Guest Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hello and a Happy New Year to you all I wonder if anyone can help me. At our nursery we are hoping to create a room dedicated to children who have some form of speech difficulty, what would you put in this room? how would you use this room? (As wonderful as you like). We are also hoping to open this up to other agencies and parents. Many Thanks Mella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gezabel Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 What a wonderful idea and good luck with it! Off the top of my head I thought of mirrors - ordinary, magnified and the ones that distort images ( like at fairgrounds) great for 'face games' - well to the children but to us I mean the exercises recommended by speech therapists to aid word formation. All the 'eeeee' and 'oooooo' etc can be done with or without the children being able to make the associated sound. Don't know if thats any good but sure some others will come up with some great ideas, do let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Puppets and theatre. Small world resources both to encourage speech, extension of speech etc Wide variety of good quality pictures of objects and/or a range of objects in different sizes and colours etc to encourage vocab acquisition ie naming things and language of differentiation and position. story books and resources like story sacks to enable them to be explored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Our Speech Therapist usually works with the children in the main area of the nursery this way she can use the other children as positive role models. When she works 121 with a child she takes equipment from the nursey into her quiet room. This is so she can focus on a specific activity without distractions. She has a range of party blowers to help children develop their oral motor skills which are sterilized after use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 How about a tape recorder with microphone or a dictaphone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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