Playing with ... S
About this book
Playing with S is a resource book for Nursery Practitioners, Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Carers, Speech and language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistants to use in order to help children to say S in their talking. It contains activities, games and ideas to use with children aged from 3 - 7 years old. It can also be used with older children who have learning difficulties. Each section contains simple, easy-to-follow instructions and practical tips to help support the child. All the materials can be photocopies and instructions are given to help make resources for activities. There are progress sheets in each section to record progress in a fun way. Sample session plans are also included. The resource: Is divided into eleven sections which follow the acquisition of speech sounds in typically developing children; mouth (oro-motor exercises); single speech sound; short words that begin with the speech sound; longer words that begin with the speech sound s; words that end with the speech sound; words that begin or end with s and have more than one syllable; words that have the speech sound s in the middle of the word; opportunities to use all the words presented in the resource in phrases and sentences in a variety of activities and games; instructions and resources for games, which can be played with words from all the sections in the book to provide extra practise; ideas for working on saying s in words and sentences in the nursery, classroom and home; and session plans containing ideas for using this resource with children. There are ideas for making the activities more challenging in the sections and tips on how to make the activities easier, so you can tailor what you are doing to suit each individual child. Age 3-7 302 pp, A4, Wire-0-bound + downloadable resources.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction Includes information on the development of speech sounds, information on the speech sound s, advice on supporting children with speech sound difficulties, and ideas for using the book in nurseries and schools.
- Section 1 Exercises for the mouth (oro-motor exercises). Includes pictures and games to help children learn about their mouths, and a progress sheet to record progress and areas to work on.
- Section 2 Saying s. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games to help children say the speech sound s, tips and a progress sheet to record progress and areas to work on.
- Section 3 Saying s at the beginning of short words, for example sea, saw. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet; jingles and rhymes that contain the words starting with s and tips on what to work on next.
- Section 4 Saying s at the beginning of longer words, for example seat, sun, Sam. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles and rhymes that contain the words starting with s and tips on what to work on next.
- Section 5 Saying s at the end of words, for example mouse, dance, juice. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles that contain the words ending with s and tips on what to work on next.
- Section 6 Saying s in words that have more than one syllable, for example sandwich, furious, seagull. Includes pictures and listening and speaking activities, tips, a progress sheet, jingles and rhymes, and tips on what to work on next.
- Section 7 Saying s in the middle of words, eg parcel, message, listen. Includes pictures to use with games in the book, a progress sheet, jingles that contain words with s in the middle and tips on what to work on next.
- Section 8 Saying s in phrases and short sentences. Includes games and activities with photocopiable resources.
- Section 9 Games to play using words from all sections in the book.
- Section 10 Session plans.
- Section 11 Ideas for working on words that contain s in nursery and school and at home.
- Section 12 Word list.