We all know I LOVE using the holidays as a jumping off point for speech and language activities. They are motivating, use language that is high frequency for that time of year, and they are just plain fun. This activity is super awesome!!
This year I have been doing a TON of activities using prepositional phrases with kids. I think I stumbled on THE BEST Halloween activity ever. So I thought I would share.
The book "175 Easy-to-Do Halloween Crafts" has this awesome craft idea:
Basically you take a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper, fold it into 16 squares, cut the edges and then fold a house...it is SUPER easy once you have given it a try. Then you get to let the kids decorate it however they like. In my world that means I get little clip-art guys (I love the ones found HERE) and have the kids tell me where they belong on the house using prepositional phrases.
For example:
The skeleton goes inside the house, Frankenstein lives on top of the roof, the pumpkin sits beside the door, the witch is flying over the house, etc.
You can work receptive and expressive skills (following directions, giving directions), you can work sequencing, you can work pronouns, you can work verbs...so many options! Or you can throw the goals out the window and just decorate and have fun knowing you are providing a language rich experience. No matter where your child's language skills are they will LOVE this activity. Give it a try!
This year I have been doing a TON of activities using prepositional phrases with kids. I think I stumbled on THE BEST Halloween activity ever. So I thought I would share.
The book "175 Easy-to-Do Halloween Crafts" has this awesome craft idea:
Basically you take a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper, fold it into 16 squares, cut the edges and then fold a house...it is SUPER easy once you have given it a try. Then you get to let the kids decorate it however they like. In my world that means I get little clip-art guys (I love the ones found HERE) and have the kids tell me where they belong on the house using prepositional phrases.
For example:
The skeleton goes inside the house, Frankenstein lives on top of the roof, the pumpkin sits beside the door, the witch is flying over the house, etc.
You can work receptive and expressive skills (following directions, giving directions), you can work sequencing, you can work pronouns, you can work verbs...so many options! Or you can throw the goals out the window and just decorate and have fun knowing you are providing a language rich experience. No matter where your child's language skills are they will LOVE this activity. Give it a try!
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