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Teaching Vowels to Toddlers: Long Vowels Race

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Vowels may be introduced during the toddler years. However, difficulty with differentiating between short and long vowels may persist into childhood. This game is a fun, interactive tool to help with early awareness of vowel varieties through the identification of long vowels. This game may be played with up to 3 children per round.
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Strategies to Develop Receptive and Expressive Language Skills with Children Who Use AAC

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many families find it difficult to support the communicative needs of their little ones who depend on AAC for participation in activities of daily living. This resource is for therapists, parents, caregivers, and educators who are seeking ideas and activities to build receptive and expressive language skills with their children who use aided AAC.
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Summer Verb Tense Puzzle Targeting Past, Present, and Future for Pre-Literate and Literate Clients

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
To develop increasingly complex language, children need to demonstrate proficiency in a variety of tenses to communicate their wants, needs, comments, and conversation. This activity uses summer themes and words to target the use of regular and irregular verbs in past, present, and future tenses. It is designed for non-literate and literate learners.
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Summer Themed Pacing Board Activity

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Pacing can help children communicate more effectively and build self-awareness. This activity is appropriate for most children, toddlers through school age, who may have speech sound errors and/or a language impairment.
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Summer Snack Ideas and Fun Recipes for Kids

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Summer is a fun time for kids to be involved in food preparation! This handout is designed for parents and caregivers and outlines some simple snacks with kid-friendly recipe layouts to encourage healthy food habits.
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Summer Scavenger Hunt (F and V Phonemes)

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Sometimes it takes creativity to keep kids focused and interested in practicing speech at home! This activity provides a fun way to work on sounds /f/ and /v/ in words. Simply cut out the images and hide them around the house. When the child finds the picture, model the word so they repeat it back. 
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Strategies to Decrease Echolalia and Support Spontaneous Language

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Do you have a patient whose main form of expressive language is characterized by echolalia? Is that patient able to produce or “echo” back extremely complex sentences or phrases but is unable to produce their own spontaneous responses within therapy activities and in conversation? This document outlines some basic strategies to use during therapy to decrease echolalic behaviors and increase a child’s spontaneous language capabilities.
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Springtime Vocabulary Activity Pack

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
These activities can be used to expand a child’s expressive and receptive vocabulary, while working on other language skills such as following directions and answering questions.
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