Are you taking a much needed vacation this summer? Are you traveling with your kids in the car? Are you looking for fun ways to embed speech and language practice? Speech sounds, vocabulary, increasing understanding of basic concepts, answering questions and telling stories are all important skills to practice! There are lots of fun things to do in the Car to increase your child’s skills in this area! Let’s explore 5 of them!
1. I Spy: Players can take turns describing familiar items or objects (choose items based on target speech sounds or target vocabulary). The other players guess until someone discovers the mystery word.
2. Categories: One player chooses a category (animals, a color, food) and every player will then take a turn naming a item in the category.
3. Movie time: During a long trip you may want to put on some of your child’s favorite videos. Every so often pause the show and ask questions (Who is that character?, What do you think will happen next?, What is your favorite part of the movie?)
4. License Plate Game: Find license plates from different states and teach your child a fun fact about that state! Plus you can make a list to see how many of the states you can find plates for. Is your child working on a specific speech sound? Have them find that letter/sound on plates (I found a “k”.)
5. SimplyFun Chat Rings: These rings are sized perfectly for travel and have many questions to get your children thinking and using their communication skills.
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