Language Lab with Kayla

Gettin spooky in speech today!

October is AAC Awareness Month! 🗣️ Let’s raise our voices to empower those who communicate differently. 💬🧡

🌲Unbe-LEAF-able🍂💛
Did you know that you could use nature to teach all kinds of language skills? From labeling, describing, basic concepts, to sequencing and comparing/contrasting!!
Message me for handouts on how to incorporate language on your next nature walk!

🎃Language Lessons for the pumpkin patch🎃

🔘Vocabulary: pumpkin, gourd, scarecrow, corn, maze, patch, hay bale, wagon, etc.
🔘Compare/Contrast: pumpkin vs. gourd, size, shapes, and colors of pumpkins, crows vs other birds, etc.
🔘Sequence: life cycle of a pumpkin, pumpkin carving/decorating, etc.
🔘Describe: size, color, shape, function, location, group/category, similarities and differences of the objects seen

What else could you talk about at the pumpkin patch?
⬇️Tell me in the comments!⬇️

It may not be easy, but it’s my passion to increase language skills for children. I want to provide the skills and tools they need to be THEMSELVES! 💚 The world needs who they were made to be!

AACtually, all communication matters 💚

🧩 Interesting… creating sentences is a lot like working a puzzle. You have a good idea of what it should look like, but it takes time and practice to know which pieces fit best. In time, it’ll get easier to see how the pieces fit together for the bigger picture.

Make learning fun again!! 🦄✨♥️

Fall in love with reading! ♥️📚🍂
There are so many good books to read to introduce the change in seasons and activities that happen in fall! DM me for some book recommendations!

Progress isn’t always outwardly noticeable, but it’s doubly rewarding when it is!

Are you concerned about your child’s language skills? Let’s explore your options together!

📚Books are an amazing way to introduce and practice language skills. From “learning to read” to “reading to learn”, Language Lab can increase a wide variety of language skills with your child’s favorite books!

Visuals are important when building receptive and expressive language skills. Changing how the visuals are presented can make communicating with them more fun! We flicked, hit, and pulled the visuals while playing today!