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Hello families! Welcome to our speech and language resource page. This page is designed to provide you with resources to work on your child's speech & language skills at home. These resources are easy to use and provide suggestions on how to target your child's skills during every day tasks at home!
The resources are color-coded:

Purple: Language (how we use and understand spoken language)
Orange: Articulation (speech sounds/pronunciation)
Blue: Speech AND Language
Green: Fluency (stuttering)
Red: Additional Resources (e.g., visual schedules, first/then, etc.)

If you have any questions or would like materials more specific to your child's speech and language objectives please email me at vigneaulte@springfieldpublicschools.com

I know this is a hard time for everyone. Please know that we appreciate how hard you are working with your children at home! We will get through this together!

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Following a recipe is a great way to incorporate language into your home! Not only will you create awesome memories, you will also be working on several language skills including vocabulary, following directions, sequencing, and describing! The recipe below is for making fun Puffy Slime to play with (not eat)! It can be used with children of all ages.

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This is an activity to work on identifying antonyms (word opposites). This activity is best for grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

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This is an interactive Boom Card scavenger hunt to target summer vocabulary!

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell

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Read through the story and answer the questions throughout! This story is also great for sequencing! This is best for students in grades K, 1st, and 2nd.

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell Read Aloud

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Scavenger hunts are a fun activity that work on your child's vocabulary skills, while also keeping them busy and engaged. Each time your child finds an item on this list have them label what they found! You can expand on that by having them describe the item, place it into a category (e.g., a necklace is jewelry), or state the function. This can be used with kids of all ages.

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This is a great resource for a variety of fluency strategies, complete with visual supports to help you and your child!

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Practice answering a variety of WH questions while playing Bingo!

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*Answer the question on each page. Use the color-coded question prompts to help you think of what the answer may be. If you need help, uncover the answer by moving the "check". Drag the "check" to cover the correct answer and submit.

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Answer the question on each page. Use the color-coded question prompts to help you think of what the answer may be. If you need help, uncover the answer by moving the "check". Drag the "check" to cover the correct answer and submit.

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Read through the story and answer the multiple choice questions throughout! This story is best for students in grades K, 1st, and 2nd.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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This is a great resource for learning the basic concepts, LONG and SHORT. A video is included to help you teach your child long and short. When you have completed the activities on the computer, have your child go around the house and find things that are long and short!

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Use this interactive Boom Card to help your child sort Spring vs. Summer objects.

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Read through the story and answer the questions throughout! This story is best for students in grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Speech AND Language-One Page Picture Scenes

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Speech AND Language-One Page Picture Scenes

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Look at this picture scene with your child. As you talk about the picture, use the given prompts to help target both language AND articulation. The pictures prompt for a variety of speech sounds, as well as WH questions, vocabulary, and more!

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This interactive Boom Card works on improving vocabulary by determining the feature and class of various vocabulary words.

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Use this interactive Boom card to practice /k/! You can choose from initial, medial, and final position.

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Use the word under the popsicles to target your student's goal (i.e. say word 5 times).

Drag and drop the popsicle to each child in the picture scene.

Work on the target after each time a popsicle is moved to a child.

This popsicle game can be used to work on additional targets, such as, following directions and requesting.

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Use the word under the popsicles to target your student's goal (i.e. say word 5 times). Drag and drop the popsicle to each child in the picture scene. Work on the target after each time a popsicle is moved to a child.

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Use this interactive Boom card to practice /r/ and /l/!

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This is an activity for children working on following directions.

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This handout provides great ideas for how to practice your child's speech sounds at home.

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This document provides a list of words to practice your child's speech sounds. If you are unsure of what sounds your child is working on, check the communication goal in their IEP, or send me an email directly! Use the words in everyday fun tasks such as:
-writing words in sidewalk chalk
-writing words in hopscotch squares
-blowing bubbles and saying a word each time a bubble pops
-roll a dice and say your word that many times

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This is another great resource for targeting language skills with late elementary learners. It provides resources for targeting language through things like the weather, board games, and books.

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This is a great resource for targeting language skills at home through things like play, games, and books. This resource is for early elementary learners.

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This website is a wonderful resource for parents who have a child who stutters. The website provides suggestions on how to support your child during their disfluent moments.

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You have a child who may be exhibiting signs of stuttering. New and important developments in education and therapy are happening all the time. In the meanwhile, there is so much that you, your child, and others in your child's life can do. The NSA's goal is to empower you and your child with knowledge, understanding and hope that will help to increase your child's chances of successful speech development. Here are 10 things you can do now to help your child:

1. Learn about stuttering.

Getting the facts about stuttering can help you make good decisions for your child. The NSA has partnered with leading stuttering specialists to provide the most up-to-date information about stuttering research and treatment. The more you know, the more you can help.

