Speech & Language Resources

Here you can find a variety of activities and resources to support your child’s (preschool-kindergarten) speech, language, and literacy development.

 

A Menu of Speech, Language, and Learning Activities for the Month of March/April

Find a daily schedule for a four day school week. HUGE thanks to my teachers who put this together with me.

Learning, Speech & Language Activities

My Monthly Calendars

Yes, the ones my colleagues and I use with our preschoolers ;). Use these for extra ideas to promote speech & language through your daily routines!

March 2020
 
April 2020
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Video links for ideas on play

"Playing with Toys"

Here is one of my favorite videos where a Speech Language Pathologist coaches a grandmother while she plays with her grandson. There are so many great suggestions for facilitating language development through play:


Click here to find more early intervention ideas to keep up while going about your daily routines from the Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse.

Find the very Core boards I use in speech therapy (I like the 36x36 but you can find smaller grids too!). These are FREE downloadables and are great for nonverbal and/or limited verbal children. They are also super helpful to facilitate language expression with many functional icons.

Early intervention ideas
 
Universal Core Communication Systems

A quick and easy process on how to help put your child's speech sounds into syllables while making it FUN. Find the corresponding worksheets that I’m referring to below!

My Homemade Syllable Shape Worksheets
Sing along with us for this week's song and spread the joy! Parents- feel free to slow the video down and/or pause to give your child time to respond and exp...
 
See more on my youtube channel
Friends, this is a tutorial on the free version of one of my favorite communication Apps, "Verbal Me". Follow along as I show you how I use this. Please feel...
Here are a few of my "must haves" that you can possible find around your house or in your child's toy box to help with your preschooler's speech and language...

Remember to READ, SING, and TALK with your child through daily routines and play!