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2/25/2020 0 Comments

Speech and Language in the Car!

Speech-Language skills can be developed anywhere- even while traveling! Here are some ideas about what games/activities to try, along with the corresponding speech-language skill that can be targeted. 
  • I Spy (Verbal Expression and Sentence Expansion)
  • Name 10 Things (Categorization, Word Retrieval, Verbal Expression)
  • The Picture Game (Visualization, Verbal Expression, Summarizing)
  • 20 Questions (Word Retrieval, Categorization, Verbal Expression)
  • I Packed My Bag (Auditory Memory)
    • Directions: The first person names something that they would pack in a bag for a trip (ie. clothes). The next person has to name another item (ie. a book), after they name the first item. For example, "I packed my bag with a clothes and a book." Keep going naming items until someone can't name all of the items previously named.
  • Rhyme Time (Phonemic Awareness, Word Retrieval)
    • Directions: The first person says a word, then the other person has to name a rhyme of the chosen word. Keep going until someone can't think of anymore rhymes. You can decide if non-words count as well :)
  • Group Story (Word Retrieval, Grammar/Sentence Structure Usage and Awareness, Verbal Expression, Auditory Processing, Auditory Memory)
    • Directions: The object is to create a story together, one word at a time. The first person says a word, then the next person says another word until you have a sentence. Keep creating the story until someone can't think of a word to add into the sentence. You can try it at the sentence level as well.
So the next time you're in the car with your loved one, turn off the music or put away the screen and try one (or some) of these games!  
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    My name is Amy Lauer

    I am a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP)

    I am also a dog lover, an author, and a recovering perfectionist.

    At the beginning of my journey as a practicing speech-language pathologist, I was getting overwhelmed by a lot of aspects of delivering therapy. Not just the paperwork or productivity requirements, but also the actual session time. But as I grew my material piles, my anxiety grew with them. I needed to make everything PERFECT. But perfect doesn't exist. And once I accepted that, my material piles dwindled, and my therapy got better.

    In a time when streams of information are available 24/7, it can be impossible to weed out the necessary from the noise. I created this blog as a way to help practitioners, parents, and partners of those in need of communication support to find simple ways to do just that. 
    To simplify.
    To grow.
    To unperfect. 

    I hope that you will find help and ease in the simple suggestions I provide, which can be easily used for a variety of ages, diagnoses, and abilities. 
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    May you find joy in unperfection, and growth from its benefits.
    -Amy

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