SEPTEMBER  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:	Laundry	Set the Table	Get Outside	Read together
WEEK 1:	Have your child help sort the laundry by color (let’s put all the red clothes in this pile and all the white in this pile, etc)	Use pronouns:  Mommy needs a cup.  I like the tall one. Daddy needs a cup.  He likes the green one. (she, he, you, I)	“Let’s go outside and find something you think is beautiful”  Ask your child why they think it is beautiful.	Using the book sent home from school, or your child’s favorite book do a picture walk and name all the pictures for your child then have them point to the picture you name.
WEEK 2:	Have your child help sort the laundry by category  (let’s put all the socks in this pile, all the shirts in this pile, etc)	Work on counting: We need 4 plates, count them as you put them around the table.	Get outside and find 2 things that are hard.  Knock on it, use the word “hard” as you talk about the item.	Using the pictures in a book, ask questions like, “what goes with  a toothbrush”?  “what goes with a sock”
WEEK 3:	Have your child help sort the laundry by size (let’s put all mommy’s big socks in this pile and all your little socks in this pile etc)	Talk about what you do with each item. What do you do with a cup? Which thing do we use to cut?	Get outside and find 2 things that are soft.  Use the word “soft” as you talk about the item.	Using the pictures in a book, ask questions like, “what does a cat do”? or “what do you do with a cup”?
WEEK 4:	As you put laundry away, ask “where” questions.  (where should I put the socks?  Use vocabulary words such as big dresser, closet, etc)	Follow directions: Get all the forks and put them on the table. Get 4 napkins and put them under everyone’s forks.	As you are outside, move in different ways and label how you are moving, “let’s march”, march, march march.” “Let’s tiptoe”	Using the pictures in a book, ask questions like, “what is a cat? Is it an animal or a type of clothing”?  Can you name another animal?

 

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Thanks, and have fun!  Donna Schmelzer, Mandy Bour Speech therapists

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!

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Thanks, and have fun! 

     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!!

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Here's the December calendar.  Have fun!!

     DECEMBER    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:	GET OUTSIDE	DECORATE THE HOUSE	INDOOR GAMES	Use your old toys in a different way
WEEK 1:	Get on your coat and give your child a place to run.  “run to the tree and jump 5 times” “run to the shed and hop on one foot 5 times”	Work on your cutting skills and make some paper snowflakes.	Balloon tap: Tap the balloon back and forth to each other as you count and see how long you can keep it up in the air.  Start over again when the balloon hits the floor.	Soft toy toss:  Find 10 soft toys and a laundry basket.  Stand on a spot and toss the toys in the basket one at a time.  Talk about using an “under hand” throw.  After your child throws 3 toys, move the spot back a little and see if your child can make it from further back.
WEEK 2:	Have a race.  Practice moving in a straight line, move your arms front and back, and land lightly on your feet.  Celebrate finishing the race!	Go on a scavenger hunt around the house.  See how many snowmen (or santas or bells) you can find.  Where are they?  Use words like “on the shelf” “beside the door”	Balloon toss:  Toss the balloon back and forth, catching it this time.  Think of a category such as animals and name an animal each time you catch the balloon.	Soft toy toss advanced:  Line up the 10 toys and give directions about which one to grab first:  “Get the one that is little and white”, “get the one that has whiskers and long ears”.  Then give it a toss.
WEEK 3:	Get outside for a game of tag.  Put a scarf in your back pocket and see if your child can grab it.  Take turns having the scarf in your pocket and your child’s pocket.	Talk about the Christmas tree.  Where is the star (or angel or bow)?  Use words like “at the top”  Find a red decoration on the tree.  Where is it?  Is it at the bottom, middle, top, front, or back of the tree?	INDOOR ACTION GAME: Use the attached action word list and location in your house list to play this game:  Put the action words in a box and put the locations in another box.  Choose a paper out of each.	Soft toy toss advanced +:    Have your child give you directions as you take turns tossing the soft toys.  Use choices to help your child use descriptive words:  “Should I get the one that is blue or white”
WEEK 4:	Practice jumping on the sidewalk.  See if you can jump over the cracks.	Make a paper chain to put around the tree.  Work on writing numbers on strips of paper and staple them into a ring, attaching one to the other.  Remove the highest number first and ask, “how many days until Christmas”?  Keep going every day.	INDOOR ACTION GAME CONTINUED: Ask these questions after you pick a paper, “what do you have to do”?, “where are you going to do it”?  Go to that place and complete the action	Sort your Legos by color.   Try using a divided tray like a vegetable tray.  Put one of each color into each spot.  Give your child the box of Legos and let them sort.