Speech and Language Corner January of 2016

Some Ideas to Target at Home • Let your child help with making a hot and cold

drink (ex. hot chocolate/lemonade). • Use small marshmallows to help with counting

numbers 1-20. • Have your child string cereal on a piece of yarn

with tape on one end. • Have your child count the pieces of cereal

before eating them. • Use shaving cream or salt to help your child

trace and/or write letter and/or words • Draw a snowman on a blue sheet of paper. Then

have your child glue on cotton balls to complete the snowman and create a snow scene.

What to Teach… Colors of the month: blue/white, gold/silver Shape of the Month: Circle Vocabulary: snow, snowman, hat, button, mittens/gloves, shoes, scarf, branch, stick, wood, eyes, nose, mouth, carrot, eyebrow, belt, snowflake, warm, cold, hot, freeze, freezing, snowball, igloo, polar bear, celebrate, New Year, New Year’s Eve, snow angel, balloons, confetti, hot chocolate, rainy, windy, sunny, marshmallows, clock, party, sled, penguin, weather, cotton ball Verbs: make, plow, drink, build, ski, ice-skate, sled Antonyms/opposites: hot/cold, day/night, white/black, happy/sad Calendar: months of the year Counting: numbers 1-12

Dear Parents and Caregivers, January is the first month of the year. Spend some time with your child and create a 12-month calendar. Have your child ask every family member their birthday and write the dates on the calendar. You can also include all the holidays and family events and vacations on this calendar. Have your child draw a picture related to each month and make sure you leave some room to write a few words about the months. Every month go over the upcoming event and after each event, have your child tell you about his/her experience. Given visual, verbal or tactile cues/prompts, using words, pictures, or tracing, have your child write 1-3 sentences about his/her experience in the designated area.

Happy Speech and Language at Home!! J

Song to Sing… “Little Penguins” Little penguins black and white One the ice, what a sight! See them waddle, see them glide. Watch them as they slip and slide Little penguins black and white One the ice, what a sight! “Snowflakes, Snowflakes, Dance Around” Snowflakes, snowflakes, dance around Snowflakes, snowflakes, touch the ground Snowflakes, snowflakes, in the air Snowflakes, snowflakes, everywhere Snowflakes, snowflakes, dance around Snowflakes, snowflakes, touch the ground “I’m a Little Snowman” I’m a little snowman Short and fat, Here are my buttons, Here is my hat. When the sun come out, I run away, Before I slowly Melt away!

Northern Therapy Group

Speech and Language Team services@northerntherapygroup.com

Books to Read at Home

1. The Mitten (1989) by Jan Brett. USA: Penguin Group. 2. Gingerbread Friends (2008) by Jan Brett. Putnam Juvenile. 3. The Three Snow Bears (2007) by Jan Brett. Putnam

Juvenile.