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SANTA DOGS Listening for Critical Elements Directions Descriptions
$ 7
SANTA DOGS is an engaging following-direction game with critical elements that get kids listening and engaged. Kids love the delightful dogs in costumes that challenge auditory working memory, compreh
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mprehension, and auditory processing speed. The game uses descriptions that boost critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills.SANTA DOGS is a flexible game where 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.SANTA DOGS is effective for all children and outstanding for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing and who struggle to recall longer sentences or 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 Huge Resource of 78 playing cards✤ 36 Santa Dog picture cards✤ 36 description/direction cards✤ Six Game Mats✤ A set of PRINTABLE game cards✤ A DIGITAL game board✤ Data Collection Sheet✤ A Guide with instructions ✤ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the Santa Dog picture cards, and the description/direction cards, and print the 6 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 dogs using the annotation tools.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS❤ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➼ Follow me to be updated with newbies and freebies!❤ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
VALENTINE Listen and Learn Idioms
$ 4
Valentine's Day Listen and Learn Idioms is part of the growing figurative language SAY WHAT? - I'M ALL EARS! series.YOU CAN TARGET:Listening and spoken language, figurative language, vocabulary,
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word relationships, nuances, and higher-level critical thinking.WHAT'S INCLUDED:PDFs of 20 idioms in every packet. Use one or all!Listen and Draw MINI-LESSON sheets with A box to draw and illustrate - THIS IS WHAT I HEARD A box for - SAY WHAT? THIS IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS!A guide and instructions to make lessons a piece of cakeData and Progress monitoring sheetsAn answer keyA boatload of book titles are included for further home learning➯ The PDFs can be printed in color or in black and white, screen shared in teletherapy or remote learning platforms, used in face-to-face sessions or lessons, and can be sent home for carryover or homework.➼ ➼HERE’S A TRICK TO MAKE IDIOMS STICK BLOG POST. SAY WHAT? Here's the trick to make idioms stick! Many commercially available resources provide ILLUSTRATIONS of the literal meaning of the idiom. While this may be entertaining RESEARCH indicates that children who:➼ LISTEN to the idiom➼ VISUALIZE the figurative language➼ DRAW what they literally heard followed by teaching the meaning andusing it in context increases long-term learning.Hearing LossChildren with typical hearing, learn idioms through incidental exposure without having to be taught. Whereas, children who are deaf and hard of hearing often require explicit and direct instruction with higher-level language like idioms. Idioms are challenging for children who process information literally and have a concrete or limited vocabulary.For more Figurative language activitiesSeries of IDIOMS Say What? I'm All Ears! LessonsFREE Monthly Riddles and Jokes Series◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Email♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
Preschool S.I.F.T.E.R. - Screening Instrument For Targeting Educational Risk
$ 0
The Preschool Screening Instrument For Targeting Educational Risk (SIFTER) was created as a tool to screen the functional performance of students with hearing loss in preschool through kindergarten (a
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ges 3-6). It includes a scoring grid to identify areas of concern. User's manual is at S0XASM1285.
THANKSGIVING TURKEY HUNT Listen + Describe Vocabulary + Prepositions
$ 6
The Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt is a listening and spoken language game designed to help children learn and practice using adjectives and modifiers to describe Thanksgiving and autumn-themed vocabulary.
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ulary. Each turkey features a picture associated with Thanksgiving and an adjective or descriptive words.Children who are deaf and hard of hearing often struggle with vocabulary which is an integral part of learning. Describing is a research-supported and effective way to build vocabulary skills. The Turkey Hunt can boost a child’s spoken language, communication, literacy, and academic skills.LISTEN + HUNT FOR TURKEYS + BUILD VOCABULARYThe Turkey Hunt game gets kids active and competitive while listening, learning, and engaged.FIVE WAYS TO PLAY THAT TARGET VOCABULARY:✧ Descriptions✧ Expansions✧ Categories✧ Sentences✧ Auditory RecallTARGET PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE:Kids can also hunt for the turkeys hiding all over the Thanksgiving barnyard while using prepositions of place. Turkeys can be found hiding - Above, Across, Around, At, Behind, Below, Beside, Between, By, Close to, In, In front of, Inside, Near, Next to, On, Over, Outside, Under...WHAT'S INCLUDED:38 2-sided turkey cards with Thanksgiving-based vocabularyThanksgiving Farm scene game matA list of the Thanksgiving nouns and adjectives/modifiersListening & Spoken Language (LSL) TipsEASY ONE-TIME PREPPrint, cut out, fold, and glue the turkeys. Print the game mat.A MUST-HAVE!Grab-n-go game to play all autumn year after year.Flexible and easy to level up or down to meet a child’s goals.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈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 emails ★InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
RAKE THEM IN Listen + Describe Fall Vocabulary Using Adjectives
$ 6
Rake Them In is a listening and spoken language game where children practice using adjectives to describe and modify fall-themed nouns. Each colorful leaf has a fall vocabulary picture and an adjectiv
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e or a modifier. The child uses the modifier (sticky) to describe and make sentences about the picture (apple core). The Rake Them In cards get kids active, listening, learning, and engaged.
