FEBRUARY    Child’s name:______________________
FUN ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE GOOD SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

This month as you are doing these everyday activities involve your child as described below

 

 

ACTIVITY:	GO TO PRESCHOOL SPEECH WEBSITE!!	SHARE THE LOVE	WORD GAMES you can play at home or in the car
WEEK 1:	The website address is :  http://hpreschoolspeech.blogspot.com Find the sound you are working on in speech and watch the video	Stack candy hearts into a tower.  Count how high you can go before they fall	Ask your child to name as many things as possible that you see: In the living room In the car In the bedroom Out the car window Things that are blue
WEEK 2:	Find a gross motor activity to do on the website (hint:  it has to do with balloons)	Valentine Hide and Seek Hide a valentine.  Give clues, like “did you look behind a chair”, “did you look under a table”?  Allow your child to have a chance to hide the Valentine	Find these items in your house and ask your child what they do with each one: Shoe Spatula Fork Spoon Sponge soap
WEEK 3:	Find a valentine activity on the website to play.	Valentine Fishing Game Tie 3 feet of string to a wooden spoon. Attach a magnet to the end of the string. Cut and laminate many different colored, and sized hearts from construction paper (not too big though). Attach a paper clip to each heart. Spread the heart shapes on the floor and let your child try to catch the hearts. Have them try to catch the red heart.. or the biggest heart. For a twist, label the hearts with letters or numbers. Ask the children to catch a specific heart, or ask them which heart they caught.	Association Game: What goes with the following: Shoe Pencil Scissors Chair
WEEK 4:	STEAL MY HEART FINE MOTOR GAME:  Find a fine motor activity on the website (hint:  it has to do with chopsticks and candy hearts)	Heart Card Match Remove the heart card from a deck of old playing cards. Cut the cards in half so one number or letter is on each half. Ask the children to pick one card, then find it's other half.	Try to line up 4-5 items and play the “what is missing” game.  I like this game!!

Place a check in the boxes as you complete the task.
Thanks, and have fun! 

Basic Concepts: Where Is Cupid?

A fun, FREE printable game for working on basic concept language! Here's the link: http://www.playingwithwords365.com/2012/02/freebie-friday-where-is-cupid-a-prepositional-game/

Gross Motor Balloon Bop

 This cute idea from The Weekend Homemaker has been popping up all over Pinterest, and I've been wanting to try it for a while now.  I thought it would be fun to make a heart shaped "paddle" and try it out for V-day.   I just laminated a sheet of red paper, cut it into a heart shape and stapled it to a craft stick (taping over the back staples with electrical tape so no one gets poked).  It was kind of floppy though, so I also taped a wooden skewer to the back, and it worked out great! Say your speech sound each time you hit the balloon with a paddle!

Steal My Heart Fine Motor Game

This game is lots of fun! You will need candy conversation hearts and chopsticks. Who says you can't play with your food! Follow the link below.

http://spoonful.com/family-fun/steal-my-heart-game

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