The Hat

Next week for Large Group we will be reading "The Hat" by Jan Brett.  

We will be working on pointing to and labeling the animals in the book, as well as WH-questions.  There are some unusual animals and animal names, so we will be talking about those more in depth...hedgehog, gander, pony.  Here is our learning card:

We will be retelling and acting out the story after we read it together.  Jan Brett has these wonderful mask printables on her website that we will be using:

The children will wear one while they act out the story:

If you don't have the story at home, here is a reading on YouTube that you can watch with your child.  For our handout this week, The Budge SLP has a GREAT post with tons of Wh-question resources.  Check it out and choose one or two to do this week at home.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and break! 

TEDx

A few weeks ago, Canyons School District held their own TEDx event.  Only 100 were chosen to go, and I was one of the lucky ones.  I love TED, so I was very excited!  There were several wonderful talks given, and eventually they will all be posted here.  In the meantime, here is one of my favorite TEDTalks:

If you haven't experienced TED yet, check out their website and watch some of the shorter talks. They are honestly all wonderful.

Free App Friday

This week over at Smart Apps for Kids there are 28 apps worth $65.  Also, check out Free App Friday, which does a weekly round up of apps for children.  Have a great weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

With next week being Thanksgiving break, there will be no learning cards.  Because children only come on Monday, Large Group time will be done by the teachers.  Once again, our weekly handout is a post from Speech and Language Kids. It gives great ideas for language activities to do during Thanksgiving time.  I hope you all have a great break and a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Apps, Apps, and more Apps

This week there are 24 free apps worth $51 over at Smart Apps for Kids.  Also, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is currently holding their annual convention, which usually means great deals on speech apps!  Smart Apps for Special Needs has a wonderful list of several of those apps.  They are not free, but some are discounted quite a bit.  Last, but not least, I have added new apps to my apps page, so check those out as well!  Have a wonderful weekend.  

Little Miss Muffet

Next week for Large Group we are doing "Little Miss Muffet."  We will be working on building our vocabulary and sequencing.  Below is our learning card:

We will use these cute visuals from Sparkle box to first learn the story and work on sequencing:

Then everyone will take turns being Miss Muffet or the spider while we act out the nursery rhyme.  

It's one that the children always love, so I'm excited to introduce it again this year.  Our weekly handout is on sequencing.  Happy Fall!

  

The Drum Sound

For the next few weeks we will be talking about our drum sound, "d!"  

Again use these sheets below to practice.  
Isolation/CV combos: practice the "d" sound in isolation or in CV combinations while playing with toys.  Example:  While stomping the dinosaur up the mountain, make the sound, "d, d, d" or the CV combo, "do" while playing cars, "Ready set, DO it!"  Words: Here are some worksheets from Heather's Speech Therapy to practice initial /d/ and finial /d/ at the word level. Phrases:  Again, these are from Heather's Speech Therapy.  Initial /d/ and final /d/ at the phrase level.  Enjoy!