Family game night? Have your child say their target words, practice a sentence, or answer a question, before they can roll the dice or take their card. Have the whole family practice too! It’s a great opportunity for practicing their skill and having the family model it as well.

Reading a book before bed? Books are a great way to carryover your child’s speech and language goals. Your speech therapist will provide carryover activities to do while reading a book at home. 

• Identify target speech sounds within the story
• Answer “Wh-“ questions
• Sequence, retell
• Make predictions and do a “book walk”
• Summarize 
• Draw and write about favorite part
• Write or discuss a sequel or alternative ending

When you take your child grocery shopping, try some speech and language activities.

• Play “I spy” and find items with your child’s target speech sound
• Use social skills to greet and ask for items
• Practice “wh” questions related to the environment. “Where are the oranges?” “What snack do you want?”
• Target vocabulary and category skills “Let’s name all the vegetables”

Daily routines are filled with speech and language opportunities!

• Following directions can be targeted all day long. Give your child some two step directions to follow throughout the day: “put your toys away and then sit at the table” or “go pick out a book and climb into bed”.
• Vocabulary can be targeted throughout the day. During bath time, cooking dinner, and walking to the park, talk about everything you are doing and seeing to help them learn some new vocabulary words.
• Target speech sounds by labeling items with speech sound in the home. If your child’s speech sound is “s”, label “sock drawer”, “spoon”, “soap”, “sofa”

Your child already has homework to complete. Why not work on their speech and language goals simultaneously!

• Have your child read a page of their novel aloud, while remembering their target speech sound. 
• Use reading comprehension strategies such as highlighting key words, underlining main ideas, and write a one sentence summary.