![]() ![]() Learning letters, phonics and pre-reading skills is a common target for youngsters in speech therapy. Try Kneebouncers, a variety of cause/effect and simple language concept activities like colors, shapes and numbers. Check out Deep Sea Follow Me featuring the Cat in the Hat to practice following directions, Fizzy’s Invention for deductive reasoning and logic, and Sorting Box for same/different concepts.įor younger children, bright colors, music and the interactivity of the computer screen can be a big draw towards learning games. Specific language opportunities can be found in many of the math and science games by using descriptors and quantifiers like “more,” “less,” “before,” “after,” etc. Concepts range from math to science and literacy. ![]() What’s great about some of these is not only the high quality graphics but familiar characters that children are excited to learn from. Activities work online, some on mobile devices, whiteboards or using augmented reality. Department of Education, this is where PBS Kids develops and displays their new activities for learning. Check out the games behind the PBS KIDS LAB – a program funded by a 5-year Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. You might think this is all about television shows, but the developers behind PBS are devoted to improving education and are smart enough to know that online games draw a huge audience and have created some nice language opportunities. While the iPad holds the media spotlight, the web still boasts the most users and has great content if reviewed through a language learning lens. In speech therapy, the web can be a wonderful resource for interactive games and language learning activities, all accessed through the click of a mouse. While education changes, so does speech therapy. Instead, we are living in an age where education is infused with technology and those chalkboards have been replaced with Smartboards – the new learning medium of interactivity. Teachers no longer use chalkboards and students no longer use chalk. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |