Speech and Hearing Activities
Specific activities and materials for teaching auditory discrimination.
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Oiling Tricycles and Wagons |
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Fitting Lids on Containers |
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Whisper Tube Talking |
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Listening for Loud and Quiet Sounds |
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When I Say Something Wrong Clap Your Hands |
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Rhyming Words |
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Banging Containers |
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Identifying Hidden Noises and Objects |
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Counting Noises |
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Guessing Who Said That? |
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Searching for Sounds of Dropped Objects |
Matching / Categorization / Grouping
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Matching Paint Sample Chips |
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Matching Three Dimensional Objects |
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Matching Cloth Scraps |
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Sorting Foreign Coins |
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Constructing With Blocks |
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Playing Dominoes |
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Matching Toy Vehicles in Boxes |
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Fitting Lids on Containers |
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Matching Pictures to Objects |
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Feeling Fabrics |
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Naming Puzzles |
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Using Large Size Playing Cards |
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Copying:
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Rubber Band Board |
See also the concept game: |
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Tape Patterns |
Reproduction of Patterns |
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Copying Game |
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Tracing:
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Tracing Around Children’s Body |
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Outdoor Snow Play |
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Making Toy Money |
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Labeling Block Shelves with Shapes |
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Use of Two-Dimensional Forms |
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Looking for the Whole Picture:
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Concept Puzzles |
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What is Gone? What is New? |
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Use of Magnifying Glass |
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The Find Me Game |
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SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR HELPING WITH HAND-EYE PERCEPTUAL MOTOR ACTIVITIES
Form Awareness and Perception:
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Using Tempra Paint |
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Face Picture |
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Finger Painting |
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Shape Box |
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Tracing Around Child’s Body |
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Snacks as Shapes and 3-D Forms |
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Starter Pictures |
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Shadow Play |
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Paint “Blots” From Folded Paper |
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Outdoor Snow Play |
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Vegetable Painting |
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Looking at Cloud Shapes |
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Printing With Objects |
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SPILL AND SPELL - Dice with letters. May be used to teach visual perception, matching letters, beginning sounds, building words, eye-hand coordination by writing words on board or as a game for older children. Three versions are available. #101 - One shaker, cover and fifteen lettered dice.
A BARREL OF MONKEYS - Small plastic monkeys to be picked up. Similar to pick-up sticks.
SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING IMMEDIATE MEMORY
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Obstacle Course |
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Acting Out Stories |
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What Is Gone? What Is New? |
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Finger Playa |
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What’s In the Box? |
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Listen and Do |
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Chain Story |
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Find the Penny |
Books - (Any books with repetition are good)
Brown, Margaret Wise - The Noisy Book
MacDonald, Golden - Red Light, Green Light
Slobodkina, Esphyr - Caps For Sale
Yashima, Tara - Umbrella
SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING SIZE CONCEPTS
(The activities listed are some examples where the teacher can easily make comments regarding size differences; many others might also be used in this way. See also testing and teaching Linear Measurement).
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Use of Magnifying Glass |
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Nuts and Bolts |
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Making Toy Money |
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Sorting Foreign Coins |
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Shadow Play |
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Trip to Apple Orchard |
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Use of Bean Bags |
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Books
Brown, Margaret, Wise - My World
Story: The Lonesome Little Boy
