Speech and Language Therapy - Another DIY Project

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been searching different resources for some games and activities to help LM with her speech and language. Sadly, the UK National Health System has cut down on individual speech and language therapy system (if there was an “angry” font, I would have used it for writing this!) and we can't afford hiring professional help. As much as I understand that one needs to be qualified to help a speech-delayed child, I guess doing something about it is better than nothing.

I have found a few interesting activities and I will be writing these up here as I go. My plan at this stage is to focus primarily on language development, but I will be doing some work on speech and articulation too.

I can’t remember if I mentioned that LM is being raised in a tri-lingual environment, not because she has overly ambitious parents, but simply by the nature of our family composition. While my first language is Russian, her dad’s is Catalan, and, since we don’t speak each other’s languages, we have to communicate in English, which is also the language of the environment we live in. I can’t do much to help LM’s Catalan, but apart from Russian and may be even more than on Russian, I will certainly focus on English, which will be the language of instruction once LM starts school.

My current target areas are:

1.    Attention and Listening

2.    Comprehension

3.    Vocabulary Building

4.    Expanding Sentences

5.    Grammar

6.    Telling Stories

7.    Interaction

I will be using these to label my posts to make search easier for those who may be interested in this information.