The weather is getting colder, so it’s time to bundle up and help children learn some seasonal vocabulary. Let’s get up from the table, move around the room, and build a giant snowman!
Tag Archives: Activities
Crafts, Concepts, and Critical Elements
Arts and crafts projects are about far more the cutting, pasting, and bedazzling until your fingers are sore — they’re also a great way to work on critical elements and basic concepts (see explanations of these terms below).
Duct Tape Activities
I don’t know what it is about duct tape, but it is almost universally fascinating. For “just tape” it’s awfully fun, and very useful to lots of people. In my weekly clinic meeting, my supervisor challenged my fellow graduate clinicians and I to come up with activities to target speech and language goals using justContinue reading “Duct Tape Activities”
The 100 Words of Summer
I wish I could take credit for this great idea, but I heard it from Marguerite Vasconcellos, M.S., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT, at a presentation she gave earlier this year.
Picture This: Possessive Pronouns Activity
Today, in therapy, I made an experience book for my six-year-old student. We’re working on possessive pronouns, so I made a bunch of pages with pictures of various people (just random people from a clip art) and various objects. We then matched the objects to the person by color. For example, I printed a pictureContinue reading “Picture This: Possessive Pronouns Activity”
Play With a Purpose: Incorporating Language Into Play
The holidays are over and the presents are unwrapped. Now… how do you get the most “bang for your buck” when it comes to building speech, language, and listening skills through play?
Winter Holiday Activities
Chanukah and Christmas are almost here and I am practically bursting with excitement! I just couldn’t wait any longer to post these ideas for making the most of this most wonderful time of the year!
Thanksgiving Activities
It’s almost Thanksgiving. Holidays are just packed with new listening and spoken language opportunities but sometimes, in the midst of all the hustle and bustle, we lose these precious teaching moments. Here are some tips for making the most of everyday learning opportunities during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Fall Activities
Fall is here and with it come TONS of fantastic opportunities for listening and spoken language.
Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities
“Readers are leaders and leaders are readers.” One of the most important things you can do for your child, deaf or not, is READ, READ, READ. Read to them, read with them, encourage them to read to themselves and to you. Set a good example by reading a lot yourself, and show them everyday situationsContinue reading “Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 