School Closure Activities
Dear Families,
I hope you will find these resources useful. You can use these over the extended school closure to help with maintaining your child’s speech and language skills. If you have any questions about what they have been working on, please consult the IEP or progress notes that have been sent home, or you can always contact Mr. Riggle or Mrs. Schaal at the email addresses below and we would be happy to help in any way we can. Thank you and please stay safe!
Mr. Riggle and Mrs. Schaal
Articulation:
Mommy Speech Therapy word lists
Articulation activities by sound
Multisyllabic word lists (more comprehensive)
Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary:
Guess My Monster game (good for identifying, labeling, and describing attributes)
Receptive and Expressive grammar/sentence structure:
Grammar and Language - Mad Libs - Crazy Tales
Grammar and Language - Mad Libs - Mad Glibs
“Picture the Sentence HD Lite” app - $0.99
Receptive Language:
“HB Following Directions” app – free
“Fun with Directions Lite” app – $0.99
“Autism iHelp - WH Questions” app – FREE but paid options, NOT just for Autism! Good for auditory comprehension (also many other apps made by this company, search ‘Autism iHelp’ to see the others)
Pragmatic/Social Language:
Functional communication skills/assistive technology:
Fluency:
A special page for kids who stutter
Posts
Very Hungry Caterpillar - articulation activities
Inference pictures
The attached pictures can be used on the "Get the facts!" inferences and predicting social activity in the post below.
Get the facts! Infer and Predict - Pragmatic Language Lesson
Today's social activity looks at expanding predicting and inferencing skills. Help guide your child's thinking. The attached document will help guide your discussion about these three pictures/situations. At school we brainstorm as a group to describe why the situation happened, what happened before this picture, and what is going to happen next. We also work on problem solving. What can we "say or do" in this situation? We practicing what we would say or what we would do in these given situations. We practice as if those things were happening to your child and to another person.
Articulation Distance Learning Calendars - April & May
Attached are quick daily activities that can be completed to work on your child's articulation. Reach out to me if you have questions about the sounds your child should work on. As always, you can reach me by e-mail or on Seesaw. Seesaw has been a fun way for us to communicate better. If you have not already, please sign up!
No printer or wanting to save your ink - Don't print - Try these writing tools
4/15/20 - Vocabulary - Spring Categories
Happy Wednesday! The sun is shining and flowers are blooming! Name all the items on these pages. Then color the plants on the first page and the vehicles on the second page. Last, talk about how the plants and vehicles are the same or different.
I can easily send you this on Seesaw and you can draw right on your device (phone, tablet, or computer). If you'd like me to send it to you on Seesaw, message me on there or e-mail me.
You can also use the writing tools on your computer/tablet or try Kami to draw on these pdf sheets right on the chromebook screens.
4/14/20 - Superhero Sentence Comprehension
Since our world is full of superheros (doctors, nurses, hospital staff, nursing home staff, grocery store workers, farmers, truck drivers, factory workers, and so many more) helping us all stay safe and healthy, here is a Superhero Sentence Comprehension activity. You can read the sentence to your child and ask the question. We are working on their listening, not their ability to read these.
Repeat the sentences if needed or give your child a choice of answers (e.g., hamburger or hot dog).
If you choose to print it, you can play a matching game with two sheets. Match the superheros and complete the cards.
Not able to print or saving ink (I get it!), roll a dice or pull numbers 1-8 written on pieces of paper and go to the card and count to the __ card on that page. There are 8 pictures per page.
The attachments on my page below this one have strategies and visuals that can help your child. Please e-mail me or send me a message on Seesaw with any questions!
Wh- Questions Visual Supports
These visual supports may help if your child is confused on which "wh-" question they need to be answering. Is it a "what" or "when" question ? What information do they need to give for each type of "wh-" question?
4/14/20 -Auditory Comprehension Strategies
Listed are some listening strategies. These will help your child comprehend what they are hearing better.
Repeating or paraphrasing (saying something a different way) the direction or auditory information will help.
If this does not help, your child will need the direction or story being read aloud to be shortened into smaller parts.
The kids are also told to "make a movie in your mind" or "picture it" (visualize) while they listen.
Hope this helps!
4/6/20- Articulation- "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick"
Hi Friends! Click the link above to watch the video of this fun book (Some of us read it at WHP before we left!).
Next, choose a spring activity from the attached packet and write 10 words containing your target sound found in the story. Practice saying those words, phrases, or sentences 5 times each!
Color a Carrot - Articulation Practice
Here is a quick and easy way to practice your speech. I would love to see your colorful carrots and your awesome practice! Take a picture of it or send me audio of you practicing a bit on a Seesaw message. Would love to see or hear from you! You can follow this link and scroll down to your speech sound. Then practice the words, sentences, or story that you choose! Speech sound pictures
Parent(s)/Guardian(s) - Message me or e-mail if you're unsure of what sounds to work on.
Stay at Home Social Story
This social story may be helpful for some of my language friends! It explains why it is important for all of us to stay home. Thank you to Mr. Riggle and a parent for sharing this!
