{"id":2800,"date":"2013-02-14T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T20:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:22:40","slug":"5-at-home-speech-therapy-activities-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-therapy-techniques\/5-at-home-speech-therapy-activities-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"5 At-Home Speech Therapy Activities for Valentines Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holidays are a great opportunity for building language-based activities at home and incorporating the entire family.\u00a0 They are fun, motivating and usually involve sweets (yum!). Celebrate Valentines Day with a variety of speech and language therapy techniques<\/a> that are easy to incorporate into your traditions, or build new ones!<\/p>\n

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1.) Writing Valentines Cards \u2013 Phonics and Print Awareness <\/strong><\/p>\n

Cards are the traditional token of Valentines Day and a great tool for encouraging early literacy and print skills.<\/p>\n

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– Phonics are the first step towards reading. Practice sounding out the word and writing the corresponding letters. Make personal valentines for family and friends (including pets!) and encourage children to spell the person’s (or animal’s) name. First, have them guess the spelling, encouraging them to sound it out or think of the first letter. Give sound cues (e.g., \u201cit starts with a \u201cPuh\u201d sound) and model the sound.<\/p>\n

– Organize pictures of family or friends and pre-label Valentines with each persons name. Ask the child to match the written word (\u201cFiddo\u201d) to the corresponding picture (the dog) and assemble the Valentine.<\/p>\n

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2.) Singing Songs \u2013 Emerging Vocalizations, Simple Sign Language <\/strong><\/p>\n

For early communicators who are just emerging in their use of language, today\u2019s your day to sing that much-loved Barney classic, \u201cI love you.\u201d But instead of just singing it alone, try encouraging vocalizations from your child by providing a pause (\u201cI love you, you love\u2026.(me)\u201d) and asking them to vocalize or \u201cfill in\u201d the lyric. For children learning signs<\/a>, this is a great one for modeling \u201cI,\u201d \u201clove,\u201d and \u201cyou.\u201d<\/p>\n

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