Have you ever incorporated cooking activities into your speech therapy sessions? It’s no secret that food is a strong motivator, so I bring in cooking activities at least once or twice a month. I find that they work great for addressing following directions, sequencing, self-control, comprehension, and so much more! This week in Pre-K, the letter of the week is “T.” In addition, we’re working on learning The Five Senses, and of course, we’re incorporating “Halloween” into everything possible! Today, we made Ghost Toast for the Letter T!
Incorporating the Senses:
We let the students cut ghosts out of bread using cookie cutters, and then we put them in the toaster. They spread cream cheese on top and used mini chocolate chips for the eyes. For each thing we used, we talked about what senses they were using:
They could see the chocolate chips, toast, toaster, cookie cutters, cream cheese, and spreader
We could hear the chocolate chips when we shook the bag, the toaster as it popped up, and the knife scratching the toast as they spread the cream cheese
The students could smell the chocolate chips, toast, and cream cheese
We could touch the chocolate chips, soft bread, squishy cream cheese, hard cookie cutter, and rough toast
And best of all, they could taste the sweet chocolate chips, cream cheese, and toast!
Needed Ingredients:
Ghost Toast is super simple! Just get bread, a ghost shaped cookie cutter, a toasted, cream cheese or mashmallow spread for the white, and mini chocolate chips for the face!
Ghost Toast Poem:
Our pre-school teacher wrote out a poem for Ghost Toast and we read it to the kids…they thought the rhyming was hilarious!
Do you do cooking activities in Speech? Have you ever tried Ghost Toast for the Letter T? How do your students like them? Happy Haunting!
Cute idea! They were doing 5 senses at our school too. What is your PreK caseload like? How do you usually work with your kiddos in the gen ed setting and get their minutes in? I have 10 between 2 classes, so I'm trying to figure out how to effectively juggle everyone!
Hi Amy! There are two blended Pre-K classes at my school as well. Currently, one class only has one ESE kiddo (seen individually in the classroom by our other full-time SLP, and the other class has seven(seen Gen Ed by me). I lead two 30-minute language circle times each week, where I plan activities that go along with their theme or letter of the week. I target the goals my kiddos have during these language circles. In addition to the circle times, I am in randomly throughout the week to participate in other activities (field trips, baking, parties, themed-activities, and arts and crafts.) The teachers are WONDERFUL about including me in everything. I actually see the kiddos more than their actual IEP minutes every week, as my schedule allows. (Sometimes more some weeks than others). ~Whitney 🙂
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