The Wish Tree: Speech and Language Lesson

Here is our story for the week! 

You can decorate your own Christmas tree on Boom Cards, you may need to sign up for a free account to acces. Decorate Your Tree

Merry Christmas, Mouse! Speech and Language Lesson

 Participate and have fun! Count some items in your home. Find your favorite ornament on your tree and tell someone about it! Then watch and since along to the video below. 

10 Fat Turkeys: Speech and Language Lesson

 Enjoy our story of the week, as well as some fun Thanksgiving videos! Remember to BE THANKFUL and always use your magic words, "thank you!"

Grow a Pumpkin Pie: Speech and Language Lesson

 Enjoy our lesson for the week! Watch these fun YouTube videos about Pumpkins, and print and make your own pumpkin face!

Mouse's First Fall: Speech and Language Lesson

I love FALL! Even in Phoenix, we still have a great Autumn. Hope you enjoy these activities! Watch my language lesson, the Youtube videos about Fall leaves, and print and do the scavenger hunt! Use good sentences like "I see a _____" or "I found a _____"!

Happy Halloween, Mittens: Speech and Language Lesson

 

3 Naughty Ghosts: Speech and Language Lesson

 

Go Away Big Green Monster: Speech and Language Lesson

 

Mouse Paint: Speech and Language Lesson

 

Grumpy Monkey: Speech and Language Lesson

 

I'm a Hungry Dinosaur: Speech and Language Lesson

 

Participate in the song and have fun!

Pete the Cat- I Love My White Shoes: Speech and Language Lesson

Here are videos of our weekly speech and language story and two fun songs to practice following directions!

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear: Speech and Language Lesson

 Here are videos of our weekly speech and language story, as well as a fun movement song to practice following directions!

Have You Seen My Cat? Speech and Language Lesson

 

Bears in the Night: Speech and Language Lesson

 

Summer Homework Calendars 2020

Here are some links to some awesome summer homework calendars if you are looking for something easy to do each day with your child this summer.

Language Calendars HERE
Articulation Calendars HERE

I have good intentions of doing "Summer Magic" with my kiddos again this year, and blogging it like I did a few years ago. We do themed weeks with lots of fun activities, snacks, books, games and movies and they are awesome for promoting language development. Plus its fun to plan and do awesome things with your kiddos! Feel free to check back to see if I actually get around to posting this year... but in the mean time, check out my past posts here:

City Tour
On the Go

Under the Sea

Creepy Crawlers

Deep in the Desert

The main point of summer is to interact with your child! Have fun. Enjoy each other. Talk. Snuggle. Read. Look at my Skills videos to learn how to best maximize this time and promote language development. Reach out to me if you have any questions! And most of all, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

May 18th-21st Homework

This week we will be practicing our speech sounds using Boom cards! These links don't require a login so you can just click an play. They should work on a phone, tablet or computer. These links will expire in 2 weeks so feel free to use them until then. Have your child say each word  a few times before moving to the next page (I usually use between 3-5 times each word for preschoolers and 5-10 for kindergarten and up).

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*

Feel free to play the games from last week, too! They are available for one more week.

Monday 10:30 group (R)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/pedpu

Monday 2:00 group (S, Z)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/cdor

Wednesday 10:30 group (CVC words)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/a3dk

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/e4y3

Speech and Language Lesson Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. This week we read a book called "What Pet Should I Get?"

**This is the last week of school, and therefore my last recorded lesson. I hope you have enjoyed using them as much as I have enjoyed making them! I hope everyone has a great summer- stay safe and healthy, and tell all my students how much I miss them!**

Skill #7: Stop Asking Questions!

"Questions can put the child on the defensive and can lead to the child saying or doing less, rather than more."

Please check out this website for AWESOME resources and tips on how to improve communication with your child by using less questions!

http://www.hanen.org/SiteAssets/Helpful-Info/Articles/oh-those-questions---printer-friendly.aspx

May 11th-15th homework

This week we will be practicing our speech sounds using Boom cards! These links don't require a login so you can just click an play. They should work on a phone, tablet or computer. These links will expire in 2 weeks so feel free to use them until then. Have your child say each word  a few times before moving to the next page (I usually use between 3-5 times each word for preschoolers and 5-10 for kindergarten and up).

