Informational overview of the theory of Theory of Mind, development in infants and toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children and ToM in the classroom.

This checklist is designed to be part of biannual discussions and monitoring between early intervention professionals and family members of infants and toddlers with hearing loss. Family members are a ... sked to consider the different areas that can affect the rate that communication skills develop and how often their child receives attention to each of these considerations. Areas covered are: Auditory Communication, Visual Communication, and Effective Communication Strategies.

If you looking for TWO listening and language games to play all year long you’ve come to the right place! These fun dog-loving games are an easy, stress-free way to practice listening skills, and buil ... s, and build spoken language, descriptive vocabulary, questioning skills, and auditory processing skills.YOU CAN TARGET: These games target and can build auditory memory, comprehension, processing, descriptive vocabulary, grammar, using clear speech, and social skills.TWO GAMES IN ONE RESOURCE:     Game 1: TOP DOG* is a two-player game where players use differential yes or no questions to listen and isolate a specific dog based on critical elements.     Game 2: GO FETCH* is a two or more-player game where players ask questions and listen to match pairs of dogs and their belongings cards. Kids love these cute and cuddly dogs and ask to play time and time again. I have used versions of both of these games SUCCESSFULLY for years while working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing, those with auditory processing needs, and students who need to develop listening skills.* These games are versions of the traditional Go Fish and Guess Who games that are played with rules to target listening and spoken language skills. Both games can easily be adapted to meet a child’s ability level. The cards can be sorted into sets of fewer cards which would be an easier listening set. Use all 36 different card designs for a more complex game.INCLUDES:✧ A complete guide with detailed instructions ✧ 36 enticing colorful game cards used for both TOP DOG and GO FETCH!✧ A digital gameboard for Top Dog✧ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. ✢ DIGITAL - The Top Dog digital gameboard 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 board with the 36 spring egg images and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. The listener used the annotation tools to mark the cards like Lotto.YOU ASKED. I LISTENED. I created a second dog-themed resource based on many of your requests and the rave reviews that kids are so motivated by my LOST DOG and MY PET CAT animal activities. You will want all three resources in your Listening and Language Toolbox.PLEASE NOTE: This activity and the LOST DOG resource contain many of the same images that are bright, enticing, and vocabulary rich. However, these two resources target completely different auditory and language-based goals.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ 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 Wood

Overview of Theory of Mind, especially as it is impacted when a child is deaf or hard of hearing.

The DECEMBER Listening and Language By The Month resource includes seven activities that can be used ALL MONTH for auditory memory and comprehension, seaso ... nal vocabulary, developing grammar, and building conversational skills.Work smarter, not harder by strategically including ongoing calendar activities all year long while growing listening, and building language, literacy, and academic skills.Time concepts are taught, learned, and understood with repetition and practice over time. The calendar lessons included are based on years of working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing and guiding their families.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing,Speech, ELA, Teletherapy, Distance Learning, Print, and DigitalIncludes seven listening and spoken language activities or mini-lessons with December calendarsCreate an experience-based calendarListen and follow directionsAuditory comprehensionAuditory Inferencing using Holly’s calendarCalendar Conversations Barrier GameAuditory comprehension and integration - Fun Facts About DecemberMake your own calendar. Perpetual calendar activityIncludes✢ A guide for growing vocabulary and time concepts and instructions for using these activities✢ Listening and Spoken Language Tips✢ Engaging activity calendars with rich vocabulary and colorful imagesTeletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✧ Print version✧ TpT Easel Digital version✧ Interactive PDF - No Print version 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.PLEASE NOTE: The activity calendar's content and graphics are designed to correspond with each month but not for a specific calendar year. In my therapy sessions, we talk about the featured child - for December is it Holly and her calendar and activities The calendars do not include a year to keep the product evergreen and usable year after year. ★ See the year-round suite of Listen By the Month activities.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. ❤ Visit HearSayLW.com and sign up to receive exclusive free resources and the email newsletter. Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn.

Are you looking for a fun, humorous figurative language activity for Halloween?Give Me a Break is a game featuring 40 body-part idioms and skeletons. The idioms cards are shaped like bones and can be ... hung on a toy skeleton or placed onto a skeleton mat. The idiom game cards correspond to body parts. Example:Cold feet - tape the card to a foot of the skeleton.Spine-tingling card attaches to the skeleton's back.Give someone a hand attaches to a bony hand.This resource will easily stretch across many sessions leading up to Halloween and is sure to be a valuable figurative language tool for years to come!Targets:  Vocabulary, idioms, understanding figurative language, auditory comprehension, executive functioning, higher-level critical thinking, and communication skills.What's Included:A huge PDF resource of: ✧ 40 idiom bone game cards, Print and Digital versions ✧ 6 skeleton game mats ✧ Progress monitoring or data collection sheets✧ Definitions or answer key✧ Listening and Spoken Language Tips✧ A guide with instructions➼ OPTIONAL but not included: Use a toy skeleton available online and at a Halloween or dollar storeIDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing Disorder, Speech and Language Therapy, School Lessons, Auditory Verbal Sessions, Special Education, English Lessons, Homeschoolers...FACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the 40 bones cards.Print the skeleton mats OR use a toy skeleton.✢ DIGITAL - The body part idiom bone cards can be screen shared with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. ➯ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn emailsLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookHearSayLW.com❤  Keep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much! Lynn

You'll love the FOOD version of Light It Up Language! Kids listen to clues to identify 16 hidden FOOD vocabulary pictures. Each of the pictures has four clues that are increasingly more specific.The m ...  magic happens by lighting up the “What Do You Hear?” cards. Hidden pictures are held up to a flashlight and the FOOD images amazingly appear. How fun! Once the hidden picture is revealed the child recalls and uses the clues to describe the FOOD. 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 FOOD 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

The article describes the development of theory of mind skills in the first 5 years of life as well as factors that influence of development.

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.

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 ... 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