We are often times asked for websites to practice language or articulation skills at home. We decided to publish a blog post with a few websites and games you can use at home with your children to work on their speech and language goals.
1) Mommy Speech Therapy:
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55
This website has printable worksheets for different sounds your child may be practicing. You can print off worksheets to practice sounds at the word, sentence, and story levels.
2) Sheppard Software's Verbs in Space:
www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm
This is a fun game to help your child to identify action words. Your child will be presented with a group of words and will be required to click on the verb.
3) Sheppard Software's Preschool Animals Games:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals.htm
This website offers a variety of interactive games perfect for preschool aged children. These will work on simple animal identification and counting and will give you and your child opportunities to talk about different animals you would see in a variety of areas such as farms, oceans, jungles and more.
4) Turtle Diary Direction Words Game:
http://www.turtlediary.com/game/direction-words.html
This game will help your child practice following spatial directions ("in", "on", "behind", "under", etc).
5) Turtle Diary Describing Words:
http://www.turtlediary.com/game/describing-words-fill-in-the-blank.html
This is an interactive vocabulary game for younger kids, which is designed to help them learn new words and expand their vocabulary. A simple lesson will introduce kids to the concept of describing words or adjectives and their use in a sentence.
We hope you find these websites helpful when practicing at home with your child. Please contact us with any specific questions you may have regarding your child's speech or language needs.
