A must-have GRAB-N-GO language-rich resource that builds figurative language skills while encouraging self-advocacy. PERK UP YOUR EARS contains 20 passages with ear-related sayings or idioms with stun ... stunning photographs kids love. It builds figurative language, nuances in word meanings, and vocabulary that are essential to spoken and written language, pragmatics, and communication competence.INCLUDES:- 20 Passages with Ear-Related Sayings and Idioms- Listen-Talk-Reflection Discussion prompts- Guide with instructions- Listening and Spoken Language TipsA no-prep or planning because everything is in this resource.This Digital - No Print resource can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.Ideal for: Speech Language Therapy, Listening and Spoken Language, Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Auditory Verbal Sessions. It can be easily used by parents at home, teachers, and therapists both face-to-face and in teletherapy.Boom LearningPerk Up Your Ears is also available as a Boom Deck in the Listen With Lynn Boom Learning store.  ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Feel free to email me with questions, before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➼ Click here to stay updated!➼ Be the first to know about freebies, sales, and product launches.➼ New products are 50% off the first 24 hoursSTAY CONNECTED:✧ Sign up here for the Listen With Lynn Email✧ Follow on Facebook✧ Follow on Instagram❤  Keep up your excellent work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much! Lynn

Beautifully designed November jokes and riddles to grow listening, spoken language, and social skills that kids love. ❤Understanding humor is  a key element in developing✢ higher-level language skills ... skills✢ complex language patterns✢ multiple-meaning words✢ inferences✢ multiple-meaning words✢ idioms which are often weak for children with hearing loss without intervention. Telling jokes is good for kids too. They✢ increases  confidence, ✢ helps  with auditory memory and  recalling  the joke or storyline ✢ encourages clear speech to tell others. Try this:➯ Pick a joke or riddle to target each session➯ Send them home to practice understanding and telling skills.➯ Share by distance learning, in teletherapy and include in face to face sessions."A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charles ChaplinVisit the blog at HearSayLW.com:Encouraging A Sense of Humor - Joke of the WeekMake A LITTLE Riddle & Joke Book With Your LITTLE ListenerI’m All Ears! SAY WHAT? Fun With Idioms◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn

This bundle of instructional stategies includes information and activties for using prior knowledge, cooperative learning, goal setting, key information, effort v. practice, comparison, and visual org ... anizers. 71 pages. Use with all ability levels.

This article provides basic, intermediate, and advanced activities supporting learning idioms. Examples of specific idioms at kindergarten, grade 1- grade 6 levels are provided along with ... interpretations of idiom meanings. A reading comprehension story is included that uses many idioms in which students must identify each idiom and explain what it means.  Another worksheet activity asks students to fill the appropriate idiom in the blank when given a sentence. This extensive article provides much practice in understanding and appropriately using idioms.

Are you looking for a fun, humorous figurative language activity for Halloween?Give Me a Break is a game featuring 40 body-part idioms and skeletons. The idioms cards are shaped like bones and can be ... hung on a toy skeleton or placed onto a skeleton mat. The idiom game cards correspond to body parts. Example:Cold feet - tape the card to a foot of the skeleton.Spine-tingling card attaches to the skeleton's back.Give someone a hand attaches to a bony hand.This resource will easily stretch across many sessions leading up to Halloween and is sure to be a valuable figurative language tool for years to come!Targets:  Vocabulary, idioms, understanding figurative language, auditory comprehension, executive functioning, higher-level critical thinking, and communication skills.What's Included:A huge PDF resource of: ✧ 40 idiom bone game cards, Print and Digital versions ✧ 6 skeleton game mats ✧ Progress monitoring or data collection sheets✧ Definitions or answer key✧ Listening and Spoken Language Tips✧ A guide with instructions➼ OPTIONAL but not included: Use a toy skeleton available online and at a Halloween or dollar storeIDEAL FOR: Listening & Spoken Language, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing Disorder, Speech and Language Therapy, School Lessons, Auditory Verbal Sessions, Special Education, English Lessons, Homeschoolers...FACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the 40 bones cards.Print the skeleton mats OR use a toy skeleton.✢ DIGITAL - The body part idiom bone cards can be screen shared with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈CUSTOMER TIPS:➯ Questions? Feel free to email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later. ➯ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn emailsLet’s Connect:InstagramFacebookHearSayLW.com❤  Keep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much! Lynn

This checklist is designed to be part of biannual discussions and monitoring between early intervention professionals and family members of infants and toddlers with hearing loss. Family members are a ... sked to consider the different areas that can affect the rate that communication skills develop and how often their child receives attention to each of these considerations. Areas covered are: Auditory Communication, Visual Communication, and Effective Communication Strategies.