{"id":7502,"date":"2023-01-24T14:32:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2023-02-07T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T18:23:43","slug":"talk-tips-to-go-festive-february-speech-language-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/talk-tips-to-go-festive-february-speech-language-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Tips To Go: Festive February Speech\/Language Activities!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Brooke Stoyak, M.A., CCC-SLP<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL-768x702.jpg\" alt=\"The book Little Blue Truck's Valentine, by  Alice Schertle,\" class=\"wp-image-7507 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL-600x548.jpg 600w, https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL-1280x1170.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL-1536x1404.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/columbusspeech.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/817-VrzptL.jpg 1751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Popular Valentine\u2019s Day Books:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780358272441\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780358272441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Little Blue Truck\u2019s Valentine<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780545352239\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780545352239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Ros<\/a>e<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780061804328\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780061804328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happy Valentine\u2019s Day, Mouse!<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780374301866\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780374301866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Love Monster<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780451469816\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com\/book\/9780451469816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Llama Llama I Love You<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Valentine\u2019s Day Word Scavenger Hunt:<\/strong><\/h3><p>Looking for something to do indoors while it is still cold outside for the Valentine\u2019s Day holiday? Help your child compile a word list with their targeted speech sounds and make heart shaped \u201cflash cards\u201d to hide around the house. Once hidden, have your child find the heart cards and practice their targeted sounds for extra practice at home. Maybe a sweet Valentine\u2019s treat would be in store for your child at the end of the scavenger hunt!<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Valentine\u2019s Day Language Activities:<\/strong><\/h3><p>Want to help your child achieve their language goals? Cut out heart shapes on paper or purchase premade hearts from the Dollar Store. Write a synonym on one side of the heart and a matching antonym on the other side of the heart (e.g., \u201cabove\u201d and \u201cbelow\u201d). Have your child cut the heart in half. Make plenty of hearts with matching synonyms and antonyms to make different heart puzzles. Have your child assemble the hearts to practice their synonyms and antonym pairs. You can also label the hearts with: idioms\/definition of idioms, festive February vocabulary\/vocabulary definitions and similarities\/differences. This homemade game targets other goals such as matching and gives your child the opportunity to provide extra examples for each targeted goal on each heart.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brooke Stoyak, M.A., CCC-SLP Valentine\u2019s Day Word Scavenger Hunt: Looking for something to do indoors while it is still cold outside for the Valentine\u2019s Day holiday? Help your child compile a word list with their targeted speech sounds and make heart shaped \u201cflash cards\u201d to hide around the house. 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