Sherry Artemenko's Blog - Language in Play

Alphabet Anatomy: Meet The Capital Letters Teaches Kids The Alphabet

May 19, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Language, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Learning the alphabet, all 26 letters, can be daunting. Some pick it up quickly through repeated exposure to educational TV shows, DVD's, books, and...

Wordless Picture Books Can Teach More Language

May 13, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Books, Elementary School Age, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Last week research came out from the University of Waterloo finding that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook...

My First Day, Comparing What Animals Do On Day One

May 9, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Uncategorized

I was in an annual review yesterday for a first grader that I work with and his teacher was saying that next year they will be talking about...

Boundaries Baseball Game Teaches Personal Space, Feelings and Saying No

May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

I came upon a great game today, "Boundaries Baseball" by Franklin Learning Systems, which teaches about boundaries for personal space, feelings and...

Eco Friendly Pretend Play Toys by Green Toys Build Language Skills

May 3, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

My newest PAL Award winners come from Green Toys™ and are great for pretend play to build language skills. Kids these days are much more savvy...

Fun Art Projects for Screen-Free Week

Apr 30, 2013 | 6-8 year-olds, Toys

I have discovered some wonderful art projects that kids have loved called Artzooka! Crazy name, I know, but that just shows how creative they are...

Lesson Plans for Screen-Free Week: Pretend, Play, Talk

Apr 18, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Turn off the TV? Set aside the iPad? Give up video games? That’s just what millions of people will be doing April 29-May 5 as they turn off screens...

The Ant and the Grasshopper, A Lesson in Descriptive Language for Speech Therapy

Apr 15, 2013 | Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Uncategorized

Readers are drawn into the vibrant collage of colors on the first page of The Ant and the Grasshopper, "Somewhere on the boulevard of backyards an...

Penguin and Pinecone, A Friendship Lesson For Speech Therapy

Apr 15, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I love Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon for language lessons because of its simplicity in storyline and illustrations which leaves a lot to talk...