water the sponge materials
Are you looking for innovative and engaging materials to use while teaching your children speech and language skills? Check out these games and worksheets specifically designed to be educational and entertaining.
Explore categorization through these free worksheets! Learn about categories, subcategories, and specific items and understand how they flow together in a visual manner. Definitions, examples, and worksheets are provided. Once downloaded, you can print as many copies as you want! Alternatively, print and laminate the worksheets for multiple uses.
Read this blog post to learn more about why categorization is important for language development! The recommended age for these worksheets is 5 years and older. Enjoy!
Did you know that descriptive language helps repair communication breakdowns? When children are unable to express or think of a targeted word, they can use descriptive language skills as a strategy to get their point across. Read more about the importance of descriptive language.
With this packet, you can teach your child how to describe various objects using a top-down approach. Have fun together thinking of silly and unique ways to describe familiar animals and objects. A blank template is included for your creative purposes! Place objects from around the house in the blank spot, or let your imagination run wild and draw your own image.
Literacy begins taking shape from an early age. I have created this Autumn Matching Packet to help lay foundational skills for literacy in an engaging manner! If you are interested in learning more about why matching is important for language development, you can read all about it in this post.
This themed packet is a blast to play with during autumn and Halloween! There are four different types of activities that are included in this packet: Hide N’ Seek, Spot the Differences, Patterns, and Memory Matching. The recommended age range is 3 years and older!
This Hallow-Reading Board Game was put together to promote literacy skills in an interactive and exciting manner! Select your character (a ghost, princess, pirate, or mummy) and help the good witch, Stella, reach the not-too-haunted house so that she can get some delicious candy. As you travel the board, answer some word questions. There are four different question types to choose from: rhyming, syllable deletion, sound identification, and word repetition. Play with all card types or mix-and-match to create your own unique deck!
Want to learn more about why phonemic awareness and phonological awareness skills are necessary to literacy development? Check out these posts about rhyming, syllable deletion, sound identification, and word repetition to learn more information!
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