Summary of information about speECH-reading and its effectness to aid comprehension. Includes links to video examples, information about assessment, and methods to teach speECH-reading.
You'll love the ANIMALS version of Light It Up Language! Kids listen to clues presented through hearing alone to identify 16 hidden ANIMALS vocabulary pictures. Each of the pictures has four clues th
...ues that are increasingly more specific.The magic happens by lighting up the “What Do You Hear?” cards. Hidden pictures are held up to a flashlight and the ANIMALS images amazingly appear. How fun! Once the hidden picture is revealed the child recalls and uses the clues to describe the ANIMALS. Thereby stretching their auditory memory, descriptive language, and expressive language skills.TARGETS: RECEPTIVE: This game builds critical thinking and reasoning skills by categorizing, making inferences, and drawing conclusions. EXPRESSIVE: The child recalls and uses clues to describe the hidden object. INCLUDES:✧ Listening & language guide with instructions✧ Target or goal suggestions✧ 8 What Do You Hear? cards (printed twice)✧ 16 Hidden ANIMALS Picture Vocabulary Cards✧ 64 Prompt Clues - 16 objects with four details each that get increasingly more specific✧ A Script with scaffolding strategies✧ Listening and Spoken Language Tips ➼ EASY one-time quick game prep and you're all set to use year after year. ➼ You’ll need a FLASHLIGHT, a lamp, or a sunny window.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Please email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn emails♥ For more ideas visit my blog: HearSayLW.comSTAY CONNECTED:✧ Sign-up here for the Listen With Lynn emails✧ Follow on Facebook - Lynn A. Wood - LSL Auditory Verbal Therapist and Rehab Audiologist✧ Follow on Instagram @auditoryverbal_listenwithlynn❤ Keep up your excellent work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
Do you have kids who need practice using clear and natural-sounding speech? The Tongue Twister Challenge Game is hilarious and gets kids listening, moving, and engaged! The game sharpens listening and
...d spoken language skills. It is a game kids ask to play again and again and a must for your toolbox!
The Tongue Twister Challenge Game ➼ Targets CLEAR SPEECH Helps children learn to use natural prosody (rate of speech, volume, intonation, pausing, and fluency. Provides practice to learn to say each syllable and speech sound carefully and precisely.
➼ Develop AUDITORY skills.
Uses the auditory feedback loop. Increases auditory memory and recall. Builds strong phonological awareness skills.
➼ Broadens LANGUAGE skills. Teach the vocabulary used in the tongue twisters.
Reinforces grammar, synonyms, antonyms, and more.
➼ Encourages SOCIAL skills.
Kids practice saying tongue twisters to each other while gaining confidence and interacting in the game.
The Tongue Twister Challenge Game is great for ✧ Tongue Twister Tuesdays ✧ 1:1 Sessions
✧ Small Groups
✧ Class Game
✧ Home Practice
✧ Skill Practice or Review
Includes: • Challenge game cards
• 12 Twist game cards
• 50 tongue twisters • Listen & Spoken Language Tips
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THIS IS IT! A listening and spoken language game that kids ask to play all year long. Kids LOVE the CUTE AND CUDDLY CATS! Players listen to the cat's description and use the details and critical eleme
...lements to find their cats and take them home. This motivating game is a well-loved way to practice following directions in a playful way. The player with the most pet cats wins the game.YOU CAN TARGET:✤ Listening to critical elements and descriptions, following directions, auditory working memory, auditory processing, auditory comprehension, executive functioning, and communication skills.✤ My Pet Cat is a flexible game that is easy to level up or down to meet a child’s goals. Play using all 54 cards or sort out a small set of game cards to match the player’s needs. ✤ Use the two-page data collection sheet to monitor progress in identifying the critical elements.★ Huge Resource 108 playing cards54 cats + 54 description cards + 6 homes + 2 Digital game boards.INCLUDES:✧ A guide with instructions ✧ 54 cat game cards✧ 54 description cards ➼ A set of PRINTABLE game cards➼ 2 DIGITAL gameboards with 35 cats each✧ Progress monitoring or data collection sheets✧ Listening and Spoken Language TipsIDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing Disorder, Speech and Language Therapy, School Lessons, Auditory Verbal Sessions, Homeschoolers, TeletherapyFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the 54 cats, the description/direction cards, and 6 home mats✢ DIGITAL - Screenshare the gameboard with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Read the descriptions and the listener marks the found cats using the annotation tools.
