Try out this link to videos from the SLP at Washington preschool here in Findlay

https://www.facebook.com/pg/WAPreschoolSpeech/videos/

These are some great videos on how to use books and toys you have at home to build your child's speech and language skills.  The Speech Therapist is a colleague of mine from Washington Preschool here in Findlay. 
Just a quick note, if you watch the video on how to cue speech sounds, I cue the /s/ sound a little differently than Sarah.  She uses her hand to look like a snake as she says the /s/ and I run my index finger back and forth in front of my lips as I cue the /s/ sound.  Either way, it gives the child more information to help them learn to make the sound. 

Use these pictures as you talk about the difference between /r/ and /w/. You can even point out the difference between the letters R and W.  Ask, "which one should I point to"?  Make sure you review what all the pictures are several times before you do this activity.  

Read                                                                          Weed

Rain	Wayne
Ring	Wing

Minimal pair pictures to work on the /l/ sound

Here's a way to work on the sound /l/.  It shows there is a meaning difference when you use the /w/ as opposed to using the /l/ sound.  Teach your child what all the pictures are first.  Then you can say things like, "which one do you want me to point to"? You listen to what they say and point to it.  This will show them that if they say "wick" when they mean "lick" they need to pay attention to how they say the /l/ sound.  

Wick	Lick
Wake	Lake
	Light

White

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

/F/ Sound Practice Freebie!

Find this great, FREE activity on Teachers Pay Teachers at this link:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Firefighter-Craftivity-Initial-F-Freebie-2547751

K Sound and G Sound Activities!

http://www.playingwithwords365.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Books-that-Target-the-K-G-sounds-371x525.jpg  (Link to the source material blog)

I'm sure you've heard it...we ALWAYS recommend reading to your children to help their speech and language development. Well here is a list of great books that include the /k/ and /g/ sound!

• My “K” Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
• Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle
• The Cow That Went OINK by Bernard Most
• Kiss the Cow! by Phylis Root
• Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff
• One Duck Stuck by Phylis Root

And here are some for the /g/ sound:

• My “G” Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure
• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Gooey Gummy Geese by Angela Holzer
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff by various authors (linked book by Paul Galdone)

Halloween I Spy

Practice using good speech, language, describing and vocabulary skills while playing this cute I Spy game!

Practice Your child's Speech Sounds!

Activity: Speech Sound Bag

Sound bag:  Each week choose a new sound to focus on.  Fill a bag (like a pillow case) or a box with things that have that sound in them.  It is usually easier to start with the initial sound, since that is what kids hear first, but you can also include item that have the target sound at the middle or end.  As your child pulls things out of the bag (or box), you name them, putting a little more emphasis on the target sound.  

Here is how an interaction with the target /b/ might work.

(Child pulls out a ball)

Parent: "Ball, You found a ball." 

Parent: "You have a blue ball.  The blue ball bounces.  It is a big, blue ball.  Let's bounce the ball. Bounce, bounce, bounce."

Then you can take a turn pulling out an object.  All you are looking for is your child to make the target sound, not necessarily the whole word.  Get really excited when he or she does say the sound and even more excited if he or she says the whole word.

I would start with sounds that your child already knows and then progress to early sounds that he or she does not have yet.

Practice the /sh/ sound!

Use this video to learn how to help your child learn the /sh/ sound. You can also let your child watch the video and and practice their sounds along with the therapist!

Practice the /k/ sound!

Practice your /k/ sound in the initial position of words! This video is also helpful in teaching parents to help their children master the /k/ sound!

Simple Speech Sound Chart

Here is a quick reference of the order and age in which typical children master consonant sounds!