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Valentine Mail Auditory Working Memory
$ 4
VALENTINE MAIL is a simple, effective, and well-loved ❤️ Valentine's game to target auditory working memory and auditory sequencing skills. The activity is so motivating that the listeners never reali
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ever realize they are listening and learning.The GOAL is to listen, think, recall, and repeat a string of numbers in the same order while mailing Valentine to a selected mailbox.The CHILD chooses an envelope and then using their imaginationtells who the valentine is for and why. This builds critical thinking andexpressive language skills.Includes:❤️ NINE Mailboxes❤️ TWELVE decorated valentines❤️ Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Tips❤️ Benchmarks for auditory working memoryEasy Prep: Print out the mailboxes and valentines on pages four and five. Have the child choose valentines to mail by cutting them out and gluing them tothe mailboxes following the activity directions.ORLaminate both pages and have the child write the address (numbers) with a dry-erase marker following the activity directions.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
SUMMER Working Memory FIVE Listening Finger Walk Games
$ 5
Summer Listening Finger Walks are a must-have for kids that need help with auditory working memory, executive functioning, and following directions.Working memory plays a big role in how we auditory p
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ry process, follow, and remember information on a daily basis. Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions. Children and teens who have a hard time “staying on track” might have problems with something called working memory.Ideal For: Listening & Spoken Language, Executive Functioning, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing, Speech, Auditory Verbal Therapy, ELA, Teletherapy, Home...Listening Finger Walks are FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you!These 5 No-Prep activities are ideal all winter long with fun themes for therapy sessions or school lessons.➯ The FIVE Listening Walks can help build listening skills and working memory by allowing kids to work with auditory information without losing track of what they're doing.➯ The games target vocabulary, descriptive skills, spoken language, and communication skills.➯ Each of the five games has three rounds that increase in auditory complexity.Five Listening Finger Walk Games✧ Summer Action Verbs & Activities✧ Ice Cream Cones✧ Under the Sea✧ Cactus Plants✧ Summer FunGame PlayYou need one listening game sheet per child.The child listens and follows verbal directions while walking their fingers around the grid until they hear STOP. They are using their working auditory memory to follow the directions without losing track of what they were doing.Then, ask them to describe that block which is a great language expansion opportunity.If correct, they landed on a specific image and completed that round.Let the child take turns giving you the directions. This helps build expressive language and turn-taking skills.Game Prep Print Version: Easy one-time prep. Print the five-game cards and laminate them if you wish.No Prep - Digital Version: Play on a computer with your favorite PDF reader app or on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The child uses their finger or the annotation tools to mark their walking path on the game cards.Please Note: This activity and the SUMMER FOUND IT! resource contains many of the same summer images that are bright, enticing, and vocabulary rich.However, these two resources target completely different auditory and language-based goals.You will want both resources you will want in your Summer Toolbox.FACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep and use time and time again✢ DIGITAL - The games can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet or iPad. Tokens can be placed directly on the screen. On a computer open the PDF game boards with a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let's connect on Facebook and Instagram♥ For more ideas visit my blog: HearSayLW.comKeep up your excellent work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
Listening Directions Action Packed Toe The Line Game
$ 3
Listen, Learn, Move and Toe The Line!TOE THE LINE is an action-packed listening activity that targets basic concepts, verbs, and following one or multi-step directions and is full of giggles and wiggl
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wiggles. It is well-loved by preschool and school-aged kids and can be easily leveled up or down to meet their goals.Ideal for: Parents, Audiologists, Speech Therapists, Auditory Verbal Therapist, Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Listening and Spoken Language, Early Intervention, Teletherapy, Distance LearningNo Prep! Grab a roll of colored or masking tape, make some space to target:✧ Action verbs✧ Basic concepts✧ Five different types of verbal directions➼ One, Two, and Multi-Step Directions➼ Sequential Directions involve following directions in a specific order.➼ Temporal Directions target the ability to follow directions containing the words “before”, “after” and “while” or “at the same time”.➼ Conditional Directions involve listening and deciding what actions to do based on the given condition(s).What's included:✤ The resource can be used as a parent handout or when coaching families✤ Suggested action verbs, concepts, and directions✤ Data monitoring and collection sheet✤ Listening and Spoken Language tips
NOVEMBER LISTENING VOCABULARY COMPREHENSION
$ 5
The NOVEMBER Listening and Language By The Month resource includes seven activities that can be used ALL MONTH for auditory memory and comprehension, seasonal vocabulary, developing grammar, and build
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Critical Thinking For Listening and Language Winter Snowpals
$ 5
Kids love playing “WHAT’S MISSING?” games as they learn to think critically, develop listening, and memory skills while building receptive and expressive language.The Stand-Up Snowpal resource include
