then tap its matching pool — “Put the red fish in the red pool.”
🐟 Fish
🏊 Pools
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Receptive Identification Game
Tap a prompt, then have your learner find it. Correct = celebrate!
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Rubber Duck Counting
Tap each duck to count. “How many ducks in the pool?”
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Songs
Sing together for rhythm, anticipation, and vocal imitation.
Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Swim, swim, swim your arms, splashing in the pool.
Kick, kick, kick your legs, the water feels so cool!
Ask a grown-up, walk — don't run, swimming safe is swimming fun!
Hello & Goodbye
🎶 Hello, friends, hello! We're so glad you're here.
Let's have some swimming fun today, Give a great big cheer! 🎉
🎶 Goodbye, friends, goodbye! You did so well today!
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Swimming Movement Game
Draw an action card and do the move together. Re-engages the whole group.
Tap any cell to speak it aloud. Keep this up the whole group so AAC learners can participate throughout.
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For Every Learner — Tiered Ideas
Same activities, three levels of challenge. Tap any WH question to hear it — perfect for modeling, and for your high-flyers working on who / what / where.
Level 1
Emerging
Point to the picture I name
Match same-to-same
Tap “I want ___” to request
Copy one action (splash, kick, paddle)
Level 2
Building
Label it — “What is it?”
Fill the blank — “We swim in the ___”
Follow “Give me the ___”
Put two words together — “more splash”
Level 3
Advanced
Answer who / what / where (below)
Describe it — color + size (“a big blue pool”)
Tell me one water-safety rule
Answer “why” — “Why do we walk by the pool?”
🙋 WH Questions — tap a question to hear it
WHO?
WHAT?
WHERE?
Tie it to the room: the Safe vs. Not Safe sort answers “why?”, the Vocabulary board answers “what?”, and the book answers “who?”