With the cold air moving in and the holidays right around the corner, it's the perfect time to help your children improve their category skills. Take them shopping with you whether it's food shopping for the holidays or shopping for presents.
One of the ways you can really increase these skills is have the child separate the items into categories:
- If at the grocery store, let the child put items in the basket or cart. They should put all the vegetables together, the fruit, drinks, meat, etc. or they can tell you where they belong in the cart.
- If shopping for toys, use the same model...things that bounce in one section of the cart, dolls, puzzles, etc.
- If shopping for clothes, have the child hold all the things that go on your feet like socks or shoes. Use this model for all clothing items so the child can learn what clothing item goes where on the body.
One of the most important parts of speech therapy is parent involvement. The more parents are involved, the better their prognosis will be.
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