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Posted by speechykeen on 3/23/2007, 8:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Homework Ideas" I am not going to send homework if people aren't interested. I am very busy. I have 3 kids out of 65 with homework books; they are cheap little notebooks that I write instructions in, or staple a practice sheet. I have about 4 parents who email with me. I type out ideas for practice, depending on what the child needs to do. After I send the email I save what I wrote in a folder, so in the future I can cut and paste those ideas into another email or print them out to send home. I try to give things that will fit into a normal day and/or are normal games and activities, rather than something specific to speech. Some kids benefit from memory games like Concentration. Some could use MadLibs (there are sites online where you type the words on the lines--good for spelling--and then the computer puts the words into a story). Have child read a fun book or school book and target error sounds. or maybe they are going to play a language/memory game. I describe something they could play in the car or around the house. For instance, the game where you have a topic and each person keeps adding another item: "For Halloween/Thanksgiving/Xmas/Easter I am going to..." First person states something on topic; the second person repeats what the first person says, then adds one more. Keep going back and forth (or around the circle) so that the list gets longer and longer. I usually know about how many items the child can remember before feeling frustrated, so I let the parents know--"After you get to 7 items, start a new round."
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At the beginning of the year I sent a note home to parents telling them what day their kid has speech. I said if they want homework they should contact me by email, note or phone.
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