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. 

Summer Speech Therapy

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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.

Make it Monday-Music

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Make it Monday- Music

You can use music to kick your child's speech and language into high gear!  What does music teach???  Music teaches your child to listen, attention, intonation, stress, beat, and so much more.  There are picture books that follow songs.  Intonation, stress and beat, help a child learn the flow of how we talk.  Put an action to the words of song, and then you can have a visual, gestural, and verbal representation of the song.  Do you want to boost your child's vocabulary?  Music offers the repetition that is key in vocabulary development.

" Putting words to music breaks them down into syllables, emphasizes key consonants and slows down the sounds of speech", says Sally Goddard Blythe, Director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology, Chester. Can I hear an "oh yeah?" 

1. Go HERE to learn how to make musical instruments with your children!!!

2. A quick shaker/noise maker: Take an empty coffee can, fill it with dried beans, put the lid on the can, and tape it very well.

3. You can also break out your pans and wooden spatulas... and now you have a drum!

Peterson Speech Therapy wishes everyone a peaceful, successful, and prosperous new year! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Frugal Friday- 25 free 4x6 photos

SCORE! Walgreens 25 Free Photos!

 

     Until 12/31/11, 11:59PM, you can order 25 free 4x6 prints from Walgreens using the code "PRINTNOW." You will not be charged shipping if you choose "in store pickup."

     What in the world do free photos have to do with Speech/Language?  You didn't think I would leave you hanging did you? 

1. Memory Game : This will require two sets of 25.  You can always ask your friend or spouse to get a set.  You could even do a small memory game of 12 pairs.  Laminate the pictures, and voila! a memory game.  While playing the game, have your child talk about the pictures they pull.  Maybe your child is working on plurals, actions, pronouns, or sound production?  It's a great, fun way, to work on skills.

2. Communication: Do you have a young one that is not quite using their words?  Sometimes giving children choices using pictures helps them to communicate or make a decision.  You can take pictures of every day objects, food, etc.  Laminate the pictures.  Put a magnet on the back.  Place a couple of the pictures on your fridge, and you have just given your child a way of telling you what they want to eat or drink!  After they begin to point out what they want, you can soon work on having them produce the words.  This is a helpful hint that many of my clients' parents swear by!

3. Picture Schedule: Picture schedules are a fun way to help children and teens with communication needs with transitions.  Take pictures of your child doing daily activities, and some special activities (i.e. swimming, etc). Use a desired sized, magnetic, dry erase board.  Leaving enough space for a photo along side each item, list your daily schedule .  For example: 7:00 Wake up, 7:15 Breakfast, etc.   Cut the pictures to the desired size, and laminate if you wish.  Place magnets on the back of the pictures. Affix an envelope to the bottom of the dry erase board.  You can either have your child place the pictures as you go through the day, or you can put the pictures up prior to starting the day, and they can remove them.  The envelope is storage for all of your pictures.

4. Organizing Toys:   Help your child group their toys into categories.  Take separate pictures of one or a few of the items in each category.  Take the prints, and tape them to an appropriate sized bin for each group of toys.  Write or type the name of the items, and tape near the picture.  There you go!  The toys are organized.  This gives your child the ability to learn categories, organization, reading, and much more.

5. Picture Book: Take pictures of friends and family, type out a label, place in a small photo album, and POOF! a picture book for your child to enjoy.

Enjoy your pictures however you choose to use them!  This is a great deal for prints of holiday madness. I mean fun.