Games for Summertime Language Development
Summer is the time for road trips and family adventure. It is also a perfect time to help build your child’s language development. Improving a child’s language supports their ability to problem solve, understand and express feelings, and is the basis for learning to read and write. So, during your next family trip put down the electronics and try out some of these language games with your kids for some fun and language building! I-Spy: One person picks an object and identifies it by color, “I spy something red”. The other people guess objects they see with that color. 20 questions: One person picks an item (animal or object) and the other people take turns asking yes or no questions to figure out what the item is. This is a great game to practice strategy and reasoning by asking thoughtful questions $10,000 pyramid: Set a timer for one minute and pick a letter. One person gives clues to get the others to guess as many things as they can that start with the letter. Rhyming words: Pick a word that is easy to rhyme with other real words. Each person takes a turns. The winner is the last person to think of a rhyming word. Rhyming improves phonological awareness, which helps with reading. Categories: Have your child list as many things as possible from a certain category. For example, have your child list as many foods as he can or as many clothes. Antonyms and Synonyms: Tell your child a word and have her come up with one synonym (a word that means the same thing) and one antonym (a word that means the opposite). |
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Understood.org
This is a great website for parents that discusses ways to understand and support students with learning and attention issues. One of the features I like the most is the "day in the life" stories and the "through your child's eyes" videos.
Parent to Parent
Parents, check out Parent to Parent of Georgia. This is a great organization that is designed to support families of children with disabilities. They offer many programs and can answer questions about specific disabilities, legal issues and transitions. Check out their website: www.p2pga.org
This is a great website for parents that discusses ways to understand and support students with learning and attention issues. One of the features I like the most is the "day in the life" stories and the "through your child's eyes" videos.
Parent to Parent
Parents, check out Parent to Parent of Georgia. This is a great organization that is designed to support families of children with disabilities. They offer many programs and can answer questions about specific disabilities, legal issues and transitions. Check out their website: www.p2pga.org
Book Recommendation
The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan
by Ben Foss
This is a great book written for parents of students with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. It not only describes the disability, but helps you identify and build on your child's strengths, understand their rights in schools and provides advice for accommodations and the use of technology.
"Packed with pratical ideas and strategies dyslexic children need for excelling in school and in life, this empowering guide provides the framework for charting a future for your child that is bright with home and unlimted potential." (Foss)
by Ben Foss
This is a great book written for parents of students with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. It not only describes the disability, but helps you identify and build on your child's strengths, understand their rights in schools and provides advice for accommodations and the use of technology.
"Packed with pratical ideas and strategies dyslexic children need for excelling in school and in life, this empowering guide provides the framework for charting a future for your child that is bright with home and unlimted potential." (Foss)