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Baking Fun

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Language Learning and Baking Fun With Mom And Dad written by: Stefanie Valdes Hi Mom and Dad! There are many fun ways to make listening, speech, and language activities part of your child’s daily life. One of my favorite ways to do so is to include your child when it’s time to cook. I especially enjoy baking a cake! In this program, I’ve included examples on how to stimulate listening, speech, and language from your child. Don’t worry about doing all of these activities at once; you can do any of the expressive and receptive language activities on different baking occasions. The more you do them, the easier it will become to incorporate more than one at a time. Why Should You Do This At Home? More important than what any Speech Therapist can contribute to your child is the time that you as a parent share with your child. You are the most critical part of your child’s developmental progress. It is crucial that you incorporate activities like these at home so that you can translate therapy into your child’s everyday activities. Doing so will make sure there is carryover. The fact that your child is hearing impaired makes…

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Stop Summer Learning Loss

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Parents don’t freak out because school is out, the learning always continues even in the summer! This article focuses on tasks and activities available for parents to do with their child in the summer that incorporates both fun and academics. Keep in mind, fun and learning go hand in hand.  Just because your child is not in school doesn’t mean they cant learn something new. To engage your child further, try to get involved in their academic goals for the up coming school year. As a result they have a greater chance of success and good grades to prove that your time and commitment paid off as a parent. Click here for the full article: http://www.parenting.com/article/stop-summer-learning-loss

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Popsicle People

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“A fun way to teach your child new skills and resolve problem behaviors” Stephanie Carr, Student Clinician It is easier for your child with autism to imagine doing something if he or she sees how it would be done. With that in mind, you can create paper doll people to represent the members of your family. Teach New Skills Using Popsicle People, it is easier to gain and maintain your child’s attention while you model something that you would like him or her to do. For example, if your child enjoys being swung in a blanket, but does not appropriately ask, you can demonstrate the communication skill using the Popsicle People. You have your child’s doll say “Daddy, I want to swing please”, or perhaps “Swing Please” depending on your child’s language ability. The Daddy doll says “Yes, Come on!” Then you put your child’s doll in a real blanket that the real Mommy and Daddy swing. You may need to model this several times. Resolve Problem Behaviors Many children with autism get fixated on certain things, and have difficulty when situations are different or not as they like. Let’s say for example that you have a child who loves…

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Fun Activities for Language in the Classroom

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Written by Cristine Jimenez, Language Stimulation Specialist Language is a pattern of rules we use in order to communicate. These rules represent certain concepts and expressions to denote meaning. Without language, we would not be able to communicate properly. The reason we understand one another is because innate rules exist. As children we are introduced the concept of language and its characteristics as a subject called “language arts.” In that class you learn about verbs, nouns, adjectives as well as the composition of a sentence. Some children have a difficult time grasping some of these concepts, although they use them correctly daily in spoken form. Here are some great ideas for helping your children master language! Practicing Word Families: on flashcards, write down words from the different categories of word families. For example, for nouns, you can write “bird,” “girl,” and/or any other noun. Depending on your child’s level, you can use verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, etc. Once you have about 25 cards, you can begin quizzing your child. Hold up the flashcard and ask what word group the word is from. You should practice each word family separately until your child gets the hang of it, and then jumble…

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