Some helpful tips and ways to work on speech and language skills at home during this time.

Speech and Language At Home

Actions/Pronouns/Increasing MLU/"Wh" questions

Functional Vocabulary

Language Activities:  This resource targets vocabulary, sequencing, categories and “WH” questions.  https://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html  

Articulation Activities:  This resource includes games such as hangman and picture match-up by sound.  https://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html

The following link contains several literacy and language links.  https://www.speechbuddy.com/blog/games-and-activities/6-free-online-speech-therapy-resources/

25 Non-Screen Activities You Can Do At Home:

Non-Screen Activities

Reading a story and answering questions!

Click this link:  

https://www.storylineonline.net/library/

There are several stories available from this link.

Choose any story your child is interested in.

After the readers read the story aloud, you can ask your child questions, have a conversation about the story, relate the story experiences to your child's experiences.

Here is an example of a story you can read and target:

Click the story read-aloud for the story Chester's Way.

Written by: Kevin Henkes (Tell your child:  "This is the author - the person who wrote the words of the story.")

Illustrated by: Kevin Henkes (Tell your child:  "This is the illustrator - the person who drew the pictures.")

Read by: Vanessa Marano & Katie Leclerc (Tell your child:  "These are the people who are going to read the story to you today.")

Run time: 10 minutes (Parents and Caregivers - The story will play for 10 minutes)

After the story is read aloud:

Ask your child:  "What was the story about?"

Here is a good description of the story to read to your child.

Chester and Wilson had their own way of doing things, and they did everything together. When they cut their sandwiches, it was always diagonally. When they rode their bikes, they always used hand signals. If Chester was hungry, Wilson was too. They were two of a kind, and that's the way it was - until indomitable Lilly, who had her own way of doing things, moved into the neighborhood.

Ask your child these questions.  You may need to go back to the story if your child needs help - that's perfectly fine!  Try to go to the part of the story where they might find the answer.  This is a great strategy!

What did Chester always eat for breakfast?

Who is Chester's best friend?

Did Chester's best friend do things just like Chester did?

What are some fun things they did together?

What do you like to do with your friends for fun?

Who moved into the neighborhood?  

What changed?

What is one thing that you remember about Lilly?

How did Lilly help them?

How do you think that made them feel?

What did they do differently with Lilly?

Have a conversation about the story.  Here are some ideas:

Talk about how Chester, Wilson, and Lilly’s friendship grew from not being friends to being friends and what changed.

Talk about your child's friends and relationships, and how they do things in the same way or differently than their friends.

Has your child made any new friends this year?

Have your child draw a picture of what they think will happen next. Extend the illustration by having students write or say a sentence about the picture. You can use the sentence starter: The friends will …......