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urce includes SEVEN interactive activities for preschoolers through elementary children. Stress-free ways for practicing and building communication skills with the kids you see at school or for therapy. FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you! Quick and easy one-time print and cut the Snowpals.Use all winter and year after year.TARGETS:Kids use their existing knowledge, experiences, and problem-solving skills for✤ Critical thinking✤ Communication✤ Auditory and visual memory✤ Compare and contrast✤ Part to whole relationships✤ Cause and effect✤ ObservationsINCLUDES:Seven activities or ways to playDeck of sixteen Snowpal cardsEight colorful stand-up SnowpalsInstruction guideListening and Spoken Language TipsYou’ll need 8 papers cups◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➼ Follow me to be updated with newbies and freebies!♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
FALL HALLOWEEN Active Listening Direction Activity
$ 4
Get kids up and moving, following directions, and growing listening and spoken language skills with these interactive autumn directions! This lively activity targets action verbs and conjunctions, mul
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ti-step, and complex directions.TARGETS:✤ Action verbs - Pick, scurry, jump, drop, fly, pop, swoop, shake, fall, stretch, roll, scavenge, waddle, hang✤ Conjunctions- and, or, before, after, either, while✤ One, Two, and Multi-Step Directions✤ Sequential Directions - following directions in a specific order. ➼ Hang like a scarecrow, pick an apple, and jump in the pile of leaves.✤ Temporal Directions - before or after ➼ Pick an apple before you shake like a tree. ➼ Before you fly like an owl, stretch like a cat.✤ Conditional directions - if and then ➼ If you're a bat, then jump into a leaf pile. ➼ If not, then waddle like a turkey.✤ Complex Directions - Increase auditory memory and processing demands with critical elements of adjectives, quantities, and sizes... ➼ Fly like the sleepy old owl. ➼ Waddle like the scared Thanksgiving turkey.NO PLANNING. Easy one-time Prep - Print out the activity cards and cut them on the dotted lines. Done!It's fast, fun, effective, and can be played over and over again.Terrific for children of different ages and stages that can be leveled up or down to meet their needs.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. LET'S CONNECT:★ Sign up HERE for the Listen With Lynn emailsInstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
FALL FOUND IT Auditory Skill Builder 5 Games for Listening and Language
$ 6
Fall Found It is a fun LISTENING & LANGUAGE AUDITORY SKILL BUILDER. Mix and Match the 5 auditory skill builder games with any of the 6 fall game card sets. Players listen, process auditory information
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ion then find engaging seasonal images. The games and rules are flexible and open-ended. This resource is a stress-free way for practicing listening skills, building spoken language, and communication skills with the kids you see at school or for therapy. Found It can be played cooperatively, for a predetermined period of time, or by filling the cards like Lotto✧ Ideal for the first days of Fall through late November.✧ I’ve done the planning for you in the guide! ❤✧ Easy to level up or down based on the child✧ Flexible! Use auditory targets you write with the game card setsIDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing,Auditory Processing, Speech, Auditory Verbal Therapy, ELA, Teletherapy, Home...FIVE GAMESAuditory Identification (Listening Lotto)Auditory Memory (Listen and Remember)Auditory Association (What goes together? What doesn’t belong?)Descriptions - Critical Elements (Listen and Describe)Categories - Critical Thinking (Can you find it?)SIX DIFFERENT GAME CARDSAutumn ObjectsHalloween CostumesJack-O-LanternsFall Action VerbsPumpkin KidsThanksgiving Objects✧ Mix and match the 5 Auditory Skill Builder Games with any of the 6 fall-themed game card sets.✧ Each game card has 16 seasonal pictures.✧The cards can also be used to teach other fall vocabulary lessons and can be played as LOTTO games.❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Each game has prompts written for you!!So you are able to enjoy the fall breeze, autumn leaves, and pumpkins, please! GAME ONE: Auditory Identification (Listening Lotto)Auditory identification is the ability to use the auditory channel to understand the meaning of spoken language. The Object: is for the child to listen, select and mark the correct picture named on the board. ★ Example prompts for Game One: Auditory IdentificationThe complexity varies according to the game board and the auditory skills.Autumn Objects - “Find the squirrel.”Halloween Costumes - “Find the pink monster with fangs and green antenna.”Jack-O-Lanterns - “Find the Jack-O-Lanterns with one tooth and no nose.”Fall Action Verbs - “Find the girl who is jumping in the pile of leaves.”Pumpkin Kids - “Find the girl wearing glasses who is holding the huge candy corn.”Thanksgiving Objects - “Find the turkey who is wearing a Pilgrim’s hat.”GAME TWO: Auditory Memory (Listen and Remember)Auditory memory is the ability to recall auditory information both immediately and after a delay which is an extremely important aspect of spoken language development. Auditory memory growth enables children to speak in longer and more complex grammatical sentences. The Object: is for the child to listen and recall two, three, and four-word sets.Game Three: Auditory Association (What goes together? What doesn’t belong?)Auditory Association is the process of attaching meaning to something heard by relating it to previously learned information.The Object: What Goes Together?Have the child listen, repeat the words and explain how they go together or are associated. Next, find and mark the correct pictures on the board.The Object: What Doesn’t Belong?Have the child