Little Blue and Little Yellow
Lessons one of two:
*The book of the week is "Little Blue and Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni. It is a charming story in which the two colors meet and turn green. Since many children substitute the d/g speech sounds, they will practice sorting "d" and "g" objects as a group so they hear the difference between the two sounds. This is called "auditory awareness." To produce the "g" sound, the tongue must be down behind the lower teeth and the tongue blocks off the throat at the back of the mouth. Some children need a spoon, plastic straw, lollipop, etc., to depress the tongue to make the "g" sound. Some children will use a spoon to say the "g" while in our group.
*While reading the story, each child will have blue and yellow play dough so they can match the sequence of the story in which Little Blue and Little Yellow are separate and then they meet together to become green.
*Next the children will rapidly name shapes and colors of realistic objects, e.g., TV/rectangle, wheel/circle, pizza/triangle, etc. By taking a break between rapidly naming colors and shapes, it makes recalling the words easier. The prepositional concepts targeted are over and under.
Lesson two of two:
*The book of the week is "Little Blue and Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni. It is a charming story in which the two colors meet and turn green. Since many children substitute the d/g speech sounds, they will practice sorting "d" and "g" cards as a group so they hear the difference between the two sounds. This is called "auditory awareness." To produce the "g" sound, the tongue must be down behind the lower teeth and the tongue blocks off the throat at the back of the mouth. Some children need a spoon, plastic straw, lollipop, etc., to depress the tongue to make the "g" sound. Some children will use a spoon to say the "g" while in our group.
*Each child will take turns re-telling the story of Little Blue and Little Yellow while looking at the pictures and words.
*Next the children will rapidly name shapes and colors of realistic objects, e.g., TV/rectangle, wheel/circle, pizza/triangle, etc. By taking a break between rapidly naming colors and shapes, it makes recalling the words easier. The prepositional concepts targeted are over and under.