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The Importance of Reading Aloud parent handout.pdfRead aloud with your child every day (handout)
Read aloud with your child every day (handout)
One of the most important things you can do to support your child's speech and language development is read aloud with them each day. Click the image to the left to read a related handout.
Activities to practice speech sounds (articulation)
Activities to practice speech sounds (articulation)
My Talking Tom
This app is good for targeting specific speech sounds – have your child say his/her target sound in words, phrases, and/or sentences, and listen to Tom repeat them.
Board games
Have your child practice a word with their speech sound before each turn.
Simple toys
Playdoh, bubbles, and more simple toys offer great opportunities for speech practice. For instance, create objects that start with target speech sounds out of Playdoh.
Photos or books
Click the image above to read more ways to target speech sounds using pictures or booksActivities to support language skills
Activities to support language skills
Vocabulary games on PBS Kids
Language lessons on Cookie.com
Book recommendations and companion lesson plans from Activity Tailor
Guess Who
This is a great game to work on reasoning,describing, asking/answering questions, andvocabulary.
Scattergories
This game allows for practice of naming items in categories. Rapid naming tasks such as these help build and strengthen connections in the brain to connect concepts and ideas.
HedBanz
This game is great to focus on a variety of language goals! It includes such tasks as describing, asking/answering questions, and vocabulary.
Apples to Apples Junior
This game is great to focus on skills such as word relationships, describing, comparing/contrasting, and vocabulary.
MadLibs
This app is a great way to work on grammar and parts of speech. The old fashioned paper and pencil version works, too!
SuperDuper StoryMaker
This app allows you to make your own storybook. It gives children opportunities to practice reading, sequencing, vocabulary, sentence-building, following directions, grammar, and storytelling.
Toontastic
This app allows you to make your ownanimated films. Children can practice grammar, turn taking, social skills, sequencing, and vocabulary.
Classify It!
This app targets categories, similarities, & differences while allowing your child to learn about different animals.Page updated
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