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FEBRUARY

Where is the time going??!! Happy Groundhogs Day, Valentines Day, Presidents Day!!!  It is a busy month, and soon the kids will be celebrating the 100th Day!!

The first week of February we celebrated Groundhogs!   We took a poll to see if the kids thought the groundhog would see his shadow.  It was a tie, but we all know he didn't see his shadow.... EARLY SPRING here we come!!   We read Who Will See Their Shadows This Year by Jerry Pallotta.  We also read Groundhog Day by Betsy Lewin.  We talked about how shadows are made, and made our own shadows on the tables, walls, and floor.



The week of Feb. 10th-14th we will start our Valentine unit.  Targeted areas will be vocabulary, traditions, speech sounds and reading a few books.

We are playing Valentine Bingo game with Froot Loops as bingo chips.  It's always a good time in Speech Class!!

DON'T FORGET WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH. Teachers will be in Professsional Development that day.

SNEAK PEEK!!!!  

MARCH is  READING MONTH!  It's always a lot of fun, and we do such fun lessons..... just a "hint" as to the theme this year.....

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 JANUARY

WELCOME BACK!  Happy New Year !! It certainly was a nice break.  I hope everyone had a chance to rest, and recharge.  I am ready to be back on a schedule and start working!

This month we will be talking about WINTER...brrrrrr.  We will be targeting listening skills, vocabulary and speech sounds that talk about the season.

Students will be playing snow games, and will continue working on their goals!  We might sneak in some
hot chocolate this month!

We will read The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler.  This book targets our skills for sequencing, recall, and social language.  We will pair it with a snowman listening worksheet and learn basic concepts for "widest/narrowest" "first, second, third" and first, middle, end".  

When we use books in therapy, we transform them into lessons.  We can learn new vocabulary, strengthen our listening and attention skills, and we can work on answering those "wh" questions about what we heard.  There are always ways to get our speech sound practice in also.

If you want to do this at home, and need help, just ask me!  I can help make up the vocabulary list, talk about ways to improve your child's phonemic awareness skills with sounds/rhyme/letters. I can help you develop those "wh" questions. Besides all this, enjoy reading with your children!!  They love to listen to stories and what a great time to spend with them.

Stay warm this month!

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DECEMBER

     **Christmas break is Dec. 23-Jan.1st.  Come back to school on Thursday, Jan. 2nd.  

How did we make it to the Christmas season...again??!!!  We are spending these few short weeks, reading Christmas stories, playing Christmas games, and getting ready for a much needed break!!  We talk about family traditions, and if they have put a tree or stocking up at their homes.  All those little eyes just light up when we start talking about it!

December words we have been talking about: 

Santa, Stocking, Sleigh, Decorations, Ornament, Wreath, Reindeer, Candle, present, Elf, poinsettia, holly berries, Eve

Just a few of the books we have been reading this month!  Remember that sharing a book with your child is an excellent way to improve vocabulary, answer "wh" questions, retell, sequencing, and working on speech sounds in a story! 

**Click HERE for some fun activities to do during the holidays!

**and even MORE websites to have Christmas fun!

I will be talking to my students about a neat website to watch Santa's Reindeer!  Click HERE to see it.  I think Santa shows up at 11am, 6pm and 9pm. We leave it on the computer all day to see the antics those reindeer cause.   So exciting to share and watch as a family.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my students and their families. Have a great winter break!!