I hope that everyone had a great spring break! The end of the school year is getting closer!
This month, I wanted to focus on sequencing events about a topic or story. Sequencing can be difficult for children with language delays. It requires more critical thinking and organization skills to sequence events in one's mind, as well as share it with others. Plus, children who depend on visual supports for language learning can struggle with sequencing information within a conversation. A natural way in which you can help your child practice sequencing skills is through experience books. You can take pictures of your family language experience (i.e. zoo, vacation activity, Children's Museum). Then, you can help your child practice retelling the event by looking back through the pictures. Practice words like "first," "next," "then," and "last" to help facilitate storytelling vocabulary. Reviewing sequencing skills through an event that directly relates to your child will facilitate their sequencing (and narrative) skills with others. Contact me at [email protected] for more ideas about experience books and enhancing language skills at home! |
AuthorMy name is Lori Shores, and I am a speech-language pathologist that works in the Bartlett City Schools. Archives
April 2018
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