Practicing speech and language at home with your child through activities can be fun and easy. Learning through games and activities can make the learning process more effective for children of all ages and abilities.
Learning through play has many benefits, increases motivation and engagement, improved knowledge retention and skill development, and creates a positive learning environment.
Here a few fun and easy activities to help with your child speech and language development.
Fun With Sidewalk Chalk
Sidewalk chalk is always fun and has so many possibilities. Whether you just draw and color words or parts of speech your child is working on in the driveway or play hopscotch, but instead of numbers use words. It is important to let your child be creative and have fun expressing themselves, while they practice sounds
Games In The Car
The typical alphabet game is when you take turns thinking of objects (food or animals) that start with each letter of the alphabet. When playing the game when targeting sounds of speech it is similar. Choose a letter and take turns thinking of words that start with that letter, until someone gets stumped.
At The Playground
The playground is a great place to practice targeted sounds. For instance, if you are working on the letter /b/ sound, by making a point to say words with that letter, “big” push on the swing or going down the “big” slide;. For the letter /p/ you can have your child “push” a stuffed animal down the slide. Practice the /s/ by saying the sound all the way down the slide “ssssss”. You can practice any sound on the playground
Fun In The Sand
Whether it’s the beach or the sand box in the backyard, everyone loves playing in the sand. Make it an activity that incorporates speech by burying picture cards or objects and let them dig them up. Have them say the object or say the word on the picture card, before putting it in their sand pail.
Help Set Your Child Up For Success, It’s The Most Powerful Thing A Parent Can Do
When we equip a child with the skills, knowledge, and confidence, they will grow up to be the best they can be
Speech and language therapy is an investment into your child. When they continue regular sessions, it often leads to faster progress. Which will make the most of your investment.
Children develop at different rates, but if your child isn’t meeting their speech or language milestone, it’s important to get it check out, early intervention makes all the difference. At First Words Speech Therapy, we are dedicated to meeting your child’s speech and language disorder with personalized care.
