Here is a list of 20 fun summertime speech and language activities to do with your toddlers.
- Blow bubbles– helps build vocabulary (examples: “pop” “, “blow” etc.) and strengthens muscles of the mouth
- Play Outside– improves fine and gross motor, social skills and language skills
- Read a book– builds speech and language skills
- Go on a scavenger hunt– builds language skills and works on following directions
- Eat a popsicle– strengthen the mouth muscles for speech with this summer treat
- Go swimming– improves gross motor skills and vocabulary
- Play with a friend around the same age– develops social skills and language
- Draw with sidewalk chalk– works on fine motor and colors
- Make mud pies– this is a fun sensory activity
- Have a picnic– builds vocabulary and how to follow directions
- Take a walk outside– can improve vocabulary and describing skills
- Plant a flower– this is a sensory activity and helps with following directions
- Make some cookies– targets following directions and vocabulary
- Finger paint– helps with learning colors and basic concepts
- Build a sandcastle– sensory activity
- Make lemonade– works on ability to follow directions and wakes up the mouth for speech
- Free play– this is just fun and increases speech and language skills
- Play at a park– Target vocabulary and sound repetition while playing
- Attend story time at your local library– builds speech and social skills
- Visit the zoo– targets animal sounds and vocabulary
For more information contact Children’s Therapy Place