Playing with Recycled Items/Jugando con Objetos Reciclados

Playing with recycled objects is great for children!  
1. It's a cheap way to add new "toys" for the students to play with
2. They begin to learn environmental print
3. They learn how to use objects that they see everyday in a functional way (e.x. reading receipts, putting grocery items in bags, etc.)
4. They have lots of fun pretending to be grownups and learning!


Jugando con objetos reciclados es excelente para ninos!
1. Es una forma barata para tener "juegetes nuevos" para los estudiantes
2. Ellos pueden aprender letra ambiental
3. Ellos aprenden como usar los objetos que ellos ven todos los dias (ej. leer recibo, poner groceries en las bolsas)
4. Ellos pueden jugar como son adultos

Apples, Apples, Apples!

For the next two weeks in Ms. Abby and Ms. Mary's classes we will be learning all about Apples.  We will be reading the following books and learning two vocabulary words with each book.  The vocabulary words were also sent home, so please work on them with your child at home!

Para las dos proximas semanas en las clases de Ms. Abby y Ms. Mary vamos a aprender todo sobre manzanas!  Vamos a leer estos libros y aprender dos palabras de vocabulario para cada libro.  Uds. recibieron las palabras, por favor trabajo con sus ninos en la casa!

Activities for Home:

Actividades para la Casa:

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "shiny."  Make a sign that says "yes" and "no."  Look around your house with your child and find things that are shiny, and things that are not shiny!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "brillante." Haga un papel que dice "si" y "no." Busque en su casa con su nino para cosas que son brillantes y cosas que no son brillantes!

Show your child the picture of and talk about "carving."  Talk about other things that you can carve, what you can use, and what you can carve!  At school we carved faces into playdough with sticks.

Muestra y habla de la definition de "tallar."  Habla sobre las cosas que pueden tallar, que puede usar para tallar, y que puede tallar!  En la escuela los estudiantes tallaron plastacina con palos.

Activities for Home:

Actividades para la Casa:

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "delicious."  Make a sign that says "yes" and "no."  Look around for real or pretend foods, and decide if they are delicious or not!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "delicioso." Haga un papel que dice "si" y "no." Busque en su casa con su nino para comida real o falsa, y habla si la comida es delicioso o no es delicoso!

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "blossoms."  Trace your child's hand and make leaves to make a tree!  Then use a bingo marker, paint, or markers to make blossoms!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "florecimiento." Traza la mano de su hijo y hagan hojas para hacer un arbol!  Luego use un marcador del bingo, pintura, o marcadores para hacer florecimientos!

"P" Day in APPLE

Friday was /p/ day in APPLE!  Please ask your child about all of the different activities they did that started with the letter "P"!

Book:

This is a great book to pick up from the library if you have the chance!  There are multiple chances to use the /p/ sound in the book.  You can also talk about how the boy is pretending to be a pizza, but he's not really a pizza!

Circle Time Group Activity:

We did a super cute activity with the song "I am a Pizza"  We had the students request to put different toppings on the pizza, then in the middle of the song we dropped he pizza all over the floor! Ask your child about what happened when the pizza fell!

 Dress Up/Imaginary Play:

Today was all about being a princess!  We also had super hero costumes for the boys, and talked about the /p/ in the middle of the word!

Sensory Play:

The students all played in pancake flour! 

Centers:

We used this park scene to request and practice saying all of our speech sounds!

"P" is for playdough!

Snack:

Everyone helped make pancakes for snack!

Homework:

Friday viernes 9/4/15	Saturday sábado 9/5/15	Sunday domingo 9/6/15	Monday lunes 9/7/15	Tuesday martes 9/8/15	Wednesday miércoles 9/9/15	Thursday jueves 9/10/15
Tell your family what you did today in APPLE! Tell them about the book we read. ¡Dile a tu familia lo que hiciste hoy en APPLE! Hábleles acerca del libro:	We talked about pizza and made pancakes in APPLE yesterday.  What other foods start with P?  Make a list. Maybe you can eat some pineapple for snack?  Popcorn? Hablamos de pizza e hicimos panqueques en APPLE ayer.  ¿Cuáles otras comidas empiezan con P?  Hagan una lista.  A lo mejor ustedes pueden comer un poco de piña o palomitas.	Practice some of the poems we learned in APPLE.   (Poems attached) Practiquen los poemas que aprendimos en APPLE.  (Adjunto están los poemas.)	Did you already make playdough?  Can you pound it?  Push it?  Poke holes in it?  Roll it into a p shape? ¿Ya hiceron plastilina?  ¿Puedes palmitarla?  ¿Golpearla?  ¿Formarla en la letra p?	Do the attached worksheets about words that start and end with the letter P. Hagan las hojas adjuntas que tienen las palabras que empiezan y terminan en P.	Practice making the letter P.  Use a pencil, or pen, or paint! Practica hacer la letra P.  ¡Usa un lápiz, o una pluma o pintura! P                P   P           P    P        P	Find something in your house that begins with the letter N.  Put it in your backpack and bring it for show and tell tomorrow at APPLE. Busca algo en tu casa que empieza con la letra N.  Ponlo en tu mochila y tráelo para enseñárselo a tus amigos mañana en APPLE.