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*

Feel free to play the games from last week, too! They are available for one more week.

Monday 10:30 group (R)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/ipip

Monday 2:00 group (S, Z)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/fq24

Wednesday 10:30 group (CVC words)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/fq24

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/fq24

Speech and Language Lesson Week 7

Welcome to Week 7 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called Let's Go for a Drive!

Skill #6: Screen Time

Check out this awesome link with some great info and studies on screen time and language development! https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/screen-time-and-language-development/

Here are some ideas of things to do instead of screens with your child. Remember that in order for your child to be off screens, you need to be willing to be off your screens too!

• Talk with your child.  If your child is only giving you one-word responses, try asking more specific questions (like “who did you eat lunch with”) instead of open-ended questions (like “how was your day?”).

• Sing songs

• Read a book

• Play with your child’s favorite toy

• Color a picture

• Make a craft project

• Play in the yard

• Go for a walk

• Take your child to a park

• Go for a car ride and talk about what you see

• Go to the library and look for books on a topic that interests your child

• Play a board game

• Teach your child a new skill

• Teach or practice a sport in the back yard

• Ride bikes

• Go somewhere with an indoor play-place

• Call up some friends and have a play date

• Cook something in the kitchen together

• Plant seeds or plants in a garden

• Do a family service project together, like helping an elderly neighbor with house work

Speech and Language Lesson Week 6

Welcome to Week 6 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called There's a Monster in Your Book.

May 4th-8th homework

This week we will be practicing our speech sounds using Boom cards! These links don't require a login so you can just click an play. They should work on a phone, tablet or computer. These links will expire in 2 weeks so feel free to use them until then. Have your child say each word  a few times before moving to the next page (I usually use between 3-5 times each word for preschoolers and 5-10 for kindergarten and up).

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*

Feel free to play the games from last week, too! They are available for one more week.

Monday 11:00 group (R)
(Watch tutorial first to see how to play- its only 1.5 minutes!)
tutorial: https://boom.cards/fastplay/bppy
game: https://boom.cards/fastplay/u8kdn

Monday 2:00 group (S, Z)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/ydrd
Wednesday 10:30 group (final consonants)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/oxrfs

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/qsnz

Skill #5: Sing!

See below for some Youtube videos, song ideas and resources. Have fun singing (and dancing!!)!


The Goldfish
Banana Banana Meatball
We Are the Dinosaurs
The Freeze
Slippery Fish
I am a Pizza
We're Going on a Lion Hunt

*also look up videos by Little Baby Bum and Super Simple Songs!

Classics

• Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Wheels on the Bus
• Row Row Row Your Boat

Body Parts

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
• If You’re Happy and You Know It
• Do Your Ears Hang Low
• Where is Thumbkin

Animals

• Down By the Bay
• Going on a Bear Hunt
• Baby Bumble Bee
• Farmer in the Dell

Counting

• Five Little Ducks
• Five Green Speckled Frogs
• Five Little Monkeys
• Ants Go Marching

Here is a fun site for some awesome song ideas!
https://speakplaylove.com/12-childrens-songs-to-help-with-language-development/

May Speech-Language Home Program Calendars

April 27th-May 1st homework

This week we will be practicing our speech sounds using Boom cards! These links don't require a login so you can just click an play. They should work on a phone, tablet or computer. These links will expire in 2 weeks so feel free to use them until then. Have your child say each word  a few times before moving to the next page (I usually use between 3-5 times each word for preschoolers and 5-10 for kindergarten and up).

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*

Feel free to play the games from last week, too! They are available for one more week.

