Laurie Smith (one of HADSA's parents) shared her expertise on how to make our own storybooks and how to adapt ones you already have. Here are Laurie's notes and the PowerPoint template for creating interactive storybooks.
Meeting Notes
PowerPoint Template (must have PowerPoint to open)
Here are some links that Laurie recommended
Interactive Books:
Hear and See Books (also has some interactive baby/toddler/preschool games)
Bookflix (scholastic) free trial
Hearing Journey: free weekly activities
Raz-kids free samples
Tumblebooks (free access through Jefferson County Library)
Children's Storybook (one talking/animated.. many silent books)
Starfall (free - has really expanded - lots of interactive stories)
Kindersay (free picture vocabulary - video activities)
Writing/Blogs:
AAC family Josh's photos
Pixwriter (and also lots of free sharing pages - don't need PixWriter for them)
Creating PowerPoint Talking Books (tutorial) (8 page version)
(36 page version of PowerPoint TalkingBook tutorial)
Baby Games:
Boardmaker Resources:
Mayer-Johnson (view Version 6 capabilities)(free Activity of the Month downloads) (Web training)
Boardmaker Group:(where I get MOST of my files)
(very active group, lots of sharing, have to have Boardmaker and register as a member)
Misc.:
Challenged America: ($500 Grant) (I've known families to get touch windows)