Hi, Friends!
Summer is in full swing, which for me, means a whole lot of relaxing since I’m on summer break, and for my husband, means work as usual. Our one year wedding anniversary is Monday, so we are celebrating this weekend. It’s so weird being at home during the day, so I’m excited to spend some quality time with him and our two Mini Schnauzers, Maia and Maggie, this weekend. (Hopefully beach time is in store…) I hope my fellow co-workers are enjoying their summer breaks so far, and getting some much needed relaxation time. While I had lunch with another SLP friend today, we laughed at the fact that my OCD-SLP mind won’t let me do too much relaxing. I have organized, reorganized, cleaned, re-cleaned, read, cleaned some more, and just recently got my hands on a label maker!
In expounding language skills, open-ended questions are very important, giving kids the opportunity to expound upon their answers. I use open-ended questions with students working on language skills, fluency, and even articulation skills. Attached is a link to summer vacation open-ended questions. Encourage your kiddos to use lots of detail and speak in complete sentences. For the students working on fluency, you can ask them to answer the questions using “turtle speech,” “easy speech,” or whatever cues they are used to. You can encourage your articulation kiddos to answer the questions using their good “___” sound. I like to use these the first week of school to learn about what my kiddos did over the summer too! Enjoy!
