I was hired on an emergency credential to teach a special day class preschool language intervention program. I am excited :lol: and terrified at the same time :shock:
I have subbed in regular ed and done collaboration with elementary teachers as an SLP. I have subbed in preschool programs while finishing up grad school so I have an idea of what needs to be covered in the 2.5 hours I work with the kids but I don’t have time to reinvent the wheel. School starts in 7 days. :shock:
Does anyone have any favorite websites where I can get some ideas :?:
thanks!!
Another one that I know about is Jennifer Caroll’s Conversational Classroom. I have so much stuff for one on one speech therapy, games and songs but I have to adapt things to a classroom situation. It will be fun…now if I can just find my old playdoh recipe… :)
Re: I need some advice from expereinced teachers
I am not sure if this will help you or not, but there are some preschool level teachers on a yahoo group I belong to. Some of them teach hearing impaired kids, but maybe you can get some advice. Go to Yahoo.com, click on groups, and then type in:
languagedisordersanddelays
Good luck!
Janis
Hi,
I taught preschool disabled (mixed disabilities) and had a lot of kids with language delays. I absolutely loved this book:
“Language Facilitation: A Complete Cognitive Therapy Program”. I found some prices and comparisons here:
http://www.bookfinder.com
Put the title in as I think that the search I did won’t work if it is too long here.
It helps to have a little speech language background. The book is centered around kid friendly activities (snacks; holiday activities— broken down; play activities— “go to beach, have a picnic, etc.”; typical preschool curriculum areas (community helpers, etc.) Has art activities, self care, PE, etc. etc.
For example, Lesson plan 9 is taking care of pets (list of materials typically call for homemade, resale store type materials— in this case things like stuffed dog; animal crackers, pitcher, towel, etc.)— activities in lesson plan are: greeting children; intro to topic; grooming a puppy; walking a puppy; playing with a puppy; teaching the puppy tricks; snack time (animal crackers and kool ade; clean up; giving dog a bath; feeding dog. Includes objectives; types of utterances; etc. Some lessons have art activities; some music activities, etc.
also has record keeping ideas.
This is just a great book. I got it for quite a bit less than the now $45, but I think it is worth that. The kids have lots of fun and don’t know it is therapy!
I had a lot of success with this. I’m only a frustrated non speech therapist. :-)
It’s a speech therapy book so that you can do certain things that aren’t in the book (add on, like field trips or walks outside) and can’t do other things.
—des