Shamrock to go with March calendar

March speech and language activities 2020

MARCH    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

Add movement to your speech sound practice	Add movement to your language concept teaching	Add movement to increase direction following skills
If your child is working on /S/ or /s/ blends such as “snake” and “stand”, try using a string or ribbon and shake or twirl it around as you make the /sss/ sound elongated then say the rest of the work.  Try this with the following words:  snack  stop  snake  smart  stick  skip  swing  step  snail  spot	Practice UNDER and BEHIND In the kitchen play Simon Says: Simon says “go under the table” Simon says “stand behind the chair” Simon says “stand behind me” Go under the table	Start with one step and keep adding a step. Simon says touch your nose Simon says touch your nose and touch your foot Simon says touch your nose, touch your foot and jump 2 times If they can’t get the 3 steps, go back to 1 step  and keep practicing until they can easily do all three
If your child is working on the /k/ or /g/ sounds, try doing sit ups as you practice this sound at the end of the word.  Start the word lying on your back and as you come up finish with the /k/ or /g/ sound.  Try this with the following words:   back  bike  pick  mike  make  bake  pack   bag  big  pig  peg  meg  wag	Practice UNDER and BEHIND Cut out the shamrock above and play Simon says around the house. Simon says “put the shamrock under the table” Simon says “put the shamrock behind your back” Simon says “put the shamrock behind the couch”	Start with one step and keep adding a step. Simon says put the shamrock on your nose. Simon says put the shamrock on your nose and put the shamrock on your foot Simon says put the shamrock on your nose and put the shamrock on your foot and jump 3 times. If they can’t get the 3 steps, go back to 1 step  and keep practicing until they can easily do all three
If your child is working on the /sh/ sound , try pretending to be a plane taking off or landing.  Start with the /sh/ sound (make sure the lips are puckered so it doesn’t sound like /s/) as you are crouched down and as you rise up continue making the /sh/ sound and finish with the rest of the word as you fly away.  Try this with the following words:  shape   she  shy  show  shoe  sheep  shine  shop  shed	Practice IN FRONT and BESIDE Simon says “stand beside me” Simon says “stand in front of the chair” Simon says “stand in front of me” Simon says “stand beside the chair”	Start with one step and keep adding a step. Simon says go under the table Simon says go under the table and touch your nose Simon says go under the table and touch your nose and say yippee! If they can’t get the 3 steps, go back to 1 step  and keep practicing until they can easily do all three
If your child is working on the /ch/ sound, pretend to be a train as you walk around the room making the /ch/ sound.  Make the /ch/ /ch/ /ch/ sound several times and then try the following words:  cheap  cheek  chin  chop  chain  chick  chap  chore  cheese	Practice IN FRONT and BESIDE Cut out the shamrock above and play Simon says around the house. Simon says “put the shamrock in front of the chair” Simon says “put the shamrock in front of you Simon says “put the shamrock in front of me” Simon says put the shamrock beside the chair” Simon says “put the shamrock beside your pillow”	Go for a walk and follow these directions: Simon says clap your hands Simon says clap your hands and stomp your feet Simon says clap your hands and stomp your feet and sing a song!

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

Ideas for Building Language

Great ideas and simple explainations using techniques speech-language pathologists use!

http://letsgrowspeech.com/playing-with-language-building-activities-for-building-language/

St. Patrick's Vocabulary Activities

Visit this site for a short St. Patrick's video as well as free bingo and memory games. http://livespeaklove.com/2012/02/19/st-patricks-day-fun/