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Practice Saying L Blends: Language Building Activities for Early Elementary
Practice Saying L Blends: Language Building Activities for Early Elementary
What Are L Blends? L blends are two consonants that come together in a word, where the second sound is /l/. Today we will focus on these blends in the... Read more...
Word of the Week: Backpack, Building Speech and Language Skills Through Everyday Objects
Word of the Week: Backpack, Building Speech and Language Skills Through Everyday Objects
A backpack is something many children use nearly every day. They might use them to carry things to and from school, the park, or a trip to grandma’s house. This... Read more...
Understanding Speech Sounds, Part 2: A Family-Friendly Guide to English Vowel Phonemes
Understanding Speech Sounds, Part 2: A Family-Friendly Guide to English Vowel Phonemes
When your child is learning to read, spell, or work on speech sounds, you might hear about vowels, and they can seem confusing! Unlike consonants (which block or shape the... Read more...
Practice the Initial /r/ Sound with Ralph and His Ridiculous Robot
Practice the Initial /r/ Sound with Ralph and His Ridiculous Robot
For today’s speech sound we’ll practice the /r/ in the beginning of words. Or, as speech-language pathologists call them, initial R words. Initial R Words Below are six words that... Read more...
All Aboard the Big Blue Bus: Vocabulary and Language Activities for Preschoolers
All Aboard the Big Blue Bus: Vocabulary and Language Activities for Preschoolers
Have you taken a ride on a bus? Some kids ride a bus to school. Some people ride a bus to get around town. There are even buses that can... Read more...
Boy demonstrating speech sounds with his mouth and hands, consonant phonemes 2.
Understanding Speech Sounds, Part 1: A Family-Friendly Guide to English Consonant Phonemes
Today we’re going to learn the consonant phonemes in English. When speech-language pathologists or teachers talk about phonemes, they’re referring to the individual sounds that make up spoken words. One... Read more...
Teaching the /g/ Sound: Hard vs. Soft G with Speech Therapy Activities
Teaching the /g/ Sound: Hard vs. Soft G with Speech Therapy Activities
We are going to practice saying the /g/ sound in words, phrases, and a story today. Before we start, let’s learn the difference between the hard and soft G. The... Read more...
The Little Fish Who Loved to Hide: A Fish-Themed Speech and Language Activity for Preschool
The Little Fish Who Loved to Hide: A Fish-Themed Speech and Language Activity for Preschool
Do you have a fish or know someone who does? We are going to talk all about fish today to build our language and literacy skills. Parts of a Fish... Read more...
What Are CVC Words? A Simple Guide for Parents
What Are CVC Words? A Simple Guide for Parents
If your child is beginning to read, you may come across the term CVC Words. Not sure what that means? I’m here to share a brief overview, explain why they’re... Read more...
Cheeseburger Picnic at Cherry Tree Park: A /ch/ Sound Story for Speech Practice
Cheeseburger Picnic at Cherry Tree Park: A /ch/ Sound Story for Speech Practice
Today is all about food and the initial /ch/ sound. We’ll practice some “ch” foods in words, then phrases, then sentences, and finally reading. There is a Seek and Find... Read more...
Sink or Float, What Rhymes with Boat? Language and Literacy Activities for Home
Sink or Float, What Rhymes with Boat? Language and Literacy Activities for Home
Our word this week is boat. Boat is a one syllable word. Boat 👏 It is also a CVC word (consonant - vowel - consonant). /b/ /oa/ /t/ This is... Read more...
What Are Basic Concepts? How to Teach Early Language Skills in Daily Routines
What Are Basic Concepts? How to Teach Early Language Skills in Daily Routines
In speech and language development, basic concepts are words that describe relationships between people, objects, space, time, and quantity. They help children follow directions, describe objects, and understand how things... Read more...