Monday 10:30 or 2:00 group (S, Z)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/uxi5

Monday 11:00 group (R)
(Watch tutorial first to see how to play- its only 1.5 minutes!)
tutorial: https://boom.cards/fastplay/bppy
game: https://boom.cards/fastplay/u8kdn

Wednesday 10:30 group (final consonants)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/wbqm

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/biwv

Speech and Language Lesson Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called There's an Alligator Under My Bed.

Skill #4: Create Opportunity

April 20th-25th homework

This week we will be practicing our speech sounds using Boom cards! These links don't require a login so you can just click an play. They should work on a phone, tablet or computer. These links will expire in 2 weeks so feel free to use them until then. Have your child say each word  a few times before moving to the next page (I usually use between 3-5 times each word for preschoolers and 5-10 for kindergarten and up).

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*


Monday 10:30 or 2:00 group (S, Z)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/ayoq

Monday 11:00 group (R)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/xh24

Wednesday 10:30 group (final consonants)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/venw

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
https://boom.cards/fastplay/pezb

Speech and Language Lesson Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons.

Skill #3: Play!

Playing with your child is one of the best thing you can do in order to promote growth in ALL domains of child development! It promotes communication development, social and emotional growth, improved cognitive skills, better gross and fine motor skills, as well as improved adaptive/self-help skills. WOW! So much growth just by playing with your child. It can be simple and fun, and I recommend 1 or 2 15-minute sessions a day if possible, of undivided attention to playing with your child (no screens on, don't look at your phone, etc). Follow their lead! Here is a quick video and some AWESOME resources to check out to help guide you. This is seriously SO MUCH FUN! Each of your kiddos is amazing and I miss playing with them so much.

https://www.cdc.gov/parents/essentials/communication/specialplaytime.html

https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/child-development/play-work-of-children/pl5/#gs.438df5

April 13th-18th homework pages

Here are the weekly words lists for my articulation students to work on at home. Pick the list that your student is working on. These words are similar, to what we worked on in our most recent Zoom sessions.

Say each word 10 times each day 5 days a week. If your child does not have much difficulty with saying each word 10 times, have them make a sentence about each word after saying the word 10 times. It works best to find a time each day to do speech for 5 minutes. Find something and stick with it! Consistency is key.

Please let me know if you have questions!

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*


Monday 10:30 or 2:00 group (S, Z)
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/sp-initial_words.pdf

Monday 11:00 group (R)
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/r-initial_words.pdf

Wednesday 10:30 group (final consonants)
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/d-final_words.pdf

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/k-initial_words.pdf

Speech and Language Lesson - Week 3

Welcome to Week 3 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

Skill #2: Interactive Reading

Please see the links below for additional resources and information about how to read to your child in a way that really promotes language development!

https://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-preschoolers

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/raising-readers-writers-and-spellers/201311/10-rules-reading-aloud-preschoolers

Speech and Language Lesson - Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Monday mornings at 10am (with Ms. Shelley) for my Kindergarten Language students and Wednesday mornings at 10am for my Preschool Language students. I will also post the video here each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called From Head to Toe.

Here is an optional home activity to target /k/ sounds and following directions!

Cut out two copies of the dice page, so that you can have two dice. Print out the animals page and color them. Glue one animal on each square of the two dice. Assemble the dice by gluing or taping the tabs.

To play: Choose one of the dice and roll it on your turn. If you roll the penguin, say "I can (turn my head)" and do the action with your child. Make sure the child is saying their good /k/ sound! Take turns continuing play until you are ready to be done. Help your child say all of the words and not leave any out of their sentence.

April 6th-10th Homework pages

Here are the weekly words lists for my articulation students to work on at home. Pick the list that your student is working on. These words are similar, or the same, to what we worked on in our most recent Zoom sessions.

Say each word 10 times each day (Mon-Fri). If your child does not have much difficulty with saying each word 10 times, have them make a sentence about each word after saying the word 10 times. It works best to find a time each day to do speech for 5 minutes. Find something and stick with it! Consistency is key.

Please let me know if you have questions!

