Our amazing Speech and language Department have created a fun Language Activity of the Day sheet you can do during the coming week. Let us know how you get on 😄
Monday
Activity: Play The Bunny Says (Just like Simon Says).
Variations:
-Have your child point to the body part they want you to touch.
-Point to a body part and model the body part out loud or on their communication device e.g. nose, eye, ears
Language Targets:
-Listening Skills
-Identifying Body Parts
Free printable visual: http://www.pre-kpages.com/docs/bunny-says-game.pdf
Tuesday
Activity: Play hide and seek with a toy/stuffed bunny.
Variations:
-Have your child tell you ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if you are close to the bunny.
-Ask your child questions during the activity e.g. “Is it up high?”, “Who hid the bunny?”, “Where should I look next?”
-Model location words out loud or on your child’s communication device e.g. on, under, behind
Language Targets:
-Question words
-Location words
Wednesday
Activity: Colour a picture of Easter Eggs or dye them!
Language Targets:
-Colours
-Action words (paint, colour, wash)
-Describing words (bright, shiny, wet, dry)
Story to read:
http://www.positivelyautism.com/down…/Story_DecorateEggs.pdf
Thursday
Activity: Draw or use play-doh to make Easter creations and highlight certain sounds.
-For example make an egg and emphasize ‘e’, ‘f’ for flower, ‘b’ for basket etc.
-Talk about other words that stat with the same sound e.g. elephant, ear
Language Targets:
-Early literacy skills
Friday
Activity: Go on an Easter Egg Hunt!
Language Targets:
-Location words e.g. on, in, under, behind, next to, on top.
-Describing words e.g. somewhere cold, something soft, something tall
Story to read:
http://www.positivelyautism.com/…/Story_EasterEggHuntTrain.…
