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More tips from the Easter Bunny
The old Easter Bunny has been visiting The Speech Room and wanted me to share these ideas with you!
I used these foam eggs to write positional concepts. The kids had to find the matches and then use them to demonstrate the concept.
I used these eggs that I got last year after easter for 25 cents. Who can pass up that deal.
In the past, I have stuffed them with boardmaker pictures for grammar and other goals. This year, I just couldn't get into putting that much work into these eggs in between groups. So I found these little Easter erasers at Target. There are bunnies, eggs, and carrots. I put them in about 8 of the eggs and I let the kids pull eggs. The kiddo with the most mini items at the end was the 'winner.'
Ok next up - I had to upgrade my puny Boardmaker symbols for 'There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick" when I saw Katie's amazing printables. I ditched my boring pictures and used hers! Aren't they great? Go visit her site and then come right back!
I used the pieces with my Granny during circle time, but then I wanted to make some type of follow up game. I used library pockets (got mine from Lakeshore), with each piece of the story on the front. You can laminate them and then re-cut them open with a knife.
For most of my kids, we talked about vocab and then did some following directions activities. I hid these little jumping bunnies inside and we listened for clues (identifying functions!) to decide which bunny they could pull (ie: What can you eat?). Then we played with our hopping bunny describing who went near/far, under/over and fast/slow!
Just another little Easter Bonus from a SRN follower: Emily Meagher. Thanks for sending in your ideas Emily!
You can grab this Easter Egg game for irregular plurals and an Easter basket. It's based off of my 'Pocket Monster" Games.
Emily also found these cute Easter Character Cups. They would be easy to work in for many of your groups! She already came up with some great comprehension question that you can grab here!
Oh and P.S. - I added a 'Donate' button to my side bar after a suggestion from a follower! Creating free printables and blogging about therapy ideas is really something I enjoy doing! That being said - it really does take a lot of work to take the time to blog it for you all, so if you want to donate a little something that would be great (and help me pay for the clipart!) I'm so thankful for all of you being followers! You rock!
What are you doing for Easter?
I used these foam eggs to write positional concepts. The kids had to find the matches and then use them to demonstrate the concept.
I used these eggs that I got last year after easter for 25 cents. Who can pass up that deal.
In the past, I have stuffed them with boardmaker pictures for grammar and other goals. This year, I just couldn't get into putting that much work into these eggs in between groups. So I found these little Easter erasers at Target. There are bunnies, eggs, and carrots. I put them in about 8 of the eggs and I let the kids pull eggs. The kiddo with the most mini items at the end was the 'winner.'
Ok next up - I had to upgrade my puny Boardmaker symbols for 'There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick" when I saw Katie's amazing printables. I ditched my boring pictures and used hers! Aren't they great? Go visit her site and then come right back!
I used the pieces with my Granny during circle time, but then I wanted to make some type of follow up game. I used library pockets (got mine from Lakeshore), with each piece of the story on the front. You can laminate them and then re-cut them open with a knife.
For most of my kids, we talked about vocab and then did some following directions activities. I hid these little jumping bunnies inside and we listened for clues (identifying functions!) to decide which bunny they could pull (ie: What can you eat?). Then we played with our hopping bunny describing who went near/far, under/over and fast/slow!
Just another little Easter Bonus from a SRN follower: Emily Meagher. Thanks for sending in your ideas Emily!
You can grab this Easter Egg game for irregular plurals and an Easter basket. It's based off of my 'Pocket Monster" Games.
Emily also found these cute Easter Character Cups. They would be easy to work in for many of your groups! She already came up with some great comprehension question that you can grab here!
Oh and P.S. - I added a 'Donate' button to my side bar after a suggestion from a follower! Creating free printables and blogging about therapy ideas is really something I enjoy doing! That being said - it really does take a lot of work to take the time to blog it for you all, so if you want to donate a little something that would be great (and help me pay for the clipart!) I'm so thankful for all of you being followers! You rock!
What are you doing for Easter?
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Speech-ster Egg Hunt
With just a few weeks until Easter, the shelves are filled with chicks, ducks and Easter grass! My friend Tiffany
Smith, MA CCC-SLP is sharing a fun activity with us today! Tiffany is
fellow Ohio University Bobcat (you might have seen us in the Sweet 16!)
and now lives in Charleston, WV.
Since
spring break and Easter are approaching quickly, we are having
Speech-ster Egg Hunts during therapy. The goal for the students is to
find the eggs with their targets on them and make up words that
correspond with their target sounds or language goals.
I created Easter eggs that have articulation and language targets on them. The labels listed initial, medial, and final
[target sound] as well as past, present, future; antonym, synonym; and
rhymes with. I color coded the labels so that my students who recognize
their target letters can determine the sound placement even if they
cannot read the words initial, medial, and final. I put stickers in the
eggs as well as a reward for participating.
I
hid the eggs around my room and gave the students several minutes to
find them. I varied the time based upon the grade level and number of
students. Students collected eggs with their targets in baskets and
brought them to the table. Each student was given a printable and a
pencil (or for the younger students, I wrote their answer). They took
turns thinking of spring-related target words with their target sounds
or language goals. If they could not think of one, we brainstormed as a
group. Next they put each word into an Easter or spring related
sentence. After they completed a sentence, the students were able to
open up an egg to see if there was a prize inside. After we completed
the worksheet, the students re-hid their eggs so they were ready for the
next group and put the worksheet in their speech folder.
Such
a great idea to use labels Tiffany! I know the kids will enjoy getting
up and moving while their working on their skills with this activity!
Thanks for sharing!
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