Have you noticed all the amazing blogs out there? I sure have and am gleaning some wonderful fall ideas from them!
I saw this one on A Teeny Tiny Teacher (thanks Kathy). If you haven’t headed on over, make sure to check it out-she is hilarious!
This idea came from Pinterest. I love adapting other’s ideas and making them useful for speech. My kindergartners created these fabulous trees today using Q-tips and finger paint.
First, I printed a “Speech Tree.” I drew a circle around the branches so that they would know where to put the leaves (click above to download the tree I created).
Then, I had the Q-tips ready! For each dot (or at least the majority), I had them practice a sound. Talk about a lot of speech practice!
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The kids had fun
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Lots of sound practice was achieved
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Using the Q-tips made the activity clean (only one student got paint in his hair!)
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Rebecca says
October 9, 2012 at 11:53 pmThis looks fun! I’m trying to come up with fun ways to increase the amount of trials during my therapy since kids just want to talk and go off on tangents. Hopefully this will motivate them to work on the sound so they can finish a tree!
Rebecca
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Christine says
September 29, 2016 at 12:35 amA++++ adorable! I’ll use it tomorrow!
Shelley Forgas says
October 11, 2012 at 5:47 pmWhat an excellent idea! I’m going to have to use this with my students 🙂 LOVE IT!
Felice Clark says
October 11, 2012 at 8:47 pmSuper idea….thanks, this is my favorite season too!
Lauren L. says
October 11, 2012 at 8:49 pmThis is super cute! I love anything to change things up. I’ll have to keep this in mind for different holday activities 🙂
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