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