Awesome Language Toy
No matter how simple or how complex you make it, this is an awesome language toy! This is an activity we use at Speech. Luke got one for his birthday. This is another Lakeshore toy. It is meant to help children learn to read and rhyme hence the name ‘Rhyme and Read’ but it works great for Apraxia. This activity contains sentence strips and the cutest little figures to fill in the blanks. In the beginning we used it in a simple way by breaking it down to a simple form. Luke would need it scripted for him, one word at a time.
Example; Bee, in, tree/ frog, on, log/ cat, in, hat/ ect.
Now we are adding in all those extra little words. Still scripting most of the time. But Luke can connect 2-3 words on his own. We just spent an hour having fun with this new toy. You can forget the sentence strips and just put together different objects. There are endless combination’s.
I also like pointing to the words to introduce Luke to reading. I am told children with Apraxia often have a hard time rhyming words in school. I figure why not get a head start with it.
Love this activity. Encourages a lot of talking. Seriously!
Tags: CAS, Lucid Speech and Language, Read and Rhyme, Speech Activities
October 1st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I have been lurking for a bit, but had to say thanks for this recommendation! That looks like super fun and my guy loves little figures. Win!
October 12th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Thank you for the info! I’ve been wondering what my son’s ‘big’ present for Christmas this year was going to be, and now I think I have my answer!
October 13th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Christine, This is a GREAT one!! About 35$ at Lakeshore, but so worth it.-Jen