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Hi families!
We wanted to create a space to provide resources for you to practice your child's speech and language skills at home. The resources were specifically chosen to be parent-friendly and easy to use - not meant to overwhelm families with more work. Many of the handouts include suggestions on how to incorporate targeting speech and language skills into your every day activities.

The resources are color coded:

pink is for language

purple for articulation (speech sounds)

green targets both speech and language or other areas such as fluency.

blue resources are weekly resources that will be changing every week

yellow are additional resources such as visual supports and app recommendations

If you have any questions or would like materials more specific to your child's IEP objectives, please email me at oconnork@springfieldpublicschools.com or call me at 413-459-2140.

Thanks so much for all the hard work you are doing at home! We appreciate all you do!

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Here is the new recipe of the week - "Sand" Dessert! Remember, by doing this you work on skills such as vocabulary, following directions, sequencing, answering questions, and describing! Try this recipe of the week below and let us know what you think!

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The craft of the week is Red, White & Blue Slime! Completing a step by step hands-on activity can also be a way to work on language skills! Use this simple activity to practice vocabulary, following directions, predicting, and describing. Have the student talk about what they are doing and give you details!

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Here is the new scavenger hunt of the week. This can be used with kids of all ages. This weeks focus is on function. Try to find something that is used for each of these functions:

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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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Interactive summer story with questions!

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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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This activity works on identifying various emotions and labeling emotions. It has flashcards, matching, and even board games to practice the skills. Perfect for any age!

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Works on categories, verbs, describing pictures, and summer vocabulary.
PK, K, 1st

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Read the words in the boxes and find the objects in the scene.
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

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This activity targets making predictions in short stories. **This activity is best downloaded to your computer as it is a large file and may not load in the browser. Perfect for: 3rd, 4th, 5th grade.

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This activity targets identifying the "main idea" in stories. **This activity is best downloaded to your computer as it is a large file and may not load in the browser. Perfect for: 3rd, 4th, 5th grade.

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This resources teaches and practices the concepts of "in" and "out." Great for PK, K, 1st.

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This resource teaches and practices the concepts of "first" and "last". Great for PK, K, 1st, 2nd.

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This week we are working on describing! Use this visual support to have your kids describe at least 5 different items around the house - then you have to guess what they are describing. This is a great activity for kids of all ages to practice their language skills. Even kids with speech sound goals can do this activity while practicing their nice, clear speech!

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This cute unit is perfect for preschools to practice different language skills!

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Try some of these mindful breathing techniques to calm your child down. The first few pages are visual reminders of the breathing techniques, while the last page describes how to do each one. This is also great for kids with articulation goals to increase their breath support.

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Choose the preposition that describes where the sloth is sleeping. Works on learning basic spatial concepts. Perfect for: K, 1st.

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This activity also works on describing. This is more appropriate for our older students and has less visual supports. Can be done verbally - doesn't have to be printed or written.

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Have you child choose the sound that they hear? Practicing their sounds is important, but it is also important that our kids can hear the difference between 2 sounds.

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Boom Cards FastPlay lets learners start playing right away using a pin from a teacher. No login is required.

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Choose the adjectives that go with the picture. Then have your child practice making sentences about the picture using the adjectives! Perfect for: 2, 3, 4, 5 students.

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Drag the items to sort by category. Perfect for: PK, K, 1

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Practicing Appropriate Interactions: What Should You Do? 

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Practicing Appropriate Interactions: What Should You Do? 

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This is a quick game that helps kids practice appropriate reactions to situations. Perfect for: Younger LINKS kids

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Practice your /r/ sound with this interactive activity!

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This weeks focus is all about reading and understanding stories. Parents - you can use this book companion guide with any story you have at home to turn it into a language activity! Scroll to the bottom for a read aloud guide with questions! Let me know below what book you read this week!

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Read the pretend social scenarios with your child and have them come up with reasonable answers to type in the box! Perfect for: Older LINKS students

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Use this teacher guide after watching the video. PERFECT FOR: Older LINKS classes

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Watch this story and then complete the teacher guide ->  Click the video below. PERFECT FOR: Older LINKS classes

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Watch this book and then complete the lesson plans ->
Click the video below. PERFECT FOR: younger LINKS

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Use this teacher guide after watching the video.
PERFECT FOR: younger LINKS

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Watch this story and then complete the teacher guide -> Click the video below. PERFECT FOR: Younger grades (PK, K, 1st grade)

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Watch this story and then complete the teacher guide. Click the video below. PERFECT FOR: Older kids (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade)

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Use this teacher guide after watching the video.
PERFECT FOR: Younger grades  (PK, K, 1st grade)

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Use this teacher guide after watching the video.
PERFECT FOR: Older grades  (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade)

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Do this short activity to practice your /r/ sound this week!

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Use this short activity to practice your /k/ sound.

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog Story 

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog Story 

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Read the story and answer the questions as you go along. Perfect for our younger LINKS classrooms, PK or Kindergarten students. Leave a comment below with how you did!

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog

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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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Practice making inferences in stories. This activity is ideal for our older LINKS students.

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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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Watch this video to learn about making predictions. This activity is perfect for LINKS or any students in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade! Then complete the making predictions activity.

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Complete this story activity after you complete the learning predictions activity. Leave a comment below with how you did!

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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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Read this story and answer the questions throughout the story! This story is for older students - grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Leave a comment below with how you did!

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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 video is for practicing the /r/ sound. Play the video and then play the teacher help on the right side of the video for some extra help!

