Week 3: March 30- April 3, 2020

Good morning!  As we approach week 3 here are some ways

you can incorporate speech and language into daily

routines and activities this week.  

For those students who are working on increasing

use of  words or are using devices to communicate, try this:

- In order to support functional communication, it is great to

have pictures of the things your child really likes.  You can

have pictures of favorite foods and drinks and hang them on

the fridge so that your child may request what they would like. 

Then you can have a back and forth exchange.

Whenever there is interaction between 2 people,

the desire to communicate more and in different ways increases.  

- Also take pictures of the daily routine: 

get up (picture of bed), brush teeth (picture of toothbrush),

eat breakfast (picture of child eating). 

You can make a little book of these pictures and read it together.

For children who aren’t that interested in books, looking at pictures

of themselves and things they are very familiar with may increase

the time spent together in an interaction. 

- take pictures of toys that they really like to play

with so that they can request these toys.  Try taking

pictures of parts of the toys such as parts of Mr. Potato Head

or parts of a barn set.  Keep the parts in a bag and give them two choices

- “do you want the eyes or the nose”? By pointing to a picture they are

telling you what they are thinking about and they are improving their

ability to interact which always leads to more and more attempts

to communicate.  

For those students who are working on making

speech sounds correctly, try this:  

Search around the house, inside or outside, depending on

the weather, for objects that start with the sound you are

working on. Consider taking a picture with your parent’s

phone and when you are finished go through and look at

the pictures and name them.  Remember to say your sound

correctly. Or you can carry a notebook with you.

When you find something, write the letter the object starts

with or try to write the whole word. 

Review the words later practicing your sounds.  

For those students who are working on

increasing language skills, try this: 

Search around the house, inside or outside depending

on the weather,  for items in categories.

Consider taking pictures on your phone and

reviewing them later.  

Find 3 things that are soft.

Find 3 things that are hard.

Find 3 things that are red.

Find 3 things that are big.

Find 3 things that are tiny.  

Do some comparing.  I see a rock and a mailbox post. 

How are they alike? (ie they are both hard)

How are they different? 

(a rock is small but the mailbox post is big).  

Have a terrific week!

Indoor scavenger hunt

Try this indoor scavenger hunt.  I linked to a page that has more scavenger hunt ideas.




https://images.app.goo.gl/g9igiLpEbzzJQcVt8

Animal pictures to use with Old McDonald had a farm

 




Use these pictures for your child to point to as you sing "Old McDonald Had a Farm".  Ask questions like, "what animal should we sing about now"? or "what animal says "baa baa"?  Encourage your child to make the animal noises. 

Short animated videos for speech and language therapy.

Good morning!  Check out these great videos along with ideas for working with your child on higher level language skills such as finding the main idea, summarizing, inferencing, problem solving, and making smart guesses.  Watch the video and ask questions such as who, what, where, why.  Pause the video as you ask the question to give your child time to answer.  Watch the same video several times.  The first one called "Feast" with the dog was so cute! If your child makes any articulation errors, model the correct way to make the sound as well.  It might be best to write down errors that you hear and then work on modeling the sounds at the end of the video because we want you to work on the content of the answers during the video and not worry too much about the sounds.  Hope this is fun!
https://www.thespeechexpress.com/blog/animated-short-videos-for-speech-and-language-therapy

No need to buy worksheets for speech sounds.  Go to this link to get free pictures to practice sounds.

http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55

Here is another link to videos showing how to produce speech sounds correctly for your child to practice during this time off school.
https://peachiespeechie.com/pages/peachie-speechie-videos?omnisendAttributionID=email_campaign_5e78d10f4c7fa40851040395&omnisendContactID=5e6ebb2b4572ea1a12e7650d&omnisendScopeID=5c351d9d8653ed3b5e4c317f_2_2837839961&utm_campaign=campaign%3A%20Speech%20Vids%20%285e78d10f4c7fa40851040395%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=omnisend

Week 2:  March 23-27, 2020

Hi Preschoolers and Families, 

This week, We would like you to find a favorite book and we’ll work on speech and language
through reading.  

Articulation:

If you know the sound your child is working on, find that sound in the book and
model the sound for your child- for example if your child is working on the /k/ sound,
find words that begin with /k/ or /c/ or pictures that start with the sound /k/ and name them for
your child.  Point out the letter K or C and say “that makes the /k/ sound”.
Do a sound hunt in the picture and say, “I found something that starts with the /k/ sound.”
Give them multiple choice if needed- “is it the cat or the dog, what starts with the /k/ sound”?
Make the sound, don’t just say the letter’s name. 
This will help with early reading skills as well as articulation of speech sounds.
If you are not sure of the sounds your child is working on, contact us.  

