Transcript Top 10 Resources

Facilitating spoken language
development in the regular
classroom
September 28th & 29th
Winnipeg, MB
Top 10 Resources
Helping children develop listening
and language skills in the regular
school system
#1. Personalized Stories
Sandbox Learning:
www.sandboxlearning.com
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#2. HOPE Speech Units
Free from:
www.cochlearamericas.com
Follow the links for:
Habilitation
Outreach for
Professionals in
Education
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#3. ESL Materials
Examples:
Composition Through pictures by J B
Heaton (1997) Longman
Intermediate Communication Games by
Jill Hadfield (1990) Longman
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#4. Language Lessons
Language Lessons in the Classroom by
Susan Diamond (1993) ECL Publications
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#5. Creating Readers
Creating Readers
Over 1000 Games, Activities, Tongue
Twisters, Fingerplays, Songs and Stories
to Get Children Excited About Reading
by Pam Schiller (2001) Gryphon House
Inc.
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#6 - #10 - Activities
Each group will have an activity to try out.
Role play adult & child. Be sure to swap
roles.
Remaining group members present :
 the activity
 the goals
 how this activity might be adapted to
the curriculum/classroom
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#6 Troll in a Bowl
The Dog Catcher
Get to Grandma’s
By Dave Sindray
www.wordplaypublications.com
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#7. Books with props
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
The Mitten adapted by Jan Brett (Scholastic)
&
The Mitten adapted by Rita Walsh (Troll)
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#8. Barrier Games
Example:
Activities using the acoustic hoop
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#9. Song books
Example:
This Old Man
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AVT Sept 28/29 2009
#10. Story telling pictures
FROM:
The Cochlear Implant Auditory Training
Guidebook and Listening for Littles
by Dave Sindray
www.wordplaypublications.com
Petra Smith M.Sc Aud (C) Cert
AVT Sept 28/29 2009