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An AT HOME language activity to get your child ready for school!

Language is made up of socially shared rules that include the following:
• What words mean (e.g., “star” can refer to a bright object in the night sky or a celebrity)
• How to make new words (e.g., friend, friendly, unfriendly)
• How to put words together (e.g., “Peg walked to the new store” rather than “Peg walk store new”)
• What word combinations are best in what situations (“Would you mind moving your foot?” could quickly change to “Get off my foot, please!” if the first request did not produce results)
When a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language), or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings completely (expressive language), then he or she has a language disorder.
Get your child ready for going back to school with a fun game to get them excited for the upcoming year and to recap on the summer you spent together!

Materials: BEACH THEME – message in a bottle! Crumble each “WH” question (who, what, when, where, why) provided and dump into the bottle! Take turns taking questions from the bottle with your child to target their expressive and receptive language skills as well as recall skills from your past experiences this summer!
WH Questions:
Who will be your teacher?
When will you start school?
What will be your favorite subject?
Who are you excited to see?
What will you bring your first day?
How will you get there?
Why are you going to school?
Who else will go to school?
When will you come home?
Where will you eat your lunch?
What will you be excited to do?
What will you miss about summer?
What was your favorite thing you did this summer?
Who did you spend the most time with this summer?
Why are you excited to go back to school?
What will you wear the first day?
What do you need to write with at school?
Why do you need notebooks?
Why do you have desks?

Dominique Micheletti MA CF SLP