*Please see my Sound Production Tips post for help learning how to cue and correctly elicit each sound*


Monday 10:30 or 2:00 group (S, Z)

Monday 11:00 group (R)

Wednesday 10:30 group (final consonants)

Wednesday 11:00 group (K, G)

Skill # 1: Talk To Your Child

Here is a video explaining the first skill I want to share with you. Below I've also included some tips of what to talk about from ASHA (The American Speech-Language Hearing Association).

• Speak clearly to your child. Model good speech.
• Repeat what your child says to show that you understand. Add on to what she says. Use words like, "Want juice? I have juice. I have apple juice. Do you want apple juice?"
• It's okay to use baby talk sometimes. Be sure to use the adult word too. For example, "It is time for din-din. We will have dinner now."
• Cut out pictures of favorite or familiar things. Put them into categories, like things to ride on, things to eat, and things to play with. Make silly pictures by mixing and matching pictures. Glue a picture of a dog behind the wheel of a car. Talk about what is wrong with the picture and ways to "fix" it. 
• Help your child understand and ask questions. Play the yes–no game. Ask questions such as, "Are you Marty?" and "Can a pig fly?" Have your child make up questions and try to fool you.
• Ask questions that include a choice. "Do you want an apple or an orange?" "Do you want to wear your red shirt or your blue shirt?" 
• Help your child learn new words. Name body parts, and talk about what you do with them. "This is my nose. I can smell flowers, brownies, and soap."
• Sing simple songs, and say nursery rhymes. This helps your child learn the rhythm of speech.
• Place familiar objects in a box. Have your child take one out and tell you its name and how to use it. "This is my ball. I bounce it. I play with it."
• Show pictures of familiar people and places. Talk about who they are and what happened. Try making up new stories.

April Speech-Language Home Program Calendars

Here are the Speech and Language calendars for you! Each day there is a simple activity to develop language or articulation. If your child has goals in both areas, feel free to do both calendars. Have fun!

Speech Sound Production Tips

Please use these quick videos as a tool to help you teach your child correct production of their speech sounds. I've included the cues that I use for your specific children so they should be familiar with these!

P & B

T & D

M

N

S & Z

SH

K & G

R

Speech and Language Lesson - Week 1

Welcome to Week 1 of my online speech and language lessons during COVID-19 school closures. I miss all my students and can't wait to see you again! These lessons will be LIVE on Zoom Wednesday mornings at 10am. I will also post the video each week for those who can not attend. This week we read a book called Glad Monster Sad Monster! 

School Closure Information: COVID-19

Hello Parents and Guardians! 

First of all, I miss your kiddos so much!!!! During the school closure, I will be providing a variety of services for your students. This activities are all optional. I know this is a chaotic and stressful time for everyone, and if you are unable to add anything else to your plate, I completely understand! But I want to provide options for those who are able and wanting some speech-language therapy during this time.

Every student will receive:

-a "skill" of the week video or handout to help you work with your child each week

-a calendar with daily speech and language activities that can be done at home in just a few minutes

Students with language goals will receive:

-weekly group lesson/activity via Zoom* (if you cannot log in at the time this is offered, I will also be recording myself doing the lessons so that you can watch later with your child). 

Students with articulation goals will receive:

-weekly small group "speech labs" via Zoom* to practice correct sound production

-target word lists to practice at home

*You will receive a separate message via School Status in the near future with the schedule and login for the Zoom meetings that pertain to your child. Please download the Zoom app on your phone or computer.

All handouts, videos, etc. will be posted on your child's teacher site (Google Classroom for Preschool and Seesaw for Kindergarten). I will send out a quick blast via School Status when things are posted so you know when and where to look! I will also probably post them here on my blog for easy reference.

Remember that participating in these Zoom activities is optional, and I also realize that the times that work for me may not work for you. So in addition to the items above, I am also always available by phone, email, Zoom, etc. during typical school hours to answer your questions and figure out how to best support your student at home.

Please let me know if you have any questions. In the meantime, be on the lookout for your Zoom meeting invitations, as well as information when I start posting material for home practice!

Nicole Weber, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

nweber@pesd92.org