If your child is working on articulation skills, you can find an excellent description of the Process of Articulation Therapy over at the Mommy Speech Therapy Blog.
Month: March 2020
Ideas to Practice Speech/Language Skills at Home
- Play a game where you hide something and give your child specific directions on how to find it (i.e. Go up the stairs. Turn right and walk to 10 steps. Look behind the pillow.) Then have your child take a turn hiding something and giving you specific directions.
- Play a game where you describe an item and have your child guess what you are talking about. Then have your child take a turn describing an item for you to guess.
- Write a sentence, cut the words apart, mix up the words, and have your child put the words in order.
- Have your child name all the items they can think of that fit in a category (i.e. fruits, vegetables, etc)
- Ask your child imagination questions (i.e. if you were a bird, what would you see when you are flying)
- Have your child make up a story.
- Have your child tell you how two things are alike and how two things are different (i.e. an apple & a banana; a fork & spoon; a car and a motorcycle)
- Simon Says
- Headbandz game (use it for describing items together, turn-taking, predictions – you can write down what the other person says to help you find out what item you have on your head)
- Make a treasure hunt for the kids to find fun toys or snacks
- Name a shape and have your child go around the house and find things that are that shape
- Place objects from around the house (i.e.: spoon, crayon) in a pillowcase or bag and have your child describe to you what each object is using specific characteristics (i.e. size, shape, color, parts, location, group it belongs to)
- Have your child follow directions to work on prepositions (i.e.: in, on, over, under) with your child’s favorite toy. Tell your child to place the toy “under” the chair or “in” the box. After, have them work on their expressive language by having them create the direction using a preposition.
- Wall Bop – Put each alphabet letter on a sticky note and put them on a wall or door. Have the kids throw a beanbag at them. Whatever letter they get, they have to name the letter and something that starts with that letter.
Online Reading Opportunities
Check out some digital books, audiobooks, and magazines online. Many of these websites are offering free access to their content in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Check out some books or audiobooks:
Epic! – digital library
Storyline Online – videos of children’s books read by celebrities
Audible Stories – audible books available for streaming
Scholastic Kids – online books and games
Or, check out some magazines online:
* Highlights Kids
* National Geographic Kids
* TIME for Kids
* Ranger Rick
Online Books
Magazines
Storyline Online
Storyline Online offers videos of celebrities sharing children’s books. You can find them on their website along with an activity guide. The videos are also available on their YouTube channel.
Clark the Shark Activity Guide for Parents
Survey – Student Access to Technology
Our district is trying to gather data about student access to technology. Please fill out this short survey by Monday, March 30. Thank you so much!
Student Access to Technology Survey