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Friday 9 February 2024

Visuals


A quick reminder about using viusals and how impoartnat they are!





 



Wednesday 7 February 2024

Foundational Skills before Talking

 There are many skills that children have to acquire before they speak!

 
Watch this video WALKIE TALKIE to help you!

11 Skills that Toddlers MUST have before WORDS emerge 1. Responds to events in the environment 2. Responds to people 3. Develops an attention span 4. Exhibits joint attention 5. Plays with toys 6. Understands and uses early gestures 7. Understands early words and follows simple directions 8. Vocalizes 9. Imitates actions, gestures, and words 10. Initiates interaction with you 11. Begins turn taking



Saturday 9 December 2023

Holiday Ideas

 

 




Concepts!

Associations 


Pronouns!





Here are some fun and educational activities you can do in your classroom during those down times while you are waiting for the gym to practice your concert in the gym.
They are easy and useful for all students!







Monday 27 November 2023

SALE TIME


 Check out my store for some fun Speech and Language resources on sale! 




Tuesday 31 October 2023

MAT MAN

 I love using Mat Man in my pre-k classrooms. 

Mat Man, by Learning Without Tears, is such a quick and fun activity that you can use with the kids to help teach important readiness skills such as drawing, pre-writing, counting, building, socializing, sharing, and body awareness.

I love to use it and incorporate language concepts like body parts, and concepts.


You can download it here for free!

Here is a video for information on Mat Man.


Mat Man World


This is the video I use in classrooms when I do Mat Man.




When I do Mat Man with kids preschoolers I pair it with the Opposites book. It is a nice language addition to the activity. 

Sunday 15 October 2023

Monster Theme

love using the Monster theme in the preschool and kinder classrooms. I incorporate Speech and OT.

There are so many fun ideas and activities. 

You can pair with the OT centers to make your centers a language rich experience.
We did Wet, Dry, Try with the letter M- for Monster, then we made monsters with play dough and made fun monsters using add-ons like buttons, straws and other $ store items. 
M- make the m sound with the kids, talk about words that start with the m sound and explicitly describe how to make the m sound (putting your lips together, etc.).
Play Dough- make the monster and describe what they are doing- you put the eyes in the middle, you made a mouth at the bottom, just explain what they are doing using concepts. Remember- don't ask questions, model what they are saying. 
Take a look:






And I also use my Monster Sort Freebie as a language center.




Here is a fun song to pair with your Monster Theme.