Leddy Speech

EDWARD F. LEDDY PRESCHOOL

Welcome!

Welcome to the Leddy Preschool Speech Department!

Monthly Updates:

May/June - For the next few weeks, the Speech Department is talking about the insects with our students!  The children will be learning about different kinds of insects, their names, the life cycles, what they eat, etc.  Its a great time of year to explore things outside, and talk about the things that we see!

Language Activities You Can Do at Home:

The sun is starting to come out and the weather is warming up. It would be a great time to get outside and explore the bugs near your home and environment.
  • Fill a plastic bin with soil or fake grass, and play with plastic bugs in the bin.  Kids love to dig in these kinds of bins!    
  • Use an old washed out jar to collect bugs.  Look at the bugs and discuss the differences between them. Some of the things you can talk to your child about include:
    • What color they are
    • How many legs they have
    • Whether or not they can fly
    • Whether or not they have antennae  
  • Talk about the different places bugs live and look to see how many you can find around your home
    • Anthills on the ground
    • Spider webs on houses
    • Beetles underneath rocks
  • Talk about the way bugs travel and imitate it.
    • Flap your wings like a butterfly
    • Hop like a grasshopper
    • Crawl like an ant
    • Wiggle like a caterpillar

Speech Activities You Can Do at Home:

  • Practice making different bug sounds with your child.  Its ok to make up silly sounds for your child to say/practice!
  • Tap out the syllables of long bug names, e.g., ca-ter-pill-ar, bu-tter-fly.
  • ​Have your child repeat a silly sentence that contains their targeted sounds

Contact Information

Ms. Leigh Nichols, M.S., CCC-SLP
lnichols2@tauntonschools.org
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​Mrs. Salete Antunes-Kenyon, M.S., CCC-SLP
salete.antunes@tauntonschools.org

Mrs. Kathleen Holmes, M.S., CCC-SLP
kholmes@tauntonschools.org

​​Ms. Christina Daly, M.S., CCC-SLP
​cdaly@tauntonschools.org

Frequently Asked Questions

Book Recommendations:

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman
In the Tall Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

Links

​Leddy Preschool Homepage​

Resources:

What Parents Can do to Promote Good Oral Language Skills
​Preschool-Language-Disorders
Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders
Exploring Feeding and Autism
Food Chaining