APPLE M Day!

Friday was "M" day in Apple!! We had tons of fun activities that started with M! Please ask your students about what they did! 

Book:

Our book was "Mouse Paint"! The students loved talking about all of the different colors! We worked on saying the /m/ in "mouse" on every page! 

Here are the books we had out for free reading:

Art:

Our activity was painting things that started with the letter m! We painted mountains, monkeys, and moose. We used cue tips to paint, and we used the primary colors red, yellow, and green. We encouraged the students to mix the colors like in "Mouse Paint"!

Center Activities:

Marble maze!

Matchbox Cars!

Magnets!

Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game!

Memory!

Language Activity:We did a "About Me" interview to find out more about our students! It was also a great way to talk about things that weren't present!

Sensory:

Magic sand is always fun!

August Homework Packet

Miss Abby and Miss Mary's Rooms:

Your students will be receiving homework packets like this in their backpack!  Please work on the vocabulary words with your child, and read the books with them!

Sus hijos van a recebir un paquete de tarea en la mochilla.  Por favora trabaja con el vocabulario y lee los libros con sus hijos!

Puppy Minimal Pairs App

 

I am excited to announce that I have partnered with a software engineer, and we will be releasing an iPad application called Puppy Minimal Pairs in the near future!!  As you can see from the screen shots students and speech therapists will have the opportunity to work on reducing different phonological processes with engaging pictures!  Every picture includes Jensie, a cute black lab puppy.  This will help the students be more interested in each word. The students can be asked questions such as "What is the puppy wearing?" in order to get the students to say each word.  The app also gives students the ability to audio and video record themselves saying different words.

How it works:   

Cost: 

The entire application can be purchased for thirty dollars.  If you are thinking of purchasing all of the sections, we recommend utilizing this option up front to save some money!  Alternatively, individual sections can be purchased.  Initial Consonant Deletion is free because we want to give you a feel for the applications effectiveness and quality before committing to spending money! 

How to Use the Features:  

When a section is available simply click on that section to receive a set of at least 20 minimal pairs with pictures and recordings.  Click on the written word to hear a sample of how that word should be pronounced. Click record audio to create an audio recording of your student saying the word and compare how they said to the word to the minimal pair.  Click video recording to record and play back a video of your student to see in action!  All of these features work together to give your students maximum cuing.  Cycle through the words to practice a variety of Minimal Pairs!

FAQ

1. Will the audio recordings or videos be saved to my device?  Because of HIPPA and memory issues, I don't want anything saved to my device.

No.  The audio recordings and videos are temporary files created for use only by the Puppy Minimal Pairs application and they are deleted when you move on to the next Minimal Pair.

2. I bought a new iPad or deleted and re-installed the app and my previously purchased sections are showing prices again.  Do I have to buy them again?

No, once was enough!  When you click on the sections, as long as you are logged in with the same Apple account, you will receive a message saying you have already purchased this item and it will ask if you would like to receive it for free.  Which of course you should say yes to!  If you had previously purchased all sections simply follow this process for that section, otherwise, follow the process for the individual sections you had previously purchased.

3. Is there an iPhone or Android version?

Not yet, but those may be coming soon! Which would you like to see? Email us at the address below!

4. I need help, who should I contact?

Please email PuppyMinPairs@gmail.com

We are very excited for this app, and we truly believe it will help students become more engaged in their speech therapy!  We will keep you all updated with the next stages!

March Vocabulary Words

This month we are focusing on rainbows, St. Patrick's Day, and plants!