BLAST

[AnonyMouse_1469]

I went on some 'training' for this yesterday, and am still trying to work out what each 'family set' is! has anyone done this and can offer some help?

[AnonyMouse_19762]

I went on some 'training' for this yesterday, and am still trying to work out what each 'family set' is! has anyone done this and can offer some help?

Never heard of it :blink: should I have?

Do enlighten please :1b

[AnonyMouse_1469]

it's BoostingLanguage Auditory Skills & Talking ( hence 'Blast') and it costs £185 per pack, we were given them free of charge.Itsaimed at 3-5 year olds

[AnonyMouse_19762]

it's BoostingLanguage Auditory Skills & Talking ( hence 'Blast') and it costs £185 per pack, we were given them free of charge.Itsaimed at 3-5 year olds

Oooh - sounds very interesting :1b

Shame I haven't got a spare £185

[AnonyMouse_1469]

I haven't either, crazy amount of money!

[Guest]

I do BLAST in my nursery, but not sure exactly what you want to know.

[AnonyMouse_22106]

Never heard of it and I thought you were swearing !!!

[AnonyMouse_26037]

Never heard of it and I thought you were swearing !!!

Me too - for an awful moment I thought Ofsted had changed their minds again but then decided that the words you'd use in that situation probably couldn't be written down!

[Guest]

The family is ... Mum, Dad, Bramble, Thorn, Nanna and Grandad - each member is pictured doing 5 different things - eating, drinking, sleeping, dancing and reading. Not sure if that is what you wanted.

[AnonyMouse_1469]

Thanks devonmaid.....................it just said use set 1 of the family cards, then set 2, then 3 etc............but not which pictures ae in which set?

[Guest]

Are you doing BLAST 1 or 2? BLAST 2 is relatively new and is being used in our reception classes; in nursery I use BLAST 1.

I have some assessment/recording sheets that I devised if they would be of any use to you.

[AnonyMouse_5664]

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Are you doing BLAST 1 or 2? BLAST 2 is relatively new and is being used in our reception classes; in nursery I use BLAST 1.

I have some assessment/recording sheets that I devised if they would be of any use to you.

Do you like Blast, Devonmaid?

[Guest]

Yes and no - the first 3 weeks are good; the activities interest the children - especially the listening activities using the CD sounds. After that the children get fidgety and have to wait too long for their turn, even if I have only 4 in the group; because of this I have made changes and do not follow the activities exactly as the programme suggests. With regard to its success: for some children it has a real impact in terms of sharing and turntaking or confidence, for others it works well in both these areas - but only during the BLAST activity (they fail to use their learning e.g. turntaking, in a wider context) and for others there is no impact at all. It can, of course, be used as an assessment tool for understanding concepts - but I often find that I already knew that e.g. X could not match/recognise colours or can hear the onset in words (gate/date) - and of course some of the picture cards are rather obscure (save/shave or yawn/lawn). On the whole, the children love it for the first 3 weeks, but are not so keen to leave their play after that.