listen, repeat the words using their auditory memory then tell what doesn’t belong and why. Next, find and mark the correct pictures on the board.Game Four: Descriptions - Critical Elements (Listen and Describe)Descriptive language adds information that makes language more colorful and appealing.The Object: is for the child to listen and identify a picture based on descriptions and critical elements.This activity builds vocabulary and descriptive language skills.Game Five: Categories - Critical Thinking (Can you find it?)Categories are a group or classes of items with shared characteristics. The ability to use categories builds vocabulary and logical thinking skills. It includes auditory reception, memory, and comprehension.The Object: is for the child to listen to the category and then identify the picture(s).Easy Game Prep Print Version: Print the game cards and laminate them. Gather game markers like Candy Corn or Bingo Chips.Digital Version: Play on a computer with your favorite PDF reader app or on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Use the annotation tools to mark the game cards.Resource Includes:- Listening & language guide- Target or goal suggestions- Directions to level up or level down- Individual directions for each of the 5 games- 6 game cards with 4 variations of each (24 cards in total)- Listening and Spoken Language Tips- Print and digital options◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➼ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn emailLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
Listening For Critical Elements SPRING FLING
$ 6
Kids love playing SPRING FLING, a fun, and competitive game. Players listen to descriptions and race to find the spring game card that was described. The first player to find the card that matches the
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s the description places it on their tree game mat in front of them. The player with the most spring cards on their tree wins!Spring Fling is for kids with hearing loss or an auditory processing disorder with goals for listening to critical elements. Critical elements are pieces of information, presented auditorally, which the child holds in their short-term memory to complete a task.Spring Fling is a flexible game. It is easy to level up or down the directions to meet a child’s needs. You can play using all the cards, make a smaller listening set or sort out the descriptions ( number of critical elements) that fit the child's goals. Depending on the number of players you can print an additional set of cards or re-use the game cards more than once. YOU CAN TARGET: Listening to critical elements, descriptions, following directions, auditory working memory, auditory processing, auditory comprehension, executive function, and communication skills.INCLUDES:✧ A guide with instructions ✧ 30 description cards✧ 30 colorful and enticing spring game cards ✧ A digital gameboard with all 30 spring items✧ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY – HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the 30 spring cards, the 4 tree game mats, and 30 direction cards.✢ DIGITAL - can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let's connect on Facebook and Instagram♥ For more ideas visit my blog: HearSayLW.com
Self Advocacy Scenarios TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE
$ 7
20 Real-Life Scenarios portray common situations encountered by school-aged children who are deaf and hard of hearing. They are derived from true stories I have heard from children over the
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years. The scenarios are of real photos that elicit language and engagement.Discussion prompts are included with each scenario and include guidance for the therapist, teacher or parent to incorporate when leading the discussions. The scenarios foster problem solving and brainstorming for possible solutions for each difficult communication situation.When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade - While the theme is lemons the scenarios are common listening situations where problems may occur due to the setting, the listener or the person talking.A scaffolding strategy, I find successful when introducing self-advocacy begins with an experiential language activity of making homemade lemonade. This rich experience sets a foundation for an ongoing series of lessons on self-advocacy and the premise of this resource. Children in my practice learn early, they are the boss of their hearing loss. Sometimes life hands them sour lemons but they can choose to turn those lemons into sweet lemonade.Digital - No PrintInteractive PDF with clickable buttons to navigate between pages.Teletherapy and as no print in face-to-face lessons/sessions.Read more on the HearSayLW blog. Any questions? I'm a great listener.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. ➼ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn NewsletterLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much! Lynn
Listening & Language Compare and Contrast Activity
$ 4
Listening & Language Compare & Contrast targets listening, growing vocabulary, descriptive language skills, critical thinking, two-way conversations and help develop reasoning skills in identifying si
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ng similarities and differences.Comparing and contrasting is a powerful prerequisite for learning language skills that lead to using compound and complex sentences.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech, ELA, Early Intervention...INCLUDES:➼ 2 Kid-Friendly Venn Diagram Sorting Mats➼ 1 Compare and Contrast Modeling Sheet➼ Compare & Contrast LSL Plan Activity➼ Talking Points➼ Guidance for children with hearing loss➼ Listening and Spoken Language Tips➼ Terms of Use (see below)This resource is a LISTEN, TALK AND PLAY interactive play activity that uses small manipulative toys or household items. Small manipulative toys are not included but one example of these little toys is included.
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