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My name is Stephanie O'Quinn and I am a speech language therapist at Ketron Elementary, North Middle, and Sullivan North High School.
Please feel free to contact me.
Ways to help your child with language: asha.org
Ways to help your child with language: asha.org
In early elementary grades (K-2)
In early elementary grades (K-2)
- Talk with your child frequently
- Read a variety of books; read often and talk with your child about the story
- Help your child focus on sound patterns of words such as those found in rhyming games
- Have your child retell stories and talk about events of the day
- Talk with your child during daily activities; give directions for your child to follow (e.g., making cookies)
- Talk about how things are alike and different
- Give your child reasons and opportunities to write
In later elementary grades (3-5)
In later elementary grades (3-5)
- Continue to encourage reading; find reading material that is of interest to your child
- Encourage your child to form opinions about what he or she hears or reads and relate what is read to experiences
- Help your child make connections between what is read and heard at school, at home, and in other daily activities
- Talk aloud as you help your child understand and solve problems encountered in reading material
- Help your child recognize spelling patterns, such as beginnings and endings of words (e.g., pre- or -ment)
- Encourage your child to write letters, keep a diary, or write stories
Your Child's Communication: Kindergarten
Your Child's Communication: Kindergarten
By the end of kindergarten your child should be able to do the following:
Listening
- Follow 1-2 simple directions in a sequence
- Listen to and understand age-appropriate stories read aloud
- Follow a simple conversation
Speaking
- Be understood by most people
- Answer simple "yes/no" questions
- Answer open-ended questions (e.g., "What did you have for lunch today?")
- Retell a story or talk about an event
- Participate appropriately in conversations
- Show interest in and start conversations
Reading
- Know how a book works (e.g., read from left to right and top to bottom in English)
- Understand that spoken words are made up of sounds
- Identify words that rhyme (e.g., cat and hat)
- Compare and match words based on their sounds
- Understand that letters represent speech sounds and match sounds to letters
- Identify upper- and lowercase letters
- Recognize some words by sight
- "Read" a few picture books from memory
- Imitate reading by talking about pictures in a book
Writing
- Print own first and last name
- Draw a picture that tells a story and label and write about the picture
- Write upper- and lowercase letters (may not be clearly written)
Speech and Language websites:
Speech and Language websites:
- American Speech and Hearing Association: http://www.asha.org/
- Articulation Games: http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html
- Articulation Worksheets/Process of Articulation Therapy Information: http:www.mommyspeechtherapy.com
- Language and Word Games: http://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
- Sequencing Games: http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html
- Information on Stuttering: http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/stutter.html
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