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This overview handout provides information on how family involvement that is critical for communication development in young children with hearing loss.
Listening For Critical Elements SPRING FLING
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Kids love playing SPRING FLING, a fun, and competitive game. Players listen to descriptions and race to find the spring game card that was described. The first player to find the card that matches the
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s the description places it on their tree game mat in front of them. The player with the most spring cards on their tree wins!Spring Fling is for kids with hearing loss or an auditory processing disorder with goals for listening to critical elements. Critical elements are pieces of information, presented auditorally, which the child holds in their short-term memory to complete a task.Spring Fling is a flexible game. It is easy to level up or down the directions to meet a child’s needs. You can play using all the cards, make a smaller listening set or sort out the descriptions ( number of critical elements) that fit the child's goals. Depending on the number of players you can print an additional set of cards or re-use the game cards more than once. YOU CAN TARGET: Listening to critical elements, descriptions, following directions, auditory working memory, auditory processing, auditory comprehension, executive function, and communication skills.INCLUDES:✧ A guide with instructions ✧ 30 description cards✧ 30 colorful and enticing spring game cards ✧ A digital gameboard with all 30 spring items✧ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY – HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the 30 spring cards, the 4 tree game mats, and 30 direction cards.✢ DIGITAL - 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free. ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let's connect on Facebook and Instagram♥ For more ideas visit my blog: HearSayLW.com
VALENTINE DOGS Puppy Love Listening for Critical Elements Directions Descriptions
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VALENTINE DOGS - PUPPY LOVE is an engaging following-direction game with critical elements that get kids listening and engaged. Kids love the loveable puppies that challenge auditory working memory, c
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mory, comprehension, and auditory processing speed. The game uses descriptions that boost critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills.VALENTINE PUPPY DOGS is a flexible game where you can play using all the cards, sort out a smaller set, or simplify the directions. It is easy to level up or down the directions to meet a child’s needs and goals.VALENTINE PUPPY DOGS is effective for all children and outstanding for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing and who struggle to recall longer sentences or remember only part of the information that was said. A child’s capacity to listen, remember, and recall impacts their ability to follow complex instructions, understand detailed conversations, and learn new information.INCLUDES:✤ A Huge Resource of 78 playing cards✤ 36 Valentine Puppy Dog picture cards✤ 36 description/direction cards✤ Six Game Mats✤ A set of PRINTABLE game cards✤ A DIGITAL game board✤ Data Collection Sheet✤ A Guide with instructions ✤ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the Valentine Dog picture and description/direction cards, and print the 6 game mats.✢ DIGITAL - Screenshare the gameboard with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Read the descriptions and the listener marks the dogs using the annotation tools.
SUMMER CATS Listening Critical Elements Directions Descriptions
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SUMMER CATS is an engaging following-direction summertime game with critical elements that get kids listening and engaged. Kids love the cuddly cats that challenge auditory working memory, comprehensi
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ension, and auditory processing speed. The game uses descriptions that boost critical thinking, executive functioning, and communication skills.SUMMER CATS is a flexible game where you can play using all the cards, sort out a smaller set, or simplify the directions. It is easy to level up or down the directions to meet a child’s needs and goals.SUMMER CATS is effective for all children and outstanding for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing and who struggle to recall longer sentences or remember only part of the information that was said. A child’s capacity to listen, remember, and recall impacts their ability to follow complex instructions, understand detailed conversations, and learn new information.INCLUDES:✤ A Huge Resource of 78 playing cards✤ 36 Summer Cats picture cards✤ 36 description/direction cards✤ Six Game Mats✤ A set of PRINTABLE game cards✤ A DIGITAL game board✤ Data Collection Sheet✤ A Guide with instructions ✤ Listening and Spoken Language TipsFACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep. Print and cut out the Summer Cat picture cards and the description/direction cards, and print the six game mats✢ DIGITAL - Screenshare the gameboard with your favorite PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Read the descriptions, and the listener marks the dogs using the annotation tools.CUSTOMER TIPS❤ ‼️ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Emails➼ Questions? Please Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.➼ Follow me to be updated with newbies and freebies!➼ Earn TPT Credit towards your future purchases by leaving a review for this resource❤ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
SUMMER Working Memory FIVE Listening Finger Walk Games
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Summer Listening Finger Walks are a must-have for kids that need help with auditory working memory, executive functioning, and following directions.Working memory plays a big role in how we auditory p
