Mrs. Tiani - Speech Therapy

In Early Grades K–2:

• Talk with your child a lot.
• Read different types of books. Read every day, and talk with your child about the story.
• Help your child learn sound patterns of words. You can play rhyming games and point out letters as you read.
• Have your child retell stories and talk about his day.
• Talk with your child about what you do during the day. Give her directions to follow.
• Talk about how things are the same and different.
• Give your child chances to write.

In Later Grades 3-5:

• Keep your child reading. Find books and magazines that interest your child.
• Ask your child what he thinks about what he hears or reads. Connect what he reads to events in his life.
• Help your child connect what she reads and hears at school, home, and other events.
• Talk out loud as you help your child read about and solve problems.
• Help your child recognize spelling patterns. For example, point out the beginnings and endings of words, like "pre-" or "–ed."
• Get your child to write letters, keep a diary, and write stories.

Other Activities to Try:

Cook/Bake Something Together -Practice following the directions of a recipe. Use sequential language such as, “First we add the tomatoes, then we stir it all together, and last we add seasoning.” -Use spatial concept words such as in, on, on top, next to, as much as possible. -Talk about the textures, tastes, smells, and colors of the foods. Use descriptive words. 

Use sidewalk chalk -Draw pictures using sidewalk chalk and have your child describe the pictures using color, shape, and size words -Draw a hopscotch game and write speech words in each square. These could be words your child is working on pronouncing (ie. they contain their speech sounds) or vocabulary words that they then have to use in a sentence. 

Watch a movie ...and use some of the same strategies as you would when you read a book -Ask your child questions about what is happening, why characters feel certain ways, what might happen next, etc. -Talk about the different characters’ personality traits. Compare and contrast the characters. -Think of other ways the characters could have solved problems. Come up with silly solutions and talk about why they might not have worked. 

Go on a scavenger hunt outside or inside! -Give your child descriptions of things to find in your home. These could be vague, such as, “Find something large and blue” or specific, such as, “Find something that you use to dry your hands.” -If your child is working on speech sounds, have them find items that contain their sounds and then have them label the item.

As a member of a team, I work collaboratively with parents, classroom teachers, special education teachers, para-professionals, occupational therapists and physical therapists to support the academic and personal growth of your individual child through consultation, indirect and direct pull-out speech/language services.

It is my pleasure to work with children on the following skills:

Expressive Language
Receptive Language
Articulation/Oral Motor
Social Pragmatic Language

Again, working collaboratively with parents, teachers, administrators, therapist, paraprofessionals and specialists, it is our goal to create the best learning environment for the students at the Jacob's Elementary School.

Jacobs School Core Values/Classroom Rules:
Be R.A.D.!!
Respect yourself and others.
Act in ways that make our school safe, caring, and welcoming.
Do your best learning.