NOVEMBER
Hi early childhood friends and parents, Can you believe Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away? Though it may look different this year, it is still an important time for families to make memories together. This month we are giving suggestions on how to have fun and also improve your child's speech and language skills. 1. Fun with crafts: https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/thanksgiving/handprint-turkey.asp (works on color identification and body parts) https://kidscraftroom.com/ pre-school-fall-craft-math-game / (works on oral motor skills and counting 2. Some suggestions for November books to target speech and language: a. Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano - talks about farm animals and targets the sounds /k, g/. b. Bear Gives Thanks by Karma Wilson - rhyming text and forest animal vocabulary c. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey by Lucille Colandro - repetitive speech, articulation practice for /t, k, sw blends/ d. 10 Fat Turk