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Friday, June 29, 2012

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

VOWELS Song – for kids

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

Short Vowels Song - for kids

Long Vowel Sounds – with pictures with no music

Long Vowels – song for kids

Between the Lions: "When Two Vowels Go Walking"

When Two Vowels Go Walking

Phonics Song: That Magic e With Miss Jenny

The Magic e Song –song for kids

Thursday, June 28, 2012

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

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Learn Phonics To Read Well

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

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: 

You can get some printable phonics to play with your child:
More printable phonics worksheets:
http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics-program/kindergarten-level-1/worksheets/

Sing songs with phonics:
Phonics Songs by ELF Learning

Phonics Song 1 – Listen and Repeat - faster

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

Apple Aaa Song with Hand Motions

ABC Phonics Chant

Consonant Digraphs: sh ch wh th – informational for adults

Double Phonics Chant

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Feeding Techniques For Child - Video

A video for a New Parent
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/


Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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


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.

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

Monday, June 18, 2012

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


Monday, June 11, 2012

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:
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/

  1. Equipment Shop www.equipmentshop.com.