Others have a difficult time hearing the difference in the words. Some persons may never be able to form those words and may need an augmentative communication device with symbols such as the Mayer-Johnson symbols. Hearing the words over and over is enough reinforcement for some students. Possible places in the empty form are highlighted. When the correct placement is scanned, the learner presses the access device and the puzzle piece will move into place.
Language is symbolic.
It also makes order order out of many different combinations of sounds. Puzzles make order out of a variety of symbolic pieces. In addition, these puzzles have the same images as in the Teach Me to Talk activity with the same spoken words. Puzzles provide another way to approach the same theme. Sometimes children need to learn to put puzzles together.