Using VOIS Every Day
VOIS becomes most useful when it is part of ordinary life. These four examples show how you can model communication during familiar routines without turning the moment into a lesson.
Keep it naturalTalk, model a useful word, and carry on with the activity.
Start with a few wordsYou do not need to model every card or build a category for every routine.
Follow your childRespond to speech, gestures, sounds, pointing and VOIS.
Mealtimes
Use foods that are actually present and model specific items alongside useful core words.
See the mealtime example →
Playtime
Use motivating activities to model go, stop, more, help, my turn and your turn.
See the playtime example →
Getting Dressed
Support choices, clothing vocabulary, sequencing and independence with familiar items.
See the dressing example →
Bath Time
Model high-value words such as more, stop, help, hot, cold, wash and finished.
See the bath-time example →Remember: these are examples. Use the same approach in other parts of your child’s day where communication support is useful. You do not need a separate VOIS category for every routine.