Leddy Speech

EDWARD F. LEDDY PRESCHOOL

Welcome!

Welcome to the Leddy Preschool Speech Department!

Monthly Updates:

December - This month, the Speech Department will be talking about community helpers, gingerbread men, gingerbread houses, and the Polar Express with our students. We had Firefighter Larry come in at the end of last month where the students were able to see some of his equipment up close, and we continued to talk about other helps in our community including police officers, dentists, and bakers, to name a few.
As the holidays approach, we will be introducing gingerbread men through a variety of stories and activities. The students will then have a chance to make a gingerbread man to decorate and take home!

Language Activities You Can Do at Home:

During car rides, look for community helpers out working. You might see the buildings they work in, like the fire station, or you might see them in their cars, like the police officer, or you might see them out walking, like the mail carrier.
Talk about the different tools each community helper needs: The dentist need toothbrushes to clean out teeth, bakers need measuring cups to cook recipes, the crossing guard needs a stop sign so cars will stop, etc.
As you decorate your home for the holidays, have your child help you and describe the different pieces you put up! Use describing words like heavy and light, big and small, colors, etc.
Have your child help you in the kitchen as you bake for the holidays! Put on aprons and pretend to be bakers as you follow your recipes. This allows children a hands-on learning experience as they get to gather the different ingredients and use some of the baking tools.

Speech Activities You Can Do at Home:

While driving around your community, looks for things that begin with your child's target sounds...practice those words
Play "I Spy"...try to spy things that contain your child's target sounds
Stay warm and go visit the library...find a good book and practice the words in the book that contain your child's target sounds

Contact Information

Ms. Leigh Nichols, M.S., CCC-SLP
lnichols2@tauntonschools.org

Mrs. Salete Antunes-Kenyon, M.S., CCC-SLP
salete.antunes@tauntonschools.org

Mrs. Christina Robison, M.S., CCC-SLP
crobison@tauntonschools.org

Book Recommendations:

Whose Hat Is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
Career Day by Anne Rockwell
The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

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