"B" The Bouncing Sound

The Bouncing Sound

"B" is the Bouncing Sound

This month we are going to be working on the "B" sound or the bouncing sound.  We have practiced saying the "B" sound while moving our arms like bouncing a ball, while moving our knees bouncing up and down and while jumping up and down.  

We have talked about different objects that start with the "B" sound and practiced saying them.  We are going to play some games this month that help us practice saying the "B" sound in words and phrases.  We are also going to sing some songs with the "B" sound in them like, Baby Blowing Bubbles ,  Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee and Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy. 

Some activities you can do at home that will give your child many opportunities to practice using the "b" sound are:

-Play with stuffed animals or dolls and have your child say "bye" to each animal or baby.

-Set up a play store by finding objects around home you can "sell".  Ask your child to shop by saying "buy" for each item he or she chooses.

-Roll or toss a ball to your child.  Have him or her say "ball" as they catch it and again as they toss it or roll it back.

-Play toy cars or trucks with your child.  Encourage him or her to say "beep" every time your vehicle gets in the way of his or her car or truck.

-Read the story Goldilocks and The Three Bears or read the book The Wheels on the Bus.  While you are reading talk about what you see, ask your child what he or she thinks will happen as they look at the pictures.  Name the things you see in the pictures emphasizing the "b" sound.

Welcome to the 2017 School Year!

I'm excited for all of the Speech and Language fun we are going to have in class this year!

If you want to know what language activities we did in class over the week, what sounds we are focusing on over the month or what our core vocabulary words for the month are, this is the place to look!

As always, feel free to email me with any questions!

heidi.owen@canyonsdistrict.org

Hiding Phil

                                                    

For the past few weeks in Large Group, we have been doing activities centered around the book Hiding Phil  By Eric Barclay.  It's a story about some kids who want to take a pet elephant home, but then realize that maybe their parents won't be too happy about it.

The first time we talked about Phil, we focused on the words "look" and "under".  As we read the story, we used our eyes to look at the things Phil was hiding under.  We then went and hid UNDER things in our classroom and teacher Heidi found us and took a picture of us with her iPad.  We then looked at all of the pictures and used our words to tell the class what we were hiding UNDER.

The next week we met Little Phil who is a stuffed elephant friend of Teacher Heidi.  We remembered that Big Phil liked to hide under things, but Little Phil liked to hid in, behind or under things.  We hid our eyes while Teacher Heidi hid Little Phil IN a box, UNDER a blanket or BEHIND a chair.  When we opened our eyes, we took turns using our words to say where we thought Phil was hiding.

This week we are playing Hide and Seek.  While teacher Heidi counts to 20, we go and hide in our classroom.  After she finds us, we go back to the rug and wait until everyone is found.  When all of the class has been found we use our words to say where we were hiding.  Some of us are hiding under the table, under a blanket, in the pretend stove, under the pretend sink, behind a bookcase or behind a poster.  We are having a lot of fun playing hide and seek and thinking of places to hide.

"H" The Panting Dog Sound

"H" The Panting Dog Sound

 

For the month of May, we are going to be talking about, singing about and practicing saying the "H" or panting dog sound.

 In order to produce this sound, you just have to open your mouth and breathe!!  This sound is unvoiced, which means what you hear comes from the movement of air through your throat and mouth.

To practice this sound at home, you can do any of the activities listed below:

-Go on a walk and say "hi" to objects, people and animals you see.

-Pretend to be bunnies and hop across a room or the yard. Say "hop" each time you hop.

-Pretend to cook something with your child and talk about the food being "hot".

-During a game or activity where your child needs assistance, model using the word "help".

Chicken Chicken Your Egg You Can't Find

This week for Large Group we talked about chickens and eggs.  We looked at a book that had many different types of birds and eggs.  We talked about how they are the same and how they are different.  Some eggs are really big, while others are small.  Some eggs are a plain color, while others have speckles.  We looked at some pictures that showed a baby chick trying to hatch.  We then played a game where everyone sat in a circle and we took turns being the chicken that got to sit in the middle.  Everyone would close their eyes and Teacher Heidi would put a big egg behind someone.  When we opened our eyes, we would all say "Chicken, chicken your egg you can't find, somebody has it, check BEHIND....".  The chicken in the middle would then go to his friends in the circle and ask them, "Do you have my egg?".  This game helped us work on learning what behind means.  It also helped us learn how to ask and answer a yes/no question.

 

 

Emotion Game

  Last week of  in Large Group, we played the Emotion Game.  Before we played, we reviewed the story of Emo Egg and talked about some of the emotions that Emo felt and how his face looked.  We then stood in a circle and we used our emotion and action dice to play the game.  One friend tossed the emotion dice to tell us how we were going to feel and another friend tossed the action dice to tell us what we were going to do.  We sang about the emotion and did the action to an adapted version of the song, If You're Happy and You Know It.  We sang...if you're happy, happy, happy clap your hands.  If you're happy, happy, happy clap your hands.  If you're happy clap your hands, if you're happy clap your hands, if you're happy, happy, happy clap your hands.  

We sang different words and did different actions to the song depending on what happened when we threw the dice.  We sang about being mad, scared, tired, sad, surprised and happy.  We growled, jumped, shouted hooray, clapped our hands, took a nap and stomped our feet. 

You can play this game at home by thinking of an emotion and asking your child what action they think would go with that emotion.  You can sing the song and do the action together.

Emo Egg

EMO EGG

This week for Large Group, we met Emo Egg.  Emo goes to preschool just like we do.  We heard a story about Emo's day at preschool and we learned about different emotions he felt and how his face looked when he felt them.  We practiced making those emotions with our faces.  

You can play an emotion game at home by showing your child different emotions on your face and have them guess how you might be feeling.  You can switch places and have them show the emotions on their face and you have to guess.