[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1476055308412{margin-top: 60px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This Toolkit has been developed to provide Early Childhood Educators with fun ideas and simple activities to assist all children develop clear speech. The Toolkit is a supplement to Identifying Speech and Language Difficulties: A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Educators.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The role of the Early Childhood Educator, Parent and Speech Pathologist is clearly outlined and a model for building effective partnerships is proposed to nurture the development of clear speech for all children.

 

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  • Enables Early Childhood Educators to provide all children with the opportunity to interact and learn
  • Assists Early Childhood Educators to work with children who have speech sound disorders in partnership with Parents and Speech Pathologists
  • Explains Speech Sound Disorders in simple language and provides easy to use activities that encourage the development of specific speech sounds
  • Includes a wealth of strategies and activities that can be easily incorporated into everyday activities
  • Includes activities that can be adapted for individual, small group or whole class application
  • Reflects current research in speech development and disorders

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  • General Strategies for Encouraging Speech Sound Development
  • The Use of Nursery Rhymes, Songs and Chants to encourage speech sounds
  • ‘Mr Mouth’ games to nurture speech development
  • Tips for Working with Children who have difficulty in developing clear speech
  • Tips for Working with Speech Pathologists
  • Strategies to stimulate the development of new speech sounds
  • Activities and Games for specific speech sounds
  • Helping children use sounds at the ends of words
  • Helping children say long words clearly
  • Helping children use sounds in consonant blends

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Publisher: Learn2Communicate
Format: Paperback 60 pages
Published: February 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9871766-1-5
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