Activities At Home
Any moment can be a teachable moment! Here are some activity suggestions to boost your child's communication skills.
Cooking / Baking
- If you use a recipe or not, talk through the steps and let your child measure, mix, and do anything age appropriate. This reinforces sequencing, following directions, vocabulary, and articulation skills, while also being fun and delicious!
Play I- Spy
- You can look for objects that start with certain sounds or have specific physical qualities (like color). This reinforces categorization, vocabulary, and articulation/ phonological skills.
Go Out
- Take a hike, go to a museum, ride the MAX, ride bikes, do anything! If you keep your technology off and you are conversing with your child, you are helping all of their communication skills grow. In our local area, we have many great places to find adventure. These include OMSI, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, International Rose Test Garden, Art Museum, Tryon State Park, Multnomah Falls, the coast.....
Let Your Child Plan
- Kids are always asking to go "here" and do "this." When it is something you want to indulge, ask them to plan it out. You can start simple with having them figure out what you need to bring, what order to use, and work up to them planning it out, step- by-step. Of course, go through the plan with them and discuss anything that needs to be adjusted. This will build logic, planning, negotiation, vocabulary, and even articulation skills!
Answering Questions
- At bedtime, ask your child a different question. These can be as silly or meaningful as you want. There are even books you can purchase with pre-generated questions and spaces to write down the answers, as a keepsake. (A great one is "Q and A a Day for Kids: A Three-Year Journal" by Betsy Franco.) This helps with answering questions, conversation, and it is great for learning more about your child.
Teach Your Kids About Your Passions
- As parents, you learn to put your self aside in order to raise you kids. Think back to the hobbies you enjoyed, and share them with your child! Usually, kids are willing to try something new, especially if it means special time with a parent. This will grow conversation, content knowledge, and vocabulary skills.
- If you use a recipe or not, talk through the steps and let your child measure, mix, and do anything age appropriate. This reinforces sequencing, following directions, vocabulary, and articulation skills, while also being fun and delicious!
Play I- Spy
- You can look for objects that start with certain sounds or have specific physical qualities (like color). This reinforces categorization, vocabulary, and articulation/ phonological skills.
Go Out
- Take a hike, go to a museum, ride the MAX, ride bikes, do anything! If you keep your technology off and you are conversing with your child, you are helping all of their communication skills grow. In our local area, we have many great places to find adventure. These include OMSI, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, International Rose Test Garden, Art Museum, Tryon State Park, Multnomah Falls, the coast.....
Let Your Child Plan
- Kids are always asking to go "here" and do "this." When it is something you want to indulge, ask them to plan it out. You can start simple with having them figure out what you need to bring, what order to use, and work up to them planning it out, step- by-step. Of course, go through the plan with them and discuss anything that needs to be adjusted. This will build logic, planning, negotiation, vocabulary, and even articulation skills!
Answering Questions
- At bedtime, ask your child a different question. These can be as silly or meaningful as you want. There are even books you can purchase with pre-generated questions and spaces to write down the answers, as a keepsake. (A great one is "Q and A a Day for Kids: A Three-Year Journal" by Betsy Franco.) This helps with answering questions, conversation, and it is great for learning more about your child.
Teach Your Kids About Your Passions
- As parents, you learn to put your self aside in order to raise you kids. Think back to the hobbies you enjoyed, and share them with your child! Usually, kids are willing to try something new, especially if it means special time with a parent. This will grow conversation, content knowledge, and vocabulary skills.
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