{"id":8217,"date":"2014-06-25T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=8217"},"modified":"2014-06-25T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T00:35:47","slug":"online-games-for-speech-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/games-and-activities\/online-games-for-speech-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Kids Busy with Online Games for Speech Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Online Speech Therapy Games. Image source: mustgoonastashdiet.blogspot.com<\/p><\/div>\n

School\u2019s Out! Summer is here\u00a0…\u00a0ready or not! For many families with school-aged children, summer\u2019s easy schedule is a welcome break from those\u00a0early school mornings:\u00a0alarm clocks, lunch-making, carpools, homework. But, for families who still crave a bit of a schedule and structure, summer can be somewhat anxiety-producing. Fear not. During the next few months, we’ll be keeping our blog chock-full of\u00a0ideas for\u00a0activities you can do with your children to keep them entertained (and continue that\u00a0positive speech and language therapy momentum your child has made this year).<\/p>\n

Here are some suggestions for online games for speech therapy!<\/p>\n

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Let your child explore these\u00a0educational and entertaining websites designed to offer preschool and elementary school-aged children opportunities to polish their speech and language skills. These websites are not designed for “vegging “out in front of a screen. Instead, these websites and online speech therapy games offer an interactive opportunity for your children to promote the development of his speech and language skills at home. You will want to supervise your child (at least at first) when logging onto a website, encouraging them to\u00a0take\u00a0part in the activities and exercises. Once they\u00a0are\u00a0comfortable with the expectations, let your child explore!<\/p>\n

Four Favorite Online\u00a0Games for Speech Therapy<\/h2>\n

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Leona & Theo from PBS Between the Lions<\/p><\/div>\n

StoryPlace.org<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a terrific website that has a number of online games\u00a0and interactive activities for preschoolers and elementary-aged students. Each preschool theme includes an online story, online activity, printable “take home” activities and suggestions for parents. \u00a0Each theme also offers a book list that corresponds with each particular lesson.<\/p>\n

FunwithSpot.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an interactive website for preschoolers and young children that includes options to play language-based games related to the Spot Series of books, parent (and teacher) resources, access to information about author Eric Hill and opportunities to purchase products and books about Spot.<\/p>\n

PBSkids.org: Between the Lions<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>You may have seen this television show.\u00a0<\/b>PBS Kids’ Between the Lions\u00a0website offers many language games and literacy activities for preschool and elementary-aged children. It includes stories both watch and listen to, many vocabulary and phonemic awareness (pre-literacy) activities, video clips from the show and helpful information for parents.<\/p>\n

Do2Learn.com<\/a> <\/strong>is a website that offers various language, speech games and learning activities that address facial expressions, emotions, sequencing, vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, songs and rhymes.<\/p>\n

What are some of your “go-to” sites for speech therapy games? \u00a0For additional games and activities, check out our top 10 favorite sites for language building<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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