I got some great feedback from teachers today on my "All About Me" activity! It went really well today - kids loved it and it was actually easier to target a lot of my goals than I thought. Here's how:
Using this page and the page of pictures (you'll need a subscription to Lesson Pix to access these - only $3 per month and totally worth it!), I cut out each group of pictures that matched to each question so kids could look at them and choose. I had kids identifying and labeling items/actions in the pictures, answering yes/no or WH questions to prompt them if they were unable to come up with a label, then if able describe them. Then once they picked the one they wanted, I cut it out for them, handed it to them, then told them to stick it on a certain square or shape (following directions with embedded concepts!). When they put it on the shape and realized that it would not stick on it's own, I got a sense for who could verbalize the problem they were having and who could verbally request what they needed. If a child needed prompting, I'd show them that I had a glue stick and help them with the words to ask for it (requesting). Throughout I was taking tabs on what sounds and syllable structures were in their spontaneous phonemic repertoire, what they could imitate after a verbal model, and what I could visually/tangibly prompt. I got tons of great information and my kids couldn't wait to show their teachers and bring home what they had made!
I'm looking forward to using this for the rest of the week - Please share any other ideas of how to integrate therapy goals into this activity, or how I can make it better in the future!
Using this page and the page of pictures (you'll need a subscription to Lesson Pix to access these - only $3 per month and totally worth it!), I cut out each group of pictures that matched to each question so kids could look at them and choose. I had kids identifying and labeling items/actions in the pictures, answering yes/no or WH questions to prompt them if they were unable to come up with a label, then if able describe them. Then once they picked the one they wanted, I cut it out for them, handed it to them, then told them to stick it on a certain square or shape (following directions with embedded concepts!). When they put it on the shape and realized that it would not stick on it's own, I got a sense for who could verbalize the problem they were having and who could verbally request what they needed. If a child needed prompting, I'd show them that I had a glue stick and help them with the words to ask for it (requesting). Throughout I was taking tabs on what sounds and syllable structures were in their spontaneous phonemic repertoire, what they could imitate after a verbal model, and what I could visually/tangibly prompt. I got tons of great information and my kids couldn't wait to show their teachers and bring home what they had made!
I'm looking forward to using this for the rest of the week - Please share any other ideas of how to integrate therapy goals into this activity, or how I can make it better in the future!