Short And Long Vowels

"Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning known as reading comprehension."

After teaching your child phonics the next step would be helping him/her to understand differences between short and long vowels.

My daughter's favorite songs will lead you through the process.

English pronunciation phonetic vowel sounds; video and mp3 – more for adults then kids; with no music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKzf1GMLUkU&feature=related

VOWELS Song – for kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnHPMKHXpEM&feature=related

VOWELS (B-I-N-G-O) - song with phonetic symbols for adults and kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlJL9-mLsE4&feature=related

Short Vowels Song - for kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=hnVhx3vk1Jg

Long Vowel Sounds – with pictures with no music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZC2MsS0VY&feature=related

Long Vowels – song for kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-fzW2Pjt8

Between the Lions: "When Two Vowels Go Walking"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg&feature=related

When Two Vowels Go Walking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84ndBQU6vQ&feature=related

Phonics Song: That Magic e With Miss Jenny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx6-xxkodS8&feature=related

The Magic e Song –song for kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZhl6YcrxZQ&feature=related

Sight Words

Once the child is comfortable with phonics you can move to sight words. What are sight words? There are words which spelling is not straightforward and, therefore, a child/reader is unenable to determine what spoken words they represent just by sounding them out according to the rules. A young reader recognizes sight words from having memorized them.

Reading researcher Diane McGuinness estimates that there are approximately 100 common words in English which fit this description. This number is far less than the 220 sight words listed on the Dolch word list.
http://www.createdbyteachers.com/dolchlist.html

Few High Frequency Words

the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, for, was, on, are, as, with, his, they, at, be, this, from, I

AT – Song - Short Vowel Word Families

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=-UAajWf0TLo

First 100 High Frequency Words

With voice and background music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-f1zT3ZYd0&feature=related

High Frequency Words – to read by child

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YEBMk_4LT0&feature=related

Second 100 High Frequency Words

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K9RlZK8yVs&feature=related

Resources:
Printable “High Frequency Words” lists
http://www.eyeonthesky.org/pdfs/HighFrequencyWords.pdf
Have Fun Teaching http://havefunteaching.com/
Education.com for side words
http://www.education.com/worksheets/sight-words/?cid=55000.0088499145&s_kwcid=TC|8363|sight%20word%20songs||S|b|14486137975&gclid=CK6-4P2Y8bACFYFo4AodeAkSxQ

Master Phonics, Unlock Reading Success!

"Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning known as reading comprehension."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_(process)

If you wish to teach your child how to read I would recommend you to start playing with phonics. The child can color, match, listen to or sing them. Below you can find my daughter's favorite sits to accomplish that goal.

Play with phonics:

To play interactively with the phonics click on the link below: 

http://genkienglishonline.com/phonics2.swf

You can get some printable phonics to play with your child:

http://www.english-4kids.com/phonicsheets.html

More printable phonics worksheets:

http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics-program/kindergarten-level-1/worksheets/

Sing songs with phonics:

Phonics Songs by ELF Learning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_682174&src_vid=6sWqFX-QV90&v=jPfEfotlia0

Phonics Song 1 – Listen and Repeat - faster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnLv9GgEnVQ&feature=BFa&list=SPC6A54FDF81AFB462

Jolly Songs A-Z (from the big book Jolly Songs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug&feature=related

Apple Aaa Song with Hand Motions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6op3aC6r-k&feature=relmfu

ABC Phonics Chant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40jGKOlBd4M&feature=related

Consonant Digraphs: sh ch wh th – informational for adults

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fc_pnz1sh0&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Double Phonics Chant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZOIl0VCrco&feature=related

Feeding Techniques For Child - Video

A video for a New Parent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYc0kmtpxd8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

By Sarah Rosenfeld- Johnson,
A Speech Language Pathologist with more than 35 years of experianxce,a  Feeding Specialist, an Educator, a founder of Innovative Therapists International/TalkTools http://www.talktools.com/

Speech Therapy Tests with Descriptions

"Mom" by Basia P., 2011

Hi Speech Language Pathologists,

I would like to share a list of more than 90 speech therapy tests with descriptions I  have came across. 
Hope it helps.

