When the forecast is projecting for rain, rain and more rain, it may seem daunting if you’ve got little ones at home. But no worries- Miss Abbey has shared all of her go-to rainy day activities that she does with her own children at home!
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☔️𝐒𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤/ 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭:
• Where they’re eating
• What they’re eating
• What’s happening around them
• Requests for “more” snack or make choices between snacks
• The flavors and textures of the snack (crunchy, chewy, sweet, salty, sour, smooth, slimy, etc)
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☔️ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭:
• Size concepts: are the puddles you find big, medium, or small
• Comparisons: are the puddles bigger/smaller than your child’s boots or your boots
• Quantity concepts: is a lot or a little water in the puddle, how many puddles you found (give a specific number, or use general terms such as one, a lot, a few)
• Location concepts: where are you finding puddles (on the sidewalk, on the driveway, beside the mailbox, next to the curb, in the grass, etc)
• Verbs: splash with your hands, jump with both feet, stomp with one foot, march, hop on one foot, etc. Use this activity to talk about “what happened?”
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☔️ 𝐆𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤!
• Have children help plan what they need for a walk in the rain (boots vs shoes, raincoat vs a regular jacket, hat and/or umbrella)
• Practice describing words by talking about the size/colors/other features of houses you see
• Practice one speech word for each house you pass or each sidewalk square
• Point out objects that have your speech sound
• Bring a bucket and fill it with treasures you find (sticks, rocks, leaves, acorns, pinecones, mulch, flowers). When you get home, you can sort the items by category, size, color, etc.
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This post written for you by Abbey Vielhaber, M.A., CCC-SLP of Columbus Speech & Hearing