Summer Fun for Carryover of Therapy By: Laura Foreman, Corey - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Summer Fun for Carryover of Therapy By: Laura Foreman, Corey Grisi, and Beth Grygo This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND. Introduction Presented by: Laura Foreman MS, CCC-SLP (Dorothy L. Bullock School) Corey
By: Laura Foreman, Corey Grisi, and Beth Grygo
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Presented by:
Laura Foreman MS, CCC-SLP (Dorothy L. Bullock School) Corey Grisi MA, CCC-SLP (J. Harvey Rodgers School) Beth Grygo MS, OT (J. Harvey Rodgers School and Dorothy L. Bullock
School)
Overview of Presentation
Speech/Language
Requesting help and where to
Modeling prepositions and verbs.
"Climb up." "Swing from the monkey bars!" "Slide down." "Play tag with me."
Labeling playground vocabulary.
(slide, swings, monkey bars, etc)
Encouraging and assisting with
play and conversation between siblings and peers. (ex: my turn, your turn, etc.)
Motor
Climb, climb, climb to
strengthen, improve body awareness, and provide "heavy work"
Jumping off to build motor
planning, body awareness, input
Swing and twirl for vestibular
input, body awareness, motor planning,
Stepping on bridges and
"pads" builds balance, motor planning, coordination
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Chuck Fasola Park in Deptford New Street Park Bowe Playground Washington Lake Park Scotland Run in Clayton Red Bank Battlefield Atkinson Park in Washington Twp Gloucester Twp Park Fort Medford in Medford Smith Memorial Playground- Philadelphia
Story time
Read stories to your child, making funny voices for the characters, commenting, and asking questions as you go along. "What do you think will happen next?" "Where did the cat go?" "Look at the blue car!"
Ask your child to point to pictures in the book.
Have your child pick out books and turn the pages
Crafts
Encourage requesting, naming items, following directions.
Model vocabulary and actions.
Activity Schedule for Glassboro Public Library: https://www.gcls.org/calendar/childrens- programs/glassboro
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Go for a walk
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Model spatial concepts:" jump over", "go behind the tree", "walk in front", "go under the tree"
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Ride a scooter or bike, pull a wagon, walk a dog
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Discuss what you are seeing and greet people Scavenger Hunt
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Play " I Spy"- Have your child find vocabulary in the environment. (ex. Find something that smells nice, find something green, find something you can play with.)
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Collect rocks or leaves and then compare them to each other Balls
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Play catch and have your child imitate verbs with the action like "Throw, "Catch, and "Roll."
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Practice turn taking while kick balls in a group or passing a ball around a circle
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Tap beach balls to each other or jump with them in between your legs Fly a kite while on a picnic
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Bubbles
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Have child request that you blow the bubbles or that they want a turn with the bubbles.
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Model vocabulary and actions, and then have them imitate you. "Pop the bubbles! Pop pop pop!" Side Walk Chalk
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Have child draw pictures, shapes, letters or numbers
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Draw on sidewalks and vertical surfaces such as wood fences
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Use a spray bottles to wash off
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Talk about the color chalk and/or what the child drew; talk about concepts (ex: big, little, etc. )
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Draw hopscotch and play Play with bikes, scooter, roller skates, hula hoops, jump ropes Play Red Light, Green Light and other games Roll down a hill
❖ Build a sand castle by digging,
carrying water in a bucket, molding the sand with your hands, using shovels
❖ Jump the waves ❖ Draw in the sand ❖ Collect shells ❖ Walk and run on the sand ❖ Play frisbee
Sensory bin filled with water
beads and hidden objects
Have child dig through the
bin using cups, scooper, hands, and search for hidden objects (talk about the hidden
etc.)
Water table
Have child use verbs
(ex: splashing, dumping, pouring; floating)
Sprinkler
Use verbs (ex: splashing,
running, jumping)
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Cooking
Have your child help with collecting the ingredients and model the names of the ingredients for them if they do not know.
Practice sequencing skills. (ex. FIRST we need to add the flour, THEN we add the egg.)
Have your child measure, pour and stir
Games
Board games, card games (memory, go fish).
Story time
Act out stories or read on your belly
Music
Model the lyrics and actions and have your child imitate you.
Forts
Play doh
Read a book
Nursery Rhymes/Songs (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus or Where is Thumbkin?)
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"Speech on the Go" handout.
Sequencing, Describing, Figurative
Language, "Wh" questions, Articulation.
Speech sound drills.
Have your child say stop and go at traffic lights and walk about waiting for your turn
Play I Spy
Sing songs, especially the ones with hand motions
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Try a variety of foods and eating them with different type of utensils ( cocktail fork, ice cream spoon, chop sticks, using a fork and knife)
Requesting food items, comparing/contrasting foods, describing foods. "The apple and banana are both fruit, but the apple is crunchy and the banana is soft."
Have your child talk about what meal of the day it is and discuss other foods you can eat for those meals. "Today we're having cereal for breakfast. Let's name some more breakfast foods!"
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The increase in screen time is preventing development of important speech, fine motor, gross motor, and social skills
Helpful Websites:
www.mommyspeechtherapy.com https://chicagospeechtherapy.com/parent-resources/speech-language-activities/ https://chicagospeechtherapy.com/articles/ https://thelettersofliteracy.com/awesome-summer-fine-motor-activities/ https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/summer-developmental-activities-for-
kids.html
Don't forget to check out our Summer Fun Handouts
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