Leddy Speech

EDWARD F. LEDDY PRESCHOOL

Welcome!

Welcome to the Leddy Preschool Speech Department!

Monthly Updates:

March – This month, the Speech Department will be talking about the jungle, the desert, and the arctic. We will talk about the differences between the environments in these places, the jungle is rainy with lots of trees, the desert is hot and dry, and the arctic is cold and icy. We will also introduce some different animals that inhabit these areas.

Language Activities You Can Do at Home:

Find different toy animals or stuffed animals you have in your home and talk about how they look. Do they have spots or stripes? Do they have feathers or fur?
Talk about where the animals you find would live, and whether you would find them in the jungle or arctic areas.
Get crafty and make animal faces on paper plates and pretend to be that animal. You could make a giraffe and walk around tall on your tip-toes, or make a lion and roar loudly!

Speech Activities You Can Do at Home:

Create a “Mystery Bag” filled with a variety of animals. After your child practices his or her targeted sounds, have them pull an animal out and play with for a few minute before producing more sounds.
Play some zoo themed games, including Hungry Hungry Hippo, Barrel of Monkeys, Crocodile Dentist, etc. Have your child produce targeted sounds before each turn.

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Book Recommendations:

1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
Zoo-Looking by Mem Fox
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

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