Hi dolphin families,
During the month of November we are focusing on what it means to be thankful while reading the book, "Bear Says Thanks". After reading the book, we have been discussing what we are thankful for. Some of Mrs. Paton's groups have been working hard on making "thankful trees". The students have had fun sharing what they are thankful for with their speech buddies.
We have also been focusing on the vocabulary terms seen below. Please focus on these vocabulary words with your students to reinforce our discussions in the speech room.
Happy Fall, dolphin families!
During the month of October we focused on fall vocabulary. Please focus on the following vocabulary at home with your children to reinforce what we are discussing in the speech room.
Here are some of our favorite apps to work on speech and language skills. They are all free for download and are "kid approved" for a lot of fun!
1) Let's Name Things Fun Deck: Select the cards you want your child to see, and have them name items to practice vocabulary, categorizing, and thinking skills. The prompts include statements like, “Let’s name… things that live in the ocean.” and “Let’s name… things you’d take on a trip.”
2) Bluster!: This word matching game helps to develop vocabulary and word understanding for school-aged children. Your child will practice matching rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, and more. Bluster includes over 800 vocabulary words. Players choose a skill to practice and then try to make matches of three. Ten matches wins a round. This can be played as an individual game or a game for 2 children.
3) Word Games for Kids - Futaba:
Futaba is a 2-4 player game designed for school aged children. This word quiz game can be used at home or in the classroom as a entertaining way to build language skills.
It was originally designed for ESL students but is a wonderful resource for working on language skills with any child.
4) I Hear Ewe: Entertain and educate your child with this simple game full of 24 different authentic animal sounds and 12 different vehicle sounds. When your child taps on an animal or vehicle icon, the game will verbally announce what type of animal or vehicle it is and play a recording of its real sound. You have the option of selecting English, Spanish, German or Chinese for the verbal descriptions. You can also turn off the verbal descriptions and hear only the item's sound when an icon is tapped. This app is a great way to introduce your child to animals and vehicles and reinforce this vocabulary. Also helps develop your child's motor skills while keeping them entertained.
We hope you find these apps useful at home while practicing with your child on their individual speech and language goals.
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