Peek At Speech: The Gingerbread Man
Theme: Christmas/Holidays
Book: The Gingerbread Man
Vocabulary: gingerbread man, snake, river, goose, wet, fox, eat, candy, bake, cat, mouth, tail, nose, back
For the next two weeks in speech, we are reading The Gingerbread Man. We will be talking about action words (verbs) such as run, dance, sing, etc. as the gingerbread man performs many of these actions throughout the story. We will also be working on retelling the story using our sequencing skills. Suggested activities to complete with your child to incorporate both language enhancing strategies and articulation practice include:
1. Included below is a book called Off He Ran. Read the book to your child, and then color the pictures. After coloring the pictures, read the story again. When you have finished reading the book, you should take this opportunity to either make or buy pre made gingerbread men cookies. You can get the ingredients described in the book, and then take the opportunity to make a gingerbread man with your child. Make sure you talk through what you are doing, as you are doing it, when making the gingerbread man.
2. Included is a worksheet that will allow your child to create their own gingerbread man. Print the worksheet and color, cut, and paste the pictures on the gingerbread man. Practice labeling and describing the gingerbread man as you create it.
3. Included is a worksheet that will allow your child to practice identifying colors and numbers and following directions. 
**Use these activities to practice articulation for target sounds and fluency skills. If your child says his/her target sound incorrectly, take the opportunity to repeat back what your child said and over emphasize the target sounds. Talk about how your child can HEAR the sounds produced and can LOOK in a mirror to watch their mouth produce the sounds. If your child has bumpy speech while completing an activity, practice with your child using smooth and slow, easy speech. Remind them to slow down when expressing their ideas to help increase fluent speech.
It is my pleasure to serve your child, if you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]
Sarah Beckman M.Ed., CCC-SLP