RAKE LEAVES. LISTEN. BUILD VOCABULARYChildren who are deaf and hard of hearing often struggle with vocabulary which is an integral part of learning. Describing is a research-supported and effective way to build vocabulary skills. Rake Them In can boost a child’s spoken language, communication, literacy, and academic skills. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY THAT TARGET:DescriptionsExpansionsCategoriesAuditory Recall
A MUST-HAVE!A favorite grab-n-go game to play from September through the end of November year after year.WHAT'S INCLUDED:36 2-sided leaves with fall-based vocabularyAutumn tree game matA list of the fall nouns and adjectives/modifiersListening & Spoken Language (LSL) TipsHint - I use a sand toy rake from the Dollar Store. Kids love actually raking in the leaves, but this is not necessary.EASY ONE-TIME PREPPrint and cut out the leaves and the game mat. Done.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈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 emails
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Holiday Cookie Swap Game Auditory Memory Descriptive Language
$ 5
Get your kids LISTENING and ENGAGED in this is a FAST-PACED listening and following direction WINTER HOLIDAY GAME. The game challenges auditory processing speed and auditory working memory while targe
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rgeting critical elements of descriptive language with adjectives and negatives.IDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Speech Therapy, School Lessons, Auditory Verbal Sessions, ELAPlayers listen to multi-step directions to find cookies that match the descriptions heard. Directions may say to trade cookies, take a cookie or that Reindeer doesn't want a specific shape, color, or type of cookie. It's not as easy as you may think.Playing Cookie Swap helps boost a child’s critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills.Designed for 2 to 4 players. Easy adaptable for the number of players and difficulty by sorting out cards to meet the child’s needs and goals. Ages 4 through elementary ages. This game is terrific for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing but great for all kids practicing following directions and auditory processing. Children that are deaf and hard of hearing often struggle to recall longer sentences and 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.EASY ONE TIME GAME PREP Print three cookie platesPrint and cut 24-holiday cookies and 53 direction cardLaminate them if you wish.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈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:InstagramFacebookPinterestHearSayLW.comHearSayLW BlogTwitterKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
LLAMA DRAMA Listening for Critical Elements, Directions & Descriptions
$ 7
LLAMA DRAMA is an amusing following direction game with critical elements that get kids listening and engaged. Kids love the delightful llamas that challenge auditory working memory, comprehension, an
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n, and auditory processing speed. The game uses descriptions that boost critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills.LLAMA DRAMA is a flexible game where 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.LLAMA DRAMA 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.LLAMA DRAMA is a listening and spoken language game that kids ask to play all year long.INCLUDES:A Huge Resource of 108 playing cards54 Drama Llama cards + 54 description cardA set of PRINTABLE game cardsA DIGITAL game boardData Collection SheetA Guide with instructions 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 Llama picture cards, the description/direction cards, and print the 6 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 Llamas using the annotation tools.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
SANDWICH SCRAMBLE 5 Ways to Play Game Listening and Language
$ 5
Sandwich Scramble is a fun, flexible, and engaging listening and spoken language resource. Players listen, play, and talk while scrambling to make burgers and sandwiches. It can be played again and ag
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again with many kids and goals across your whole caseload. It's easy for you with a one-time prep.➼ Children have a blast and don’t realize they are following and giving directions, learning spatial and temporal concepts, vocabulary, auditory memory, comprehension, and sequencing skills. Sandwich Scramble grows social skills and kids learn turn-taking, problem-solving, and self-advocacy while role-playing. ➼ Sandwich Scramble is a flexible resource. 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.ONE PRODUCT - FIVE GAMES OR WAYS TO PLAYSandwich Scramble targets auditory goals that relate to following directions:✧ GAME 1: Highlights temporal concepts and sequencing.✧ GAME 2: Targets critical elements and complex directions.✧ GAME 3: Focuses on spatial relationships.✧ GAME 4: Role-playing turn-taking, problem-solving skills social, pragmatic,and self-advocacy skills.✧ GAME 5: Auditory comprehension and listening for detailINCLUDES:➼ A guide with instructions ➼ 16 Large colorful mix-and-match sandwich/burger ingredients and a digital pdf PDF for screen sharing➼ 5 games with examples➼ Lesson expansion ideas with read-aloud story suggestions➼ Listening and spoken language (LSL) 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 and use time and time again✢ DIGITAL - The digital page 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 with the sandwich ingredients and use a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. The listener can use the annotation tools to mark the card.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ 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
Introduction to Using CHILD, SIFTER, LIFE-R Checklists
$ 0
There are a number of checklists that have been a staple in providing support to students with hearing loss by educational audiologists and itinerant teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing. The fol
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lowing checklists and descriptions are offered to understand how the checklists can be useful in routine practice : Children’s Home Inventory of Listening Difficulty (C.H.I.L.D.), Screening Instrument for Targeting Educational Risk (S.I.F.T.E.R.), Listening Inventory for Education (LIFE-R)
Body Part Idiom Activity for Halloween Figurative Language
$ 5
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
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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
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