Summer speech with a little sidewalk chalk
Looking for a fun way to incorporate some speech practice into your summer schedule? All you need is some sidewalk chalk and your kid!
I picked some sound combos Ashlynn is currently working on in speech and drew them in the boxes of a hopscotch grid. We then would throw a rock and whatever the rock landed on, we would hop to that picture and say the picture. She was so busy having fun, she didn’t really realize I was working on her /l/, /l/ blends, and /s/ blends! Not sure if you can see here, but we have a firefly, spider, butterfly, ladybug, dragonfly, bumblebee, roly poly, star, and clouds in the sky.
As a bonus, since Ashlynn has global apraxia, the added jumping and keeping feet in the boxes would make any PT or OT happy too!
Look at those good jumps! My heart smiles at this picture because jumping did not come easy. If you’re interested, you can read about here: Jumping on the bed
Not to be outdone, her 24 month old brother was hopping right along too and practicing speech! Fun for everyone, and momma stays sane with kids entertained!
