7 Fun and Easy Ways to Get Moving In Sessions

I’ve been reading a lot of research articles lately that keep saying over and over: Kids learn best when they’re moving. It makes sense to me. We all know the benefits of exercising, and I notice a huge difference in engagement and motivation when I incorporate movement into my speech-language sessions. The good news is that adding physical activity into your sessions doesn’t necessarily mean extra prep time for you. In fact, it could mean less—and you might get a break from some of those board games you play 20 times a day. (If there’s ever a Connect Four Vegas-style tournament in the future, I feel very confident in my abilities to come out as a top contender.) Here are seven fun and easy ways to incorporate movement into sessions: Tape worksheets to the wall and ask your students to stand while completing them. For extra fun, they can complete a designated number of squats or toe-touches after finishing a problem. If you want students seated at a table while focusing on a particular target, let them take breaks between questions with chair squats. Pair a movement with a language target. For example, lay out singular and plural picture cards. If the goal is to label regular plural objects, your student can say the /s/ ending and simultaneously perform a stretch like a seated twist or arm stretches. Work on verb tense by simply acting out the targets—run, march, jump, twist—then talk about the tense. Connect sentences using conjunctions, where students “actâ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Augmentative Alternative Communication Early Intervention Language Disorders Prosodic Disorders Schools Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs