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About Speech/Language-Helpful Links/Resources
How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?
Learn about speech, language, and hearing development-Developmental Milestones Birth-5 years
Resources for Parents/Caretakers of Children with Speech and Language Delays
Try even 5 minutes of carryover at home!
What is articulation? What is phonology?
Preschool Speech-Language Skills (Home Carryover Ideas)
Key communication skills for children ages 3–5, and suggestions for how parents can help their preschoolers
BELOW ARE SIMPLE AND QUICK WAYS TO ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIVE AND RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AT HOME AND BEYOND!
Pause after speaking. This gives your child a chance to process your words and respond.
Help your child learn new words. Say a new word, and tell him what it means, or use it in a way that helps him understand. For example, you can use the word "enormous" instead of "big." You can say, "Look at that enormous truck. It is much bigger than that car."
Talk about where things are, using location and sequencing words like "first," "middle," and "last" or "right" and "left." Talk about opposites like "up" and "down" or "on" and "off."
Play a guessing game! Say, "We use it to sweep the floor," and have her find the broom. Say, "It is cold, sweet, and good for dessert. I like strawberry" so she can guess "ice cream."
Work on groups of items, or categories. Find the thing that does not belong in a group. For example, "A hat does not go with a banana and an orange because you can't eat it. It is not a fruit. A hat belongs to the clothing group"
Help your child follow more that 1 step directions. Try for two- and three-step directions. Use words like, "Go to your room, and bring me your book."
Ask your child to GIVE directions. Follow his directions as he tells you how to complete a task.
Play games with your child such as "house." Let her be the parent, and you pretend to be the child. Talk about the different rooms and furniture in the house.
Read books together! Take turns....parent reads and then child reads. Stop the story and have her guess what might happen next. Talk about the characters. Are they happy or sad? Ask her to tell you what happened in the story. Act out a scene together, or make up a different ending.
Everyday tasks are wonderful ways to learn and expand language. For example, talk about the foods on the menu at a restuarant. When cooking at home, discuss the food and their color, texture, and taste when in the kitchen. Talk about where to put things. Ask him to put the napkin on the table, in your lap, or under the spoon. Talk about who items belong to (ex: This is John's book.)
Go grocery shopping together. Talk about what you will buy, how many things you need, and what you will make. Talk about sizes, shapes, and weight.
Use the time in the car to ask and answer questions together (ex: Where are we going? When do you go to Mary's, Why are we going to the grocery store?). Use adjectives to describe things you see outside (Ex: The big brown leaves are on the ground.)
BELOW ARE A FEW WAYS TO PROMOTE USE OF YOUR STUDENTS "GOOD" SPEECH SOUNDS IN EVERYDAY CONVERSATION! IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES A DAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. PROVIDE POSITIVE PRAISE AND REINFORCEMENT FOR CORRECT PRODUCTIONS!
Choose one of these to do each day!
Choose a "Just Right Book" (one that is at your reading level). Before beginning to read each page, look for words with your sounds in it. When you start reading the page, be sure to say our sounds with your best speech!
At dinner time, use your best speech to tell about your day.
Tell your parents or siblings something you did at school or while playing outside today. Use your best speech sounds!
Play "catch yourself" saying 10 words with your speech sound and write them down.
Read aloud to yourself and listen for all your good speech sounds
At breakfast, use your targeted sounds.
During a car ride, use all of your good speech sounds to play I Spy!
While playing with a friend, use your best speech sounds.
Call someone on the phone! Practice using your best speech to tell them about your day.
Tell one person why it is important to use your good speech sounds (ex: people understand me, it helps with reading/spelling, etc.)