Urszula

Apraxia Tests

Kaufman Speech PraxisTest for Children (KSPT) 
Screening Test forDevelopmental Apraxia of Speech  

Articulation Tests 

Clinical Assessment of Articulationand Phonology (CAAP)
Contextual Probes ofArticulation Competence (CPAC)
Fisher-Logemann Test ofArticulation Competence
Goldman Fristoe Test ofArticulation-2 (GFTA-2)
McDonald-Deep Test of Articulation
Photo Articulation Test-ThirdEdition (PAT-3)
Weiss ComprehensiveArticulation Test (WCAT)

Autism Spectrum Tests
Autism BehaviorChecklist (ABC)
Childhood Autism RatingScale (CARS)
Evaluating AcquiredSkills in Communication (EASIC)
Gilliam Autism RatingScale (GARS)  

Examination of the Oral Speech Mechanism

An Examination of the Oral Speech Mechanism was performed to determine if oral structure and function are adequate for speech production. …errors/concerns were noticed during the exam. The child was … to perform all tasks required and diadokokinetic rate was .... Oral motor structure and functions were judged to be… for speech production.

Fluency Tests
Stuttering PredictionInstrument
Stuttering SeverityInstrument-third edition (SSI-3)
Stuttering SeverityScale
Test of ChildhoodStuttering (TOCS) 

Language Tests - Comprehensive
Clinical Evaluation ofLanguage Fundamentals-4 (CELF-4)
ComprehensiveAssessment of Spoken Language (CASL)
Fullerton Language Testfor Adolescents-second edition
Functional Communication Profile
Oral-Written Language Scale (OWLS)
Oral-Written Language Scale-2(OWLS-2)
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language-third edition (TOAL-3)
Test of Language Development-Primary: third edition (TOLD-P:3)
Test of Language Development-Intermediate: third edition (TOLD-I:3)

Language Tests - Expressive
The Expressive Language Test (ELT)
The HELP Test- Elementary
Patterned Elicitation Syntax Test (PEST)
Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test-third edition (SPELT-3)
Test for Examining Expressive Morphology (TEEM)
The WORD Test - Elementary
The WORD Test - Adolescent

Language Tests - Receptive

Language Processing Test - Revised (LPT-R) 
The Listening Test
Rhode Island Test ofLanguage Structure (RITLS)
Test of Auditory Comprehensionof Language-third edition (TACL-3) 
Token Test for Children

Language Tests - Preschool

Clinical Evaluation ofLanguage Fundamentals-Preschool (CELF-pre)
Receptive-ExpressiveEmergent Language Test-third edition (REEL-3) 
Rossetti Infant-ToddlerLanguage Scale
Preschool LanguageAssessment Instrument  (PLAI)  Preschool LanguageScale-4 (PLS-4) 
Structured PhotographicExpressive Language Test-Preschool (SPELT-P) 
Test of Early LanguageDevelopment-Second Edition (TELD-2)

Language Tests- Other

Boehm Test of BasicConcepts-Revised  (BTBC-R)
Bracken Basic ConceptsScale-Revised  (BBCS-R)  Elementary Test of ProblemSolving -Revised (TOPS-Elementary-R)
Language Sample
Nonspeech Test forReceptive and Expressive Language
Test of ProblemSolving-Adolescent (TOPS-Adolescent) 
Test of PragmaticLanguage (TOPL)

Language Tests- Vocabulary

Assessing SemanticSkills through Everyday Themes (ASSET) 
Carolina PictureVocabulary Test for Deaf and Hearing Impaired (CPVT)
Comprehensive Receptiveand Expressive Vocabulary Test-second edition (CREVT-2)
Expressive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT) 
Expressive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test-Upper Extension (EOWPVT-UE)
Expressive VocabularyTest (EVT) 
Peabody Picture VocabularyTest-III  (PPVT-III)
Receptive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT) 

Phonology Tests

Assessment Link betweenPhonology and Articulation (ALPHA)
Assessment of PhonologicalProcesses-Revised (APP-R)
Comprehensive Test ofPhonological Processing (CTOPP)
The Hodson Assessmentof Phonological Patterns-third edition (HAPP-3)
Khan-Lewis PhonologicalAnalysis-2 (KLPA-2) 

