Description

Ages: 6-9

Grades: 1st-4th

Author: Jean Gilliam DeGaetano, M.A., CCC-SLP

Covers a wide range of foundational language targets:

• Following Directions: Learning to listen carefully and complete one- and multi-step directions.
• Basic Wh Questions: Building understanding of who, what, where, when, and why questions.
• Vocabulary Development: Expanding understanding of common words, actions, objects, and everyday concepts.
• Listening for Details: Identifying important information from short sentences and simple stories.
• Sequencing: Understanding the order of events from beginning to end.
• Making Simple Inferences: Using clues to understand basic information that is not directly stated.
• Comparing & Categorizing: Recognizing similarities, differences, and simple language categories.

Targets key auditory-language goals:

• Auditory Attention: Improving the ability to listen and stay focused on spoken information.
• Auditory Memory: Strengthening recall of words, sentences, and short stories.
• Language Comprehension: Developing understanding of spoken language in everyday situations.
• Listening Confidence: Building the skills needed for classroom learning and daily communication.

How to Use:

• The Auditory Input: Read the directions, sentences, or short stories aloud to the student.
• The Visual Support: Encourage the student to use the accompanying illustrations to reinforce what they heard.
• The Comprehension Activity: Guide the student through questions, matching tasks, sequencing, or following directions based on the auditory information.
• The Discussion: Encourage the student to explain their answers and talk about what they heard to strengthen language and comprehension skills.

Includes:

Reproducible Pages of targeted early auditory processing and language comprehension activities.

Engaging Illustrations to support listening and understanding.

Step-by-Step Activites that gradually build foundational auditory processing and early language comprehension skills.