Suggestions from
Speech Language Pathologists

Have a scavenger hunt:

Have them find things made of wood, metal, green things, brown things, heavy things, things that grow, etc...Once they find items that match the criteria, have them describe the items (color, size, shape, category, function, parts, texture, taste, made of...)

Images

Google image pictures or find pictures in magazines and have kids describe what is happening in the picture. Also ask them what do they think happened next (predicting)

Reading

When reading them a book, stop along the way to ask what has happened so far, ask why they think a character behaved a certain way, what they predict will happen next.

Grammar

-Parts of speech review sheets for those that have been taught

-Read a book - identify parts of speech in each sentence

-Language based games/board games

-Silly pictures: show a silly picture and have them make 5 sentences about what is silly “I see something silly. I see a bird swimming in the water.”, 5 sentences that start with he/she is _______ or They are ________, 5 sentences that start with he/she has a _________ or They have a ________, 5 sentences that start with It’s a __________, 5 sentences that start with There’s a _______.

-Hidden Pictures puzzles - find the picture and explain where it is on the page

-Spot The Difference puzzles - explain the differences

-I Spy Books - describe an object for someone to find or find a picture and explain where it is

Story Retell:

-Read any picture book - at end draw a picture/write words for beginning, middle and end

-Wordless Book - orally tell the story (Journey, Zoom, Sector 7, Flotsum, The Lion and The Mouse)

-Orally retell a story to parent/sibling/stuffed animal!

Games to play

• 20 questions

• Simon Says

• Twister

• Catchphrase

• Apples to Apples

• Guess Who

• Battleship

• Rat-A-Tat Cat

• Guesstures

• Scattegories

• Blurt

• Memory

• Taboo

• Boggle

• Outburst

• S'Match

• Headbands

• 5 Second Rule

Social:

-Games - board games, outside games

List the rules, teach someone else how to play, take turns playing

-Work with someone and make up a new game - create it

-Whole Body Listening Larry - label the parts or draw lines to match

-Watch a video - what is the problem, reaction, does the reaction match the problem

-Social Problem solving worksheets

-Look at magazine pictures, what do you think they are saying, feeling

Other Ideas

-Ask them how items are alike and/or different (banana/apple, motorcycle/bicycle)

-List items in a category (fruits, vegetables, cities, states, birds, animals, etc…)

-Draw pictures of homophones (sun/son, flour/flower, bare/bear, hare/hair)

-Draw pictures or create sentences with homonyms (bill, pitcher, ring, bank, watch, park)

-Give clues, such as I’m thinking of something that ___ to help with word retrieval

Videos:

• Perspective Taking Videos: Watch this video and talk about what is happening. You should watch this video 2x (once on each of 2 days), but you can pause as needed. You should watch it first before playing it with the kids so you will be familiar. Questions you should be asking:

Orally tell/retell a short film video.

Here are some more videos: