Week 7

MAY 25 - 29



This week is all about practicing what you already know.  Take the time to go through the speech folder.  Find your speech cards: 
(if you don't have your cards, click on the tab Speech Sounds in this blog and you can find a list) 

Practice saying words 3 times each day.  

Practice the"sound hunt"words from week 2. 

Use activities from Week 6 to help you carryover good speech and language skills.

(I think I encourage doing this one the most!!)  

PARENTS:  Remember speech and language opportunities happen all the time. YOU are a good "model" for your child.  Have fun and enjoy talking with your kids!  

Week 6

MAY 18 - 22

DID YOU KNOW..... Everyday Activities are considered LEARNING!  I bet you already do some of the things listed below and didn't even realize your child is learning from YOU!  Kids develop speech and language just by talking with them during your everyday activities.  


Speech and Language Lesson:

Pick 1 or 2 of the activities listed below that you might not have already done. Do that activity. Make sure to highlight their speech sounds, name items, describe actions while using attributes (words that describe a noun - soft, shiny, smooth, etc.)  Ask, answer questions, follow a sequence, or a routine.  Use drawing and coloring for some of these activities.  If you hear your child use incorrect word order or verbs, repeat back to them with the correct grammar or word order, just once.  Invite your children to join you in activities that are new and exciting and remember to TALK about them!! 

Week 5

MAY 11 - 15

It is a new month, so go ahead and toss your April Calendars and post your May Calendar

If you need another one, click HERE to print.  Go ahead and use the calendar to continue with speech and language activities.  

Lesson 5:  Speech and Language

Help your student explore the picture below.  You can help them, by asking "I wonder" questions.  I wonder questions open up the conversation instead of just yes/no answers. 

Ask your child to pretend you can't see the picture. Have them tell you all about it!  Make sure they label, describe things like colors, size, shapes, emotions, and what they see!   See if you can "guess" what the picture is! 

Expanding:   Take turns looking at your own pictures and use them to play this describing game.  Try to draw it from what your child has told you!   

ARTICULATION QUESTIONS
1.  Find things in this photo that have your speech sound(s)?
2.  Make up a sentence about the photo using your best speech sound(s).
3.  Think of names with your speech sound for each fish in the photo.
4.  Make up a story about the man.
5.  Using your best speech sound(s), tell what you would do with all those fish and why (keep, eat, release,etc.)

LANGUAGE QUESTIONS
1.  Describe what is happening in the photo.
2.  Where do you think this man is at?
3.  How did he get all those fish?
4.  What will he do at the end of the day?
5.  Categories are a group of items that belong together.
              Name 3 or more things that live in the water.
              Name 3 or more things that live in the woods
6.  Finish this sentence:  The man has a smile on his face because  _____________________.

SOCIAL QUESTIONS - Expanding on what you know
1.  How would you feel if you were sitting in a boat fishing?
2.  How would you feel if you caught a fish?
3.  How would you feel if your friend caught a fish?

EXPANSION:
Draw a picture of you fishing.  Tell someone about the picture.

Week 4

 MAY 4 - 8

Time to start making my phone calls again!  I want to check in with families and see if there is anything else you need for speech therapy.  I continue to have "office hours", but I can be available at most times that is convenient for you.  

This week it's all about BOOKS!   

This lesson will work for all speech and language skills

1.  It all starts with a book!  Make sure it has pictures. 

2.  Don't have a book at your house?   Easy, you can listen to a story on YouTube!  (we do this a lot in speech).  In fact here is a link to a story Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
             (you will have to start/stop the story to use all the strategies listed below)

3.  Before you begin, look at the cover together and ask, "what do you think the story will be about?" (there is no right/wrong answer)

As you read:  

*talk about the beginning middle and end of the book.  

*find words or pictures with your sound.

*ask "who, what, when, where, how questions"

*use prediction... "what do you think will happen next?"

*decide if it was good 👍 or not good 👎

4. At the end, ask your child, "what was that story about, and was our guess correct?"  


There is no right or wrong way to enjoy a book.  Simply reading to your child can help develop vocabulary, listening skills, thinking and reasoning, sequencing, attributes, speech sounds and so much more!    

Our Webster Kindergarten Center has a link on the website called Story Time with Webster Staff.   Click on it, and you can choose a staff member and listen to a story. Type the password "webster"... Did you see my story?  

So pick up a book and explore it together.