2. Seek the advice and guidance of a stuttering specialist.

If you are worried about your child's speech, contact a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who specializes in the treatment of childhood stuttering. Do not wait to see if your child will simply "outgrow" stuttering. The sooner you get an evaluation, the sooner you can help your child. Stuttering specialists are speech-language pathologists who have been recognized by the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders (ABFFD) as having achieved advanced training and clinical skill for working with people who stutter and their families. A list of Board-Certified Specialists in Fluency Disorders (BCS-F) can be found at www.stutteringspecialists.org.

3. Respond to your child's stuttering in an open, supportive way.

Many parents have been told not to draw attention to stutterinng, fearing this will make it worse. Today, we know this is not true- talking about stuttering will not make your child stutter more. In fact, it can even help! View stuttering just like any other difficulty your child may have when learning a complex skill (like learning to skip or ride a bicycle) and treat stuttering in the same positive, patient, and supportive manner.

4. Give yourself a break.

Despite what you may have heard, parents do NOT cause stuttering. In fact, by learning more about stuttering now, you are taking positive steps to help your child improve his speech and communication. Your proactive response is supporting your child's success.

5. Listen to your child.

Listen to the message your child is trying to communicate, not the stuttering. You can show your child that you are listening by not finishing sentences, filling in words, or giving simplistic advice such as "just relax," "slow down," or "take a deep breath." Encourage your child's development of healthy communication skills by showing him that what he is saying is more important than how he is saying it. Reflect what you have heard back to him so he knows that he is understood.

6. Reduce demands.

As your child develops more advanced speech and language skills, she will experience many demands on her speaking abilities. Reducing the amount of "demand" speech ("tell grandma what you did today") can decrease the pressures she experiences and help her communicate successfully, even when she is stuttering.

7. Model Good Communication.

You provide an important role model for your child's communication abilities. You can use a communication style that is rushed, hurried, or intense - or, you can use an easier, smoother, more relaxed way of talking. Using pauses can help your child learn to speak in a relaxed, unhurried manner. When children experience these easier interactions, they feel less pressure to "keep up." This can help to reduce the tension they feel in their speech.

8. Decrease Time Pressures.

Time pressure is feeling that we have to act or speak quickly. Too much time pressure makes it harder to do the things we want to do. You can reduce time pressure for your child by reducing interuptions and encouraging good turn-taking in your home environment. Allowing pauses and silence during conversation will help you create an easier, more supportive environment for your child.

9. Be patient and learn in small steps.

Remember that these strategies take time to learn. Do not feel discouraged if you find them hard at first. You can receive specific training about how to make these changes as you partner with a stuttering specialist.

10. Get Connected.

The National Stuttering Association (NSA) is dedicated to providing hope, empowerment, and support for you and your child. Through the NSA, you will become part of a community of people who understand stuttering and how to help people who stutter. The greatest gift you can give yourself and your child is the knowledge that you are not alone in dealing with stuttering!

10 Ways To Help Children Who Stutter.
This brochure is also available in the NSA Store in the NSA Brochures section.

Now Available From the NSA:

Young Children Who Stutter: Information and Support for Parents - 5 Steps To Help Your Child. This resource describes the early signs of stuttering, provides an overview of what to expect in therapy, and explains how parents can help their child at home. It also provides the support parent need to be helpful partners in teh therapy process and emphasizes teh importance of early interention and support for young children who stutter. For more information, click here.

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Top Ten "To Do" List for Parents of Young Children Who Stutter (Ages 2 to 6) - National Stuttering Association

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You have a child who may be exhibiting signs of stuttering. New and important developments in education and therapy are happening all the time. In the meanwhile, there is so much that you, your child, and others in your child's life can do.

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The pictures in this resource can be printed or shown to the student. It also includes a "first, then" board, which we often use when working with students ("first do your work, then you can play"). The star chart and "all done" bucket are also great visuals. This resource is perfect for students in our Primary Learning Center, or any child that benefits from visual supports when learning!

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If you are still unsure of how to work on your child's speech and language skills at home, check the communication section of their IEP or email me directly!

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Here is a website full of additional speech and language resources. Check it out!

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Hi everyone! We are so excited to share our speech and language resources with you. Take this time to show off what you know to mom, dad, sister, brother, or anyone who is around. Stay happy and healthy!

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Hi everyone! We are so excited to share our speech and language resources with you. Take this time to show off what you know to mom, dad, sister, brother, or anyone who is around. Stay happy and healthy!

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Although we recommend limiting screen time, this resource provides recommend apps that will target speech and language skills while your child "plays"!

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TOY COMPANION--Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd Grade

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TOY COMPANION--Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd Grade

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This resource provides several ideas for targeting your child's receptive and expressive language skills during playtime! It includes great question prompts to ask, vocabulary words to use, sounds to practice, basic concepts, and other skills to target within the activity. It includes resources for common toys such as trains, dolls, bubbles, Play-Doh, and more!

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Are you having a hard time explaining the COVID-19 virus to your child? This social story defines social distancing and provides examples of places and activities to avoid while the virus is still spreading.  It also gives several activities that children can do at home while social distancing is in effect. Read this with your child to help them understand.