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

If you have kids that need help with auditory working memory, executive functioning, and following directions, the winter Holiday Listening Finger Walks are a must-have! These THREE Listening Walks ar ... are FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you!➼ 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 games has three rounds that increase in auditory complexity.Includes:✧ Three fun themes for therapy sessions or school lessons to use throughout the holiday✧ Three Listening Finger Walk Gameboards1. Holiday Pictures2. Holiday Stockings3. Holiday on the Farm✧ Listening and Spoken Language Tips✧ Print Version: Easy one-time prep✧ No Prep - Digital Version◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ 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

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

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.

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.

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