{"id":63,"date":"2020-03-17T12:58:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/?p=63"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:58:35","slug":"speech-language-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/2020\/03\/17\/speech-language-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech &#038; Language Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Parents,<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a list of ideas to help your children develop their speech and language skills while we are off:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Speech-and-Language-Home-Suggestions-for-Emergencies-for-SLPs-FREEBIE-5317375\">Speech and Language Home Suggestions for Emergencies Handout<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Play a game where you hide something and give your child specific directions on how to find it (i.e. Go up the stairs.&nbsp; 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Play a game where you describe an item and have your child guess what you are talking about.&nbsp; Then have your child take a turn describing an item for you to guess.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Write a sentence, cut the words apart, mix up the words, and have your child put the words in order.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have your child name all the items they can think of that fit in a category (i.e. fruits, vegetables, etc)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask your child imagination questions (i.e. if you were a bird, what would you see when you are flying)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have your child make up a story.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have your child tell you how two things are alike and how two things are different (i.e. an apple &amp; a banana; a fork &amp; spoon; a car and a motorcycle)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Simon Says<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Headbandz game (use it for describing items together, turn-taking, predictions &#8211; you can write down what the other person says to help you find out what item you have on your head)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make a treasure hunt for the kids to find fun toys or snacks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Name a shape and have your child go around the house and find things that are that shape<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Place objects from around the house (i.e.: spoon, crayon)&nbsp; in a pillow case 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)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have your child follow directions to work on prepositions (i.e.: in, on, over, under) with your child\u2019s favorite toy.&nbsp; Tell your child to place the toy \u201cunder\u201d the chair or \u201cin\u201d the box.  After, have them work on their expressive language by having them create the direction using a preposition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/whatmomslove.com\/kids\/active-indoor-games-activities-for-kids-to-burn-energy\/\">https:\/\/whatmomslove.com\/kids\/active-indoor-games-activities-for-kids-to-burn-energy\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wall Bop &#8211; Put each alphabet letter on a sticky note and put them on a wall or door.&nbsp; 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superduperinc.com\/promotions\/freetrial.aspx\">HearBuilder Online Free Trial<\/a> &nbsp; Hear Builder is a great way for your child to work on following directions, phonological awareness, auditory memory, and sequencing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/busybeespeech.com\/\">https:\/\/busybeespeech.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, Here is a list of ideas to help your children develop their speech and language skills while we are off: Speech and Language Home Suggestions for Emergencies Handout Play a game where you hide something and give your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/2020\/03\/17\/speech-language-activities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":833,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/833"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rainesm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}