This month many of the students in speech and language therapy have enjoyed practicing their target sounds using computer games. The Speech webpage on the Prairieview school website has links to Internet sites that feature games and activities for articulation practice. To get to Mrs. DeYoung’s page on the Internet, go to
www.ccsd66.org , click on Prairieview Elementary, then scroll to the bottom and click on SPEECH. Winter break is a great time to try some of the games at home. (You may need to remind your children that if they are practicing talking, they will need to play the games aloud.) You can also find lots of vocabulary activities at
www.quia.com/pages/wordowords.html.
Teachers remind us that chorale reading promotes reading fluency. It also is a great tool for speech practice. You can encourage students to use their best speech while singing carols or reciting holiday poems. Your family can have fun reading or singing your holiday favorites together.
Wishing you all
a joyful holiday season &
health and happiness in
2009.
Mrs. Marilyn DeYoung
Speech Language Pathologist
Center Cass Dist.66
