Please send me your favorite preschool activity that can be used for word retrieval! Preschool classrooms are rich with language activities that can reinforce word finding. Please “comment” or email me with your go-to for expressive language.
We all modify games to suit our goals. To avoid confusion, I tell the kids that these are “Mrs. Schwanke’s rules” for the speech room; sometimes the rules are different than published. It’s also important to explain to parents how the game has been modified.
The most important guideline is to say the target words aloud. Repeat, repeat, repeat! Make it fun. I sometimes roll a die to dictate how many times a word must be produced. Here are some of my favorites:
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Airport
Richard Scarry’s Busytown Eye Found It
Fisher-Price and Playskool toys
The Cat in the Hat “I Can Do That” game
Peaceable Kingdom – Count Your Chickens
Lotto, matching , categorizing of almost any kind
Make the most of trends: Olaf, Disney Princesses (Frozen is HOT)
What do you use with preschoolers? Please share!