Spanish Assessments

Assessment of PhonologicalProcesses, Spanish (APP -Sp) 
Austin Spanish ArticulationTest (Austin) 
Bilingual SyntaxMeasure, I or II  (BSM, I or II)  Bilingual VocabularyAssessment Measure (BVAM) 
Boehm Test of BasicConcepts-Revised, Spanish (BTBC-R-SP)  Bracken Basic ConceptsScale-Revised-Spanish  (BBCS-R-Sp)  Clinical Evaluation ofLanguage Fundamentals-3, Spanish (CELF-3-SP)
Del Rio LanguageScreening Test (DRLST)  Dos Amigos VerbalLanguage Scales 
Expressive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test-Upper Extension-Revised, Spanish  Expressive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Spanish 
Expressive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test-Upper Extension,
2000-Spanish ExpressiveOne-Word Picture Vocabulary Test-2000, Spanish 
Language AssessmentScale (LAS) 
Medida Española deArticulación (MEDA) 
Multicultural VocabularyTest (MVT) 
Preschool LanguageAssessment Instrument-Spanish  (PLAI-Sp)    (Prueba Para ElDiagnostico del Lenguaje Pre-Escolar)  Preschool LanguageScale-3, Spanish (PLS-3, Sp)
Pruebas deExpresión  Oral y Percepción de La  Lenguaje Española (PEOPLE):
Prueba del DesarrolloInicial del Lenguaje (PDIL) 
Receptive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test, Revised--Spanish  (ROWPVT-R-Sp) 
Receptive One-WordPicture Vocabulary Test –Upper Extension, Revised-Spanish (ROWPVT-UE-Sp)   Screening Test ofSpanish Grammar (STSG)  Spanish ArticulationMeasure (SAM)  Spanish ExpressiveVocabulary Test (SEVT)  Spanish LanguageAssessment Procedures: A Communication Skills Inventory  (SLAP)
Spanish StructuredPhotographic Expressive Language Test-Preschool (SPELT-P-Sp)
Spanish StructuredPhotographic Expressive Language Test-II (SPELT-II-Sp)
Spanish Test forAssessing Morphologic Production (STAMP)
Test de Vocabulario deImágenes, Peabody (TVIP)    Toronto Test ofReceptive Vocabulary (TTRV)

Click here for a list of ENGLISH tests that may be used with SPANISH-SPEAKING children

Listen to Me Mom and Dad!

I would like to share with you a memo by Thomas C. Rjatt, Jr., which I absolutely adore and as a parent need to stick to.

“Mom” by Basia P., 2011

Memo From Your Child

1.      Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all that I ask for. I'm testing you.

2.      Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it; it makes me feel more secure.

3.      Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.

4.      Don't make me feel smaller than I really am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big".

5.      Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk to me privately.

6.      Don't make me feel my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.

7.      Don't protect me from consequences. I sometimes have to learn the painful way.

8.      Don't be too upset when I say, "I hate you." It isn't you I hate, but your power to thwart me.

9.      Don't take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I need.

10.  Don't nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.

11.   Don't forget that I can not explain myself as well as I should like; this is why I'm not always accurate.

12.  Don't make rash promises. Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.

13.   Don't tax my honesty too much. I am easily frightened into telling lies.

14.   Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

15.   Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real to me and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.

16.   Don't put me off when I ask questions. If you do, you will find that I stop asking and get my information elsewhere.

17.  Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.

18.  Don't ever think it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm toward you.

19.  Don't forget how quickly I am growing up. It must be difficult to keep pace with me, but please, do try.

20. Don't forget that I love experimenting. I couldn't get along without it so please put up with it.

21.  Don't forget that I can't thrive without lots of understanding love, but I don't need to tell you that do I?

by Thomas C. Ritt, Jr., ArizonaACLD Newsletter December, 1975

Sensory and Feeding Products

I use in therapeutic treatment and feeding
Get familiar and decide yourself what is the best for your child/patient.
Let me know if you found the list useful by sharing your opinion in a "Post a Comment" section at the end of the page. Thank you - Urszula

Sensory Treatment:

Infant Toothbrush

Toddler Toothbrush

Nuk Toothbrush

Nuk Massager

Vibrator and Toothattes

Jiggle Vibrators

ARK Grabbers

ARK Animal Menagerie

ARK Tri Chew

ARK Z-Vib Set

Chewy Tubes

Flavored Wooden Tongue Depressors

Tick-Tong Flavored Plastic Tongue Depressor

Roller Ice

First Year Massaging Action Teether

Feeding:

Habermen Feeder

http://wn.com/Haberman_Feeder

Feeding Syringe

Maroon Spoon

Duo Spoon

Textured Spoon Set

Soft EZ Spoon

Infa Trainer Cup

Recessed-Lid Drinking Cup

Cut-Out Cup

Honey Bear with Straw

Stores/webs where I buy /order them

1. Talk Tools www.talktools.com  

Look under Feeding Tools http://www.talktools.com/feeding-tools/

Look under Sensory Tools http://www.talktools.com/sensory-tools/

2. Equipment Shop www.equipmentshop.com.

Look under Feeding & Oral http://www.equipmentshop.com/Product2.asp?CategoryID=6