We’re in the Christmas spirit around here and we started with a classic Christmas chain. * I first had Ashlynn sort the strips into their respective color piles. Great for developing early sorting and categorizing skills. * I then instructed her to put glue on the “end” of the strip. Many kids with language delays have difficulty with positional words and she is no exception. She kept wanting to glue
I recently met via the Facebook support group, a mom who has dedicated her blog to ideas parents can do at home for speech carryover. I had never heard of these “Sound Box Books” but they sound great, and apparently, may even be at your local library. Read about here! Trust Me, I’m a Mom: Let’s Talk Tuesday – Sound Box Books, Activity & a…: ‘Let’s Talk Tuesday’ is a
I was introduced to Pete the Cat, by Eric Litwin last year when my daughter went to preschool. Not only does it have a catchy song the kids can sing and listen to online here:( http://www.thelearninggroove.com/song-index-contents/pete-the-cat—i-love-my-white-shoes#!pete-the-cat-i-love-my-white-shoes/c164e), but it is great for teaching a variety of things in speech/language. I’ll start with it’s benefit for apraxia. Research has shown that books encourage speech and language development. My mentor taught me to use
For those of you familiar with my blog, I’ve spoke of “Ben” before. A little boy on my school caseload from a Spanish speaking family who has CAS and is nonverbal. However, IQ testing shows him in the 75th percentile! He’s sooo smart. I met him last year in Kindergarten, and we formed an instant bond. His Kindergarten teacher was frustrated that he wouldn’t talk; and I’m not sure if
There is no easy way to “break-up” with an SLP, but I made the decision to discontinue private services through the SLP that was seeing Ashlynn. A lot of parents wonder what is the best way, and I don’t think there is a right or wrong way. I personally just wrote an email and said I was switching her to my mentor. I am very appreciative of all that she did;
December book of the month is The Gingerbread Man. This classic book has so many repetitive opportunites jam packed in the pages, and the kids absolutely love it! Tonight, Ashlynn’s word was “man” which combines a bilabial sound ‘m’ with a final consonant ‘n.’ On almost every other page the Gingerbread man shouts, “Run, run, fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread man!” Then, various characters