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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 video is for practicing the /sh/ sound. Play the video and then play the teacher help on the right side of the video for some extra help!

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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 video is for practicing the /s/ sound. Play the video and then play the teacher help on the right side of the video for some extra help!

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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 video is for practicing the /th/ sound. Play the video and then play the teacher help on the right side of the video for some extra help!

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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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One Page Picture Scenes for Speech AND Language

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One Page Picture Scenes for Speech AND Language

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These pages are awesome and will work to target so many areas of both speech and language. They have words to practice saying, vocabulary, "WH" questions, and sequencing activities on each page. Each page should only take about 10 minutes to complete. Try a different one each day!

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This easy to use interactive activity targets the concepts "before" and "after." Can be completed on a laptop or tablet. Perfect for kids in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or the LINKS classrooms.

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If you have a child working on language goals in grades 3-5, this resource is for you! It is an interactive resource that can be played on a tablet or computer. Directions for the student are included if they need help!

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These picture scenes are a great way to work on language with our "little learners." Directions for parents to read are included so you know exactly what to work on!

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This is great for younger kids who are practicing their speech sounds in simpler, short sound combinations.

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Articulation Sentence Practice - All Ages

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Articulation Sentence Practice - All Ages

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The first half of this packet provides a fun way to practice all those speech sounds by drawing pictures. The second half focuses on our speech friends who are working on their sounds at the sentence level.

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This is a great activity, specifically for our older LINKS kids or kids with social skills goals. It helps the students learn things that they should only think vs. things that are alright to say out loud.

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This is a fun way to practice speech sounds. Check out the resource to find the target sound your student is working on. Have them find the pictures on the list and practice saying each one at least once correctly!

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Look at the "speech and language" or "communication" section of your child's IEP to find out what they are working on in speech (speech sounds, language skills, etc.). Any questions? Just ask!

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This activity is great for the older LINKS classes. Earlier in the year we had talked about what "expected" behaviors looked like vs. "unexpected" behaviors. Take some time to review this powerpoint lesson and talk about some examples of expected and unexpected behaviors and events.

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Speech Sound Practice - Oral Motor Exercises

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Speech Sound Practice - Oral Motor Exercises

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If your child is working on improving speech sounds or speech clarity one way to improve that might be to strengthen the muscles of their mouth. Have them practice each exercise 10 times!

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https://padlet.com/oconnorkate/afzcclrsteux4a4z

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This resource is perfect for our younger LINKS rooms or kids who need some help learning the different emotions. Complete this lesson after completing Learning Emotions Week 1.

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This resource is perfect for our younger LINKS rooms or kids who need some help learning the different emotions.

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Here is an activity to go along with the learning emotions teaching materials. Have the student click on the correct answer to match the emotion to the situation!

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PK, Kindergarten, 1st & Second Grade Toy Companion Activity Guides

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PK, Kindergarten, 1st & Second Grade Toy Companion Activity Guides

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These guides are a really great way to include speech and language work into your child's every day play. 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 companions for many popular toys such as bubbles, playdough, Mr. Potato Head, cars, dolls and more!

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My School is Staying Closed Social Story

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My School is Staying Closed Social Story

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This a social story all about the school closure for the remainder of the year. It is perfect for the K-1 or 2-3 LINKS rooms to help them understand what is happening using pictures.

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This language calendar gives you a simple and easy way to target a different receptive and expressive language skill each day of the week. Each lesson takes only about 20 minutes or less to complete!

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Check out the speech list below!

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This resource has assignments to target early language, older language, speech sounds, and fluency. It indicates the goal areas being targeted and includes a few weeks of practice. Perfect for all age students, especially students working on more than one area.

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Here is a document for different suggestions on how to practice your child's speech sounds at home!

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This is a fluency packet that we use a lot in therapy. It has tips for smooth speech, some practice pages, and some explanation pages of a few different fluency techniques. Remember to use a slower than normal speaking rate and to try and give your child your undivided attention when they are speaking to you. Try not to speak for them or hurry them along!

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This resource provides pictures that can be printed or shown to the student that represent daily activities. It also includes a "first, then" board that we often use when working with students ("first we work, then we can have a break to play"). The star chart and "all done" bucket are also great visuals. This resource is perfect for our students in the LINKS classrooms or any student who benefits from visual supports and structure.

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This resource provides a list of words to practice saying. Check your child's IEP or send me an email for your child's specific practice sounds.

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Language Skills - Preschool, Kindergarten & 1st Grade 

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Language Skills - Preschool, Kindergarten & 1st Grade 

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This is a great resource for ways to naturally target language skills at home through things like play, board games, and books! This page is specific to early elementary learners.

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Language Skills - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade 

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Language Skills - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade 

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This is also a great resource for targeting later language skills at home using things like books, games, and even youtube videos. This page is specific to late elementary learners.

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This support has wonderful ways to target early language skills during every day, motivating activities. It is especially useful for our early language learners (preschool, kindergarten), as well as our LINKS students.

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Are you struggling to talk to your child about COVID-19 and Social Distancing? 

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Are you struggling to talk to your child about COVID-19 and Social Distancing? 

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This social story might help. Read this together to help them better understand what the virus is, what social distancing is, and some things we can do while at home. Hope this helps!

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Visit this website for more resources and materials:
https://lizcmcdermott.wixsite.com/spsspeech

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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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While we do want to limit screen time, even providing "break time" using a tablet can be educational using some of these speech and language apps listed below!