April Speech Homework Calendar - Preschool

Giant Jam Sandwich

Good for sequencing, or initial "j" sounds (like jam).

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Good for colors and for initial /s/ sentences!

Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea Activity

Make a book full of sea creatures by printing and cutting these pages into fourths. Staple together, and you can use construction paper for a cover. Help your child know the names of all the creatures, and they can color them to make them silly. Ask your child "What do you see in the sea?" They will say "I see a shark in the sea", etc. Help them to make their good /s/ sound by "keeping the tiger in the cage" (aka keeping their tongue behind their teeth).

Too Loud Lily Activity

Lots of variety here. Print two copies of the hippo page and two copies of the /l/ words page. Cut out hippos into cards, and glue a word on the back of each picture.

1. Play a matching game! Have your child say the /l/ word two times each time they flip a card over, and when they get a match they say it 5-10 times.

2. Play Go Fish with the cards, and when they get a match they have to say the word 5-10 times. If you get a match, have them still say it 5-10 times to get the practice.

3. Hide the hippos, and have your child "look" for them. Give directions, "look under the table" or "look on the couch." Emphasize the /l/ sound. Take turns hiding and giving directions.

Mushroom in the Rain Activity

Print out one of each of the following three pages. Read the story, your child can help you read it by reading the picture symbols in the story. After you read the story, cut out the animals and re-tell the story by placing them under the mushroom to get out of the rain. Make sure your child uses their good /r/ sound!

Go Away Big Green Monster

Build a monster, just like the one we read about! Here are the pages to print off. There is an example of what the monster should look like in the corner of the page with the body/face.

You and your child can take turns hiding the monster and letting the other person find it. When you find it, say "Go away big green monster!" and then the person who found it will hide it again. While you're playing, you can talk about the monster's body parts and colors (ex. "look at his yellow eyes! What color are his eyes??").

For older kids (or for more of a challenge), print off 2 copies of a page from my blog with words that have your child's target sound. Play a matching game and when you find a match that means its your turn to hide the monster for the other person to find.