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Posted by Lynn Moore Jul 31, 2008 |
The fair opens here next week. What a perfect time to take your child for an end of summer outing and learn some new words at the same time!
Parents of kids with speech and language disabilities know how hard it can be to encourage those words. Sometimes children who are developmentally delayed do not understand the pictures that adults use to teach language. Who can really appreciate the word pig unless you have watched one – and smelled it?
Your local fair can help. If you want to boost your child’s vocabulary for farm animals, you will find them at the fair. Typically at the fair you will encounter horses, pigs, goats, ducks, chickens, dogs, and cats.
The fair offers more that just animals. Kids can’t resist the car and truck shows – again a great way to build language. Here are some words that you might work on when you visit the cars and trucks: shiny, old, pretty, color words, fast, loud, noisy.
Plan on spending some time on the rides. This part of the fair is perfect for asking skills like Could we go on the ______ please?
While you visit the fair, find out information about the various areas of judging. It seems like not as many people participate in this these days. Every child likes to win ribbons. Talk with your child about things that she can enter next year. Fairs don’t only judge animals and cars – They take baked goods and crafts, too.
Take lots of pictures while you are there so your family can relive the moments – and encourage a little more talking!