Language enrichment:  Read together, Talk together

Try to read books 3 times for 10-15 minutes each time.

Prompt your child to talk by asking questions about the pictures on the page.  

What kinds of questions should you ask?  Remember CROWD

C: Completion Prompt:  “The big bad wolf said I’ll huff and puff and blow your house____”
Let your child fill in words.  After 2 readings of a story, they are able to do this and enjoy it!

R: Recall Question:  After reading the story previously, ask your child a question such
as “What did the first little piggy use to build his house”?  Do this as you are looking at the picture.

O: Open Ended Question:  “what is happening on this page”?

W:  WH questions:  Who, What, When, Where, and Why questions

D:  Distancing Questions:  Connect something you see in the book to the child’s life.
“Do you remember when we went to the farm and saw straw”?

Give the correct answer or say “yes, you are right.  The pig used straw to build his house”

Give more information “He used straw, that’s not very heavy is it”?

Have your child repeat what they said.  “Tell me again, what did the pig use”?

Most important all, have fun as you read with your child! 
Contact your Speech-Language Pathologist with any questions,
concerns or if you would like more detailed information.  

Donna and Mandy

schmelzerd@hancockesc.org

boura@hancockesc.org

Hi preschoolers and families! 

We hope you are able to find things on this site that you can do while on this break from school.  Along the right hand side, you can find categories of activities to do in areas such as articulation and language development.  There are links to videos of Speech-Language Pathologists teaching different sounds.  A March calendar is provided following this post for things to do each day in March.

We will miss you all and hope to see you very soon.

 Don't hesitate to email us at schmelzerd@hancockesc.org  or boura@hancockesc.org with any questions or concerns.  Keep well!

Donna Schmelzer, Speech-Language Pathologist for Van Buren, McComb, Liberty Benton
Mandy Bour, Speech-Language Pathologist for Riverdale, Arlington, Arcadia, Cory Rawson

Practice your speech sounds at home!

Copy and paste the links below to access videos of a speech therapist practicing different sounds.  


https://youtu.be/kTAtVWsvhNA     Use this if you are practicing /s/ or /z/. 

https://youtu.be/AZCfBnH_GGY     Use this if you are practicing /s/ blends such as "snow"

https://youtu.be/9xAoIxsyj38              Use this if you are practicing /f/.

https://youtu.be/megGv7jH0a0           Use this if you are practicing the /k/ sound

https://youtu.be/9-K3nLUThBE          Use this if you are practicing the /l/ sound



You can go to mommyspeechtherapy.com for worksheets for all the different sounds

MARCH 2020
Find the sound you are working on in this blog and practice it.
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Talk about the important dates in March (holidays, birthdays, etc.)	Talk about all the green items in a room.	Watch a favorite TV show and talk about it.	Sweep the kitchen floor. Use words like broom, dustpan, and dirt.	Make a cake and frost it with a special color of frosting.	Read a story, such as Little Red Riding Hood. Draw a picture of the main character.	Count all the clocks in the house.
Talk about bugs you see outside and where they live.	Find items in the basement or garage that are shaped like a triangle.	Name animals and make the sounds they a make.	Make a telephone call.	Organize the toy box.	Play a board game and talk about the rules	Trace hands and feet on paper. Decorate them with craft supplies.
Cut out pictures of fruit from a magazine and glue them onto a large piece of paper.	Hop down the hall or across the room. Count the number of hops.	Use a flashlight to search in a closet. Talk about what you find.	Color a picture and talk about the colors.	Look at a brush and comb. Talk about how they are the same and how they are different.	Touch things in the room and describe how they feel.	Practice saying nursery rhymes, pause and let your child fill in the rhyming word
Cut out pink and blue things from a magazine. Make a collage.	Sing along with a favorite song.	Look at a store advertisement and find different numbers.	Make a milkshake and talk about the different ingredients.	Think of a rhyming word for things you find around the house.	Go for a walk and look for white cars.	Make a spaceship from a cardboard box. Tell a story about space travel.
Pretend to be different storybook characters. Act like the characters.	Practice naming letters you see in a book or advertisement	Dance to music and talk about you actions.	Find the biggest and smallest stuffed animal in the house.	Look at a photograph and draw a picture of it.	Listen to the noises outside. Try to guess what they might be.	Look back at this month’s calendar. Talk about the important things              that happened.