Practice Activities in Case of School Closure

In the event of an extended closure of the school district here are some websites, games and activities that you can use to continue practicing speech and language skills.

 

FunBrain.com-online games for grammar, vocabulary and reading

StoryPlace.org-stories and interactive activities 

PBSKids.org-Between the Lions-works on language and literacy 

quia.com/shared/search- a variety of games for both speech and language skills that you can tailor to your child's specific goals

Scholastic.com-try the Family Playground part

Articulation Games (by Tracy Gefroth Boyd)-games related to sound production

The Tongue Twister Database-to practice sound production

Do2Learn.com-has a variety of language and speech games

 

Board Games=here are some common board games that can be used to work on skills

Guess Who-works on "wh" questions

Any memory game-works on memory skills

Apples to Apples-works on inferencing skills

Can You Name 5?-works on recall, word finding skills, category items

Scattegories-works on word finding skills

Go Fish-practices asking questions

 

 

Also, some everyday activities to strengthen speech/language skills:

Meal prep-can work on sequencing steps and topic specific vocabulary

Setting the table or cleaning a room-works on following directions and sequencing steps

Daily story time-have your child read to you or you can read to them. Practice answering "wh" questions, sequencing of story parts and defining target words. You can also have your child create the story by just describing what they see in the picture.

Play I-Spy-this will work on describing

Daily recap-have your child tell you verbally or in writing what they did that day