July, 2007

Speech & Language Tip of the Month

Lights, Camera, ACTION!

There are many different ways to build a child’s vocabulary.  Some of the categories I’ve suggested in previous speech tips were family members names (December 2005), food, animals, clothing and transportation (June 2007).  Another route to consider is teaching action words.  These can be really interactive and fun to learn.  You can “do” the actions to teach and reinforce the vocabulary while playing together.  You can also target these words through picture cards, games, TV programs, movies and books.  Here is a starter list of action words to target: 

¨        Sit

¨        Stand

¨        Run

¨        Walk

¨        Kick

¨        Ride

¨        Drive

¨        Talk

¨        Cook

           ¨        Write

¨        Cry

¨        Crawl

¨        Drink

¨        Hug

¨        Read

¨        Dig

¨        Fly

¨        Sing

          ¨        Climb

¨        Eat

¨        Hop

¨        Swim

¨        Play

¨        Sleep

¨        Tickle

¨        Dance

¨        Wave

Sincerely,

Meredith B. Sorokwasz M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist

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