Map it Monday

Map it Monday!

My four year old and I are enjoying the "Larry Gets Lost" series, as we explore the USA.  Tonight, we listened to "Larry Gets Lost in San Francisco." It was fun to hear about "home"  from a children's book.

There is also a "Good Night" series that travels thr states.

He is learning about sequencing, main idea, detail, and other reading comprehension concepts with  these book series.  You can ask where Larry will go next by looking at a map with your child.  Questions related to how he gets lost and where he goes in each city are beneficial, as well.

My son is also gaining an understanding of other places. Geography, culture and language are intertwined in this ongoing lesson in our home.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQS7f_nigc

Tech Tuesday: Talking Tom

TECH TUESDAY-Talking Tom

I plan to find or write a review of free or cheap apps/tech that can be used to enhance Speech and Language on some Tuesdays. I plan to pose have Trivia Tuesdays on other Tuesdays.

I found this simple review of Talking Tom.... It works well in therapy, and my 4 year old son has loved it for quite some time. Talking Ben, Talking Tom, and more help keep therapy silly and fun.

http://www.meredithharold.com/3/post/2013/03/favorite-free-therapy-app-talking-tom.html

More, Less, Equal

Language and math skills interact. One skill that crosses that bridge is the ability to determine more than, less than and equal.

To assist in reminding my son of this concept we played a modified version of the card game, War, and played with Legos.

We took out the face cards for the War game. We left cards numbered 1 to 10. We split the remaining cards into two piles. The game was played like a typical card game of War, where the person who had the highest numbered card won the hand.  We were able to use the numbers, and items on the card, to decide who had more, less or if we had the same amount.  My son counted the cards that each of us won. He was able to tell me who had more cards, and therefore who won the game.

After the cards were put away, we stacked Legos to see how "tall"our amounts would be. This gave a visual and tangible representation of more, less and equal.

The idea of this game was prompted by my four year old. He grabbed the stack of cards, and asked to play a game.  He wanted to play with Legos at the end of the card game. It was a great opportunity to have him compare amounts, rote count and count items/one to one correspondence.

Mr. Bones, The Skeleton Scavenger Hunt

Say hello to Mr. Bones, The Skeleton.  It's too bad that I couldn't quite fit his hands and feet in the picture.  Mr. Bones will be participating in a preschool skeleton scavenger hunt.  He is useful in teaching children bones, matching, prepositions, team work, following directions, and more.

Egg Hunt in September?

It's cold outside, but the four year old needed a jump around, fun,  game to play.  I remembered a movement game using plastic Easter eggs.

I wrote movement ideas, like tag, jump, and kiss Mommy :), on little slips of paper.  I hid the eggs around the kitchen and living room. Bam, a movement game!

My Son, ran around the house, opening eggs.  He can't read the directions, so he told me the first letter, and I read them.  We followed each direction.   He put the slips of paper back in the eggs, and returned them to their place.

To clean up, he grabbed the egg carton we use to store the eggs,  and put the toys back in the eggs.  Here, we worked on the beginning and ending  sounds of the toys.  You can also work on categories, colors, prepositions,  etc. 

We had a friend fun time learning,  and  getting our wiggles out, at the same time. 

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Make it Monday- P is for Penguin

"P is for Penguin" craft: I obtained the idea for the paper plate penguin from http://www.craftjr.com/preschool-christmas-crafts-paper-plate-penguin/, and L painted it's habitat.

Articulation: /p,b,h,n,t,g/ and more


Expressive Language: Describe where a penguin lives.  Make up a story about the penguin. Answer wh?s (who, what, when, where, why and how) about the penguin.

Receptive Language: Following directions. Categories.