Enhancing good speech and language skills over the SUMMER break

SUMMER Fun!!!

Since most students who are receiving speech services do not get speech-language therapy during the summer months, it is important for parents to know how to enhance good language and/or articulation skills.

First, you should ask the following questions:  

Do I understand the needs of my child?
What is my child working on in speech-language therapy?
What are my child's goals?
 Did I ask my child's therapist to borrow materials or explained ways to work with my child at home and in other settings?
Each day of the week can be a day that you can target an activity.....

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Find 10 things that go in your bedroom and make a sentence about it.	Arts  & Crafts Cut out pictures from a magazine and think of a word to describe each one.	Play Time! Play toss the bean bags onto pictures and make a sentence about each picture.	Book Worm! Read a book and tell someone about the character.	Action! Use good sentences while you talk about your favorite movie.
Find 10 things that go in your kitchen and make a sentence about it.	Arts & Crafts Use good sentences to describe objects you make out of Play-Doh	Play Time! Play tic tac toe with pictures and describe each picture on your turn.	Book Worm! Read a book and tell someone about the setting.	Action! Use good sentences while you draw a picture.
Find 10 things that go in your bathroom and make a sentence about it.	Arts & Crafts Use sidewalk chalk to draw a treasure map and tell someone how to find the treasure.	Play Time! Play a memory game and when you make a match, use that word in a sentence.	Book Worm! Read a book and tell someone 3 things that happened.	Action! Use good sentences while you talk about your day.