Strategies to Encourange Language Development Archives - Page 23 of 50

Read a Book to A Child and Illustrate It

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Language, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

After reading a book to your child, extend the experience with an activity--talk about how the story relates to your life and your child's...

“Wildlife Care Station” Teaches Compassion

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Language, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Uncategorized

Introduce your child to Playmobil's "Wildlife Care Station" and you'll lose them to great creative play involving compassion and care for the...

Interactive Noah’s Ark Book Builds Childrens’ Language

| 3-6 year-olds, Books, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I'm a fan of "Snappy Books" because I like the big bold drawings, pop-ups and rhymes. In their newest addition, Snappy Builder Noah's Ark, your...

Using Toys to Extend a Story Book

| 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Books, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Cuddle up with a good picture book, add a plush character from the story and you have literacy plus play! I introduced Opal from Toot and Puddle:...

Poetry Month, Kids Writing Cinquain Poems

| 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Elementary School Age, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Encouraging kids to write poetry is a language lesson in itself. They need to compact language, using only a few words to describe their subject,...

Taking Spring Speech Therapy Outside

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Autism, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Now that temperatures in the northeast have gone from the 50's to the 70's in one week, it is time to take speech therapy outside--spring is here!...

“Truth Be Told” Game Teaches Social Language

| 12 years and up, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, play, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Truth be told, there is only one honest player at a time in this zany game of pretend to know your friends. Designed for kids to adults, beginning...

Kids’ Creative Play Starts With The Right Toys

| 3-6 year-olds, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

A good language enhancing toy will spark a child's imaginative play. It is a delight to watch them build on their story as they take a prop and...

Learning Language Lessons With “The Very Greedy Bee”

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Articulation, Elementary School Age, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Certain books make it easier to teach language. Give me beautiful, clear illustrations, a simple but engaging story and I can use it to work on many...

Speech Therapy Games, “S’ Match” by Thinkfun

| 3-6 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, Preschool Class, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I use fun commercial games for speech therapy all the time. Some are valuable as a reinforcer after a turn of saying a sound, practicing a language...