Post date: Dec 5, 2017 4:39:21 PM
There are so many fun activities that families can engage in that can build speech and language skills! The Autumn season provides many inexpensive and fun family opportunities to help children build and generalize their speech and language skills.
GO FOR A HIKE IN NATURE- Many towns and cities have areas with hiking trails. Going on a hike as a family, can provide inexpensive fun and a wonderful way to engage kids in communication.
NATURE ART- Hikes in nature can provide some FREE art supplies. Students can gather rocks, acorns, twigs, leaves in various colors, and fall berries while on a hike to use in art. Families can also create apple stamps by cutting an apple in half and dipping it in stamp ink or paint. Fingerprints in an ink pad can be included in the child's art project.
NATURAL BIRD FEEDER- This is an easy craft that families can make and that does not cost a lot. The only materials needed are a pine cone, string, peanut butter, and bird seed. Here is a link to a video demonstrating how to make this natural bird feeder.
MAKE FALL SCENTED PLAYDOUGH- Many kids LOVE playing with playdough. You can find 10 reasons why we should encourage students using playdough here. Parents can find a lot of wonderful no cook playdough recipes online. Check out this video on how to make No Cook Playdough. Here are two Autumn themed recipes: APPLE CINNAMON PLAYDOUGH (just add red, green, or yellow food coloring) and PUMPKIN PIE PLAYDOUGH.
GO TO AN APPLE ORCHARD or A PUMPKIN PATCH- During Autumn, go out to an apple orchard to pick our own apples and later to a pumpkin patch to choose pumpkins before Halloween.
Families can also work on using carryover of speech sound system skills (articulation and phonology) and using fluency techniques while engaging in these fun activities.