{"id":3140,"date":"2020-05-29T12:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbusspeech.org\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:41:23","slug":"targeting-language-skills-on-a-nature-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/targeting-language-skills-on-a-nature-scavenger-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting Language Skills on a Nature Scavenger Hunt!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Janel Niekamp, M.S., CCC-SLP<\/p>\n

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Spring has given way to summer and with the weather warming up, now is the perfect time to go on a nature scavenger hunt. Regardless of the season or the weather, heading outside is always a great speech-language activity! There is never any shortage of great things to talk about and look for, all while incorporating a variety of language skills. Whether you’re strolling around your neighborhood or out enjoying a nearby metro parks you can get your little one actively engaged while exploring the great outdoors. Here are just a few of the many language skills you can target while on a scavenger hunt:<\/p>\n

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Describing: Describe an object by stating its category, size, shape, and color. You can also try comparing and contrasting two objects to work on stating similarities and differences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  • A bee is a type of (insert category)<\/li>\n
  • A flower is a type of (insert category)<\/li>\n
  • Can you name two more types of insects? Plants? Trees? Flowers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Following Directions: Try incorporating basic 1- and 2-step commands with embedded concepts (spatial concepts: between, under, next to) and (sequential concepts: first\/then\/last) to target their receptive language skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Run to the small tree.<\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Go to the tree and look under the rock.<\/li>\n
    • First find a flower, then a feather<\/li>\n
    • Put the leaf between the flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Object Function: Talk about how we use objects or what we do with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Show me the object that (insert function).<\/li>\n
      • What does (insert object) do?<\/li>\n
      • What do you do with (insert object)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Prepositions: Practice using and understanding spatial concepts (in, on, out of, off) and prepositions (in, on, under).<\/span><\/p>\n

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        • Where is the leaf? (in the dirt, on the sidewalk, etc.)<\/li>\n
        • Put the flower under the tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Vocabulary: Your child\u2019s vocabulary is continuously growing. Label different objects and use a variety of adjectives to describe them: fast, shiny, loud, heavy, bumpy, etc. By introducing more objects and descriptive terms each week, your child\u2019s receptive and expressive vocabulary skills will continue to grow.<\/p>\n

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          By: Janel Niekamp, M.S., CCC-SLP Spring has given way to summer and with the weather warming up, now is the perfect time to go on a nature scavenger hunt. Regardless of the season or the weather, heading outside is always a great speech-language activity! There is never any shortage of great things to talk about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[63,60,71,72,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}