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ry process, follow, and remember information on a daily basis. Working memory is one of the brain's executive functions. Children and teens who have a hard time “staying on track” might have problems with something called working memory.Ideal For: Listening & Spoken Language, Executive Functioning, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Auditory Processing, Speech, Auditory Verbal Therapy, ELA, Teletherapy, Home...Listening Finger Walks are FUN for the kids and SIMPLE for you!These 5 No-Prep activities are ideal all winter long with fun themes for therapy sessions or school lessons.➯ The FIVE Listening Walks can help build listening skills and working memory by allowing kids to work with auditory information without losing track of what they're doing.➯ The games target vocabulary, descriptive skills, spoken language, and communication skills.➯ Each of the five games has three rounds that increase in auditory complexity.Five Listening Finger Walk Games✧ Summer Action Verbs & Activities✧ Ice Cream Cones✧ Under the Sea✧ Cactus Plants✧ Summer FunGame PlayYou need one listening game sheet per child.The child listens and follows verbal directions while walking their fingers around the grid until they hear STOP. They are using their working auditory memory to follow the directions without losing track of what they were doing.Then, ask them to describe that block which is a great language expansion opportunity.If correct, they landed on a specific image and completed that round.Let the child take turns giving you the directions. This helps build expressive language and turn-taking skills.Game Prep Print Version: Easy one-time prep. Print the five-game cards and laminate them if you wish.No Prep - Digital Version: Play on a computer with your favorite PDF reader app or on a tablet. When playing on a computer, open and use a PDF reader such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The child uses their finger or the annotation tools to mark their walking path on the game cards.Please Note: This activity and the SUMMER FOUND IT! resource contains many of the same summer images that are bright, enticing, and vocabulary rich.However, these two resources target completely different auditory and language-based goals.You will want both resources you will want in your Summer Toolbox.FACE TO FACE - TELETHERAPY - HOME✢ PRINT - One-time easy prep and use time and time again✢ DIGITAL - The games can be opened and played with your favorite PDF reader app on a tablet or iPad. Tokens can be placed directly on the screen. On a computer open the PDF game boards with a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is free.◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Newsletter♥ Let's connect on Facebook and Instagram♥ For more ideas visit my blog: HearSayLW.comKeep up your excellent work. I am blessed to help along the way.Thanks so much!Lynn Wood
Speech Goals at Home: Ideas for Parents
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Volta Voices article for families of young children with hearing loss. Including: What to talk about, daily practice, repetition, consistent amplification.
VALENTINE Listen and Learn Idioms
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Valentine's Day Listen and Learn Idioms is part of the growing figurative language SAY WHAT? - I'M ALL EARS! series.YOU CAN TARGET:Listening and spoken language, figurative language, vocabulary,
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word relationships, nuances, and higher-level critical thinking.WHAT'S INCLUDED:PDFs of 20 idioms in every packet. Use one or all!Listen and Draw MINI-LESSON sheets with A box to draw and illustrate - THIS IS WHAT I HEARD A box for - SAY WHAT? THIS IS WHAT IT REALLY MEANS!A guide and instructions to make lessons a piece of cakeData and Progress monitoring sheetsAn answer keyA boatload of book titles are included for further home learning➯ The PDFs can be printed in color or in black and white, screen shared in teletherapy or remote learning platforms, used in face-to-face sessions or lessons, and can be sent home for carryover or homework.➼ ➼HERE’S A TRICK TO MAKE IDIOMS STICK BLOG POST. SAY WHAT? Here's the trick to make idioms stick! Many commercially available resources provide ILLUSTRATIONS of the literal meaning of the idiom. While this may be entertaining RESEARCH indicates that children who:➼ LISTEN to the idiom➼ VISUALIZE the figurative language➼ DRAW what they literally heard followed by teaching the meaning andusing it in context increases long-term learning.Hearing LossChildren with typical hearing, learn idioms through incidental exposure without having to be taught. Whereas, children who are deaf and hard of hearing often require explicit and direct instruction with higher-level language like idioms. Idioms are challenging for children who process information literally and have a concrete or limited vocabulary.For more Figurative language activitiesSeries of IDIOMS Say What? I'm All Ears! LessonsFREE Monthly Riddles and Jokes Series◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ CUSTOMER TIPS:➼ Questions? Email me before purchasing this resource or anytime later.♥ Sign-up HERE for the Listen With Lynn Email♥ Let’s Connect:InstagramFacebookKeep up your good work. I am blessed to help along the way. Thanks so much!Lynn
Cook With Me Listening and Language Fall and Thanksgiving
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8 Fall-themed recipes with minimal ingredients and steps provide authentic opportunities for children to listen, follow directions, and develop self-help skills. Preparing food, cooking, and cleaning
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ng up expands vocabulary and introduces new concepts while encouraging thinking, problem-solving, and promoting literacy skills. Cooking together invites natural communication and conversational skills.Ideal for: Speech, Listening and Spoken Language, Auditory Verbal sessions, or lessons at school. Face to Face Lessons. Mixed groups. Parent-guided teletherapy. Send for home activities.Includes:★ 8 Recipes with Minimal Ingredients and Steps★ 6 Edible and 2 Craft Recipes★ Recall and Retell Sheet★ Listen and Learn Recipe Cookbook Cover★ Handout with Two Pages of Targets for Listening and Language Opportunities★ Encourages Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Promotes Literacy Skills★ Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) TipsEight Beautifully Designed Recipe CardsTurkey CookiesFruit CornucopiasTurkey QuesadillaChocolate AcornsPumpkin Pie in a CupPumpkin Snack MixPumpkin Cheesecake DipPumpkin Playdough (non-edible)Teletherapy, Distance Learning & Face to Face✢ Print✢ Digital to share on an iPad or computer screen◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈ ◈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
Fluctuating - Relationship of Hearing Loss to Listening and Learning (Spanish Version)
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Handout with information on possible impact on understanding language, speech, social, and need for educational accommodations and services in Spanish language. For 16-25dB or minimal hearing loss.
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