FAKE IT TO YOU MAKE IT is a fun and motivating no-prep grab & go SELF-ADVOCACY resource for elementary and middle school-aged kids who are deaf and hard of hearing. If you're looking for a new twist t
...st to self-advocacy lessons you are at the right place.THIS RESOURCE HAS THREE PARTS:PART ONE:The part of the lesson and self-advocacy content is taught through a colorful nine-page story.Buffy the main character hears with cochlear implants and is relatable for kids that are deaf and hard of hearing. Kids love the comic-like story format!The story is great for auditory comprehension, story recall, and re-telling activities.PART TWO:Next, we meet eight of Buffy's friends who are also deaf and hard of hearing.There are eight situations - one for each friend.The goal is to identify different ways the kids try to bluff or fake it to get by.Each scenario is a common situation that kids with hearing loss face at school, at home, with peers, and in their community.Talking points with guided questions/discussion prompts for each scenario.Kids grapple with the challenging situations to foster self-advocacy learning.PART THREE:Buffy has learned a lot about self-advocacy and shares -Tips For Communication Success.Most importantly Buffy learned that bluffing doesn't work!INSTRUCTIONS1. The therapist, teacher, or parent reads the story about Bluffy and leads a discussion.2. The children listen to each of the eight scenarios. Each scenario can be taught as individual mini-lessons and introduced over time. One or more scenarios per lesson/session.3. The adult uses the questions and discussion prompts to foster self-advocacy learning.WHAT'S INCLUDED:✧ A PDF story that teaches the lesson content.✧ 8 situations or mini-lessons✧ Comic-like pictures illustrate the situations✧ Talking points with guided questions/discussion prompts✧ Advocacy StrategiesDIGITAL - NO PRINT The PDF can be opened and played with your iPad or tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. ➼ PRINT - This is an option but will use a great deal of ink due to the graphics.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS➼ Questions? EMAIL ME before purchasing this resource or anytime later♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails♥ Let’s ConnectInstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
This handout provides the rationale for specific speECH- and language development services by a speECH- language pathologist in early childhood for children with hearing loss. It also includes an ques
...tions for families to consider about their child's speECH- and language development in comparison to age expectations.
This article describes the results of a study of 87 children with hearing loss that were evaluated over a 3-year period. Results suggest that children will reach a level of over 90% sentence recogniti
...on in the auditory/visual condition when their language becomes equivalent to that of a normally-hearing 7-year-old. They will enter school at age 12 with an average language delay of 4-5 years unless they receive concentrated and effective language training. 2001
If you have kids that need help with auditory working memory, executive functioning, and following directions, the Winter Listening Finger Walks are a must-have!Working memory plays a big role in how
... how we auditory 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 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.Game 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.Resource Includes:Listening and Spoken Language TipsDirections - No Prep!Five Listening Finger Walk Games✧ Winter Action Verbs & Activities✧ Hot Cocoa✧ Mittens✧ Snowmen✧ Winter ObjectsGame 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 Winter Find It! resource contains many of the same winter 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 Winter Toolbox.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➯ Be the first to know about freebies, sales, and product launches. ➼ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn NewsletterLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookPinterestHearSayLW.comHearSayLW BlogTwitterKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
Dinosaurs Hunt At School is an amusing following direction game with critical elements that get kids listening and engaged. Kids love the delightful dinosaurs at school that challenge auditory working
...king memory, comprehension, and auditory processing speed.The game uses descriptions that boost critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills. This is a flexible game. You can play using all the cards, sort out a smaller set, or simplify the directions. It is easy to level up or down the directions to meet a child’s needs and goals. Dinosaurs Hunt At Schoolis a listening and spoken language game that kids ask to play all year long.Dinosaurs Hunt At School is effective for children who are deaf and hard of hearing and struggle to recall longer sentences or often remember only part of the information that was said. A child’s capacity to listen, remember, and recall impacts their ability to follow complex instructions, understand detailed conversations, and learn new information.INCLUDES:✧ A guide with instructions ✧ 42 Dinosaurs at School Cards✧ 42 Description Cards✧ 4 Game Mats ➼ A set of PRINTABLE game cards➼ A DIGITAL gameboard for screen sharing✧ Progress monitoring or data collection sheets✧ Listening and Spoken Language TipsIDEAL FOR: Listening and spoken Language, Deaf and hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing Disorder, Speech and Language Therapy, School Lessons, Auditory Verbal Sessions, Homeschoolers, TeletherapyFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the description/direction cards, and print the 4 game mats✢ DIGITAL - Screenshare the gameboard with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Read the descriptions and the listener marks the fishing frogs using the annotation tools.COMPANION RESOURCES★★ Additional activities to target critical elementsFroggy Goes Fishing - Critical ElementsMy Pet Cat - Critical ElementsLost Dogs - Critical ElementsSpring Fling - Critical ElementsValentine Snatch - Critical ElementsHoliday Cookie Swap - Critical Elements◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.!♥ Sign up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
The Auditory Language & Learning Guide is an EXCELLENT informal evaluation tool for listening and language that can be used with students of any age and language ability. The 2 page checklist format e
...asily allows the teacher to develop IEP goals based on identified student weaknesses in the 4 areas of audition/listening, receptive language, expressive language, and social communication. Skills can be rated as 'targeted', 'emerging', 'mastered' or 'previously assessed' and checked off by date achieved. This assessment tool can be used from year to year allowing instructors and parents to see growth in a students language and learning.
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