Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This week in speech we are reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle as part of our bugs theme. We will spend the week talking about the many different bugs that we can find in our world. We will work on describing what the bugs look like, where they live, and how they move. In addition, we will use Braidy as part of our story and literacy time as we work on retelling the story including the character (who?), setting (where?), feelings of characters, and action sequence (what happened?).
Suggested activities to complete with your child to incorporate both language enhancing strategies and articulation practice include:
Use these activities to practice labeling and identifying the vocabulary from our story. Color the pictures and practice describing using both number and color. For example, "I see four strawberries" or "I see red strawberries." In addition, go grocery shopping or hunting for food in your refrigerator. Practice labeling the foods seen.
**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.
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Sarah Beckman M.Ed., CCC-SLP