Teaching homophones and homonyms is one strategy I use to improve vocabulary skills for my clients and students. Last week, I talked about how I approach teaching multiple meaning words. Today, I wanted to share some quick activity ideas and resources I’ve used. Multiple Meaning Word Activities An easy way to practice multiple meaning […]
How I Do It: Teaching Multiple Meaning Words
The ability to understand multiple meaning words is important for children to process language, humor and to have a robust vocabulary. Does anyone else feel overwhelmed when trying to choose the vocabulary to teach? How many words should we be teaching and when should we stop this type of instruction? What is a good end […]
The Speech Gobbler: A reinforcement turkey craftivitiy
I saw an occupational therapist making something like this with each of her clients and thought this could be a fun way to work on different therapy targets with a Thanksgiving theme. Have you ever looked at the difference between therapy crafts made during speech therapy sessions versus occupational therapy sessions? I usually prep before […]
Multiple Meaning Words, Homophones, Homonyms
One part of my job involves providing virtual speech therapy to middle school and high school students. We use a webcam, and I can upload internet games, movies as well as write on a virtual whiteboard. Here are some of the online resources I use to introduce multiple meaning words: Videos: Youtube is a […]
