Speech therapy ideas

The best way to help a child's speech and language development is through play. Here are 10 simple activities that you can do at home, including the key vocabulary to focus on, to help develop your child's speech and oral language. The key to these activities is about engaging with the child and using simple, useful language that matches the actions of play. This puts the language into context with what they are experiencing and gives them opportunities to hear, use and practice the language…

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Confession time...I'm a terrible singer. Like, turrible. But I don't let that stop me (Follow your dreams, people) from belting out my own little diddies and dance moves in my therapy sessions. Why? Mostly because it draws attention and makes my students laugh. But also, I know that movements and chants and rhymes can all help my students engage and learn. Like the kind of learning that sticks. Let's take a look at some research:

Oral Motor Exercises for Children, skills refer to the appropriate functioning and use of the facial muscles lips, jaw, tongue, cheeks etc.

I wanted to give you 10 speech therapy ideas to do at home because you, as the parent, are your child's best teacher. I am a play therapist (not an SLP), so I work with many speech-delayed children, in conjunction with their speech-language pathologist (birth-age 3) and these activities work great with them in the home,

Looking for a fun, creative, and interactive activity to add to your speech therapy routine? Our 'Who' questions flashcards are the perfect solution! Editable, printable and free of charge, these flashcards will keep your students engaged with stimulating speech exercises. Get ready to transform your therapy sessions, one 'Wh' at a time!

Use these evidence-based activities and strategies to teach pronouns to your speech therapy students, including: subject, object, possessive, & reflexive pronouns.

Speech therapy at home is easier than you think! Click to find 18 different speech activities for kids that you can do at home, in the car or even at the store. These are the same speech strategies that therapists use to help a child’s communication skills.