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  • PS 179
  • Bronx, NY
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households

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Play-based materials, art supplies and literacy materials are essential in speech therapy with pre-k students. Children at this age learn linguistic skills best through play-based activities. Toys are typically a favorite among my young learners. Sometimes a child may be learning to play with a new toy that they’ve never played with before. Among the many toys listed, there is a kitchen unit and play food. This can be used to build pretend play skills in students that need to strengthen play skills. Increased play skills typically leads to increased cognitive and linguistic skills. These items can also be used to teach language. Students can label and identify different foods. They can learn different prepositional words (e.g., on, under, over, etc.). Books are also very useful during therapy. Books are a great way to develop language. Students can identify objects, label objects and even respond to simple questions using books. I would be able to use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students vocabulary such as adjectives and nouns, which can help expand their utterances. My students often struggle to pay attention during activities and literacy activities can help with increasing their attention span. Eric Carle's illustrations always catch my students’ attention and keep them engaged during book activities. A timer would be used to make transitioning between activities a lot easier for my students. My students are diagnosed with autism and respond well when there is predictability. A timer along with a visual schedule would help decrease negative behaviors when transitioning from one activity to the next.

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Play-based materials, art supplies and literacy materials are essential in speech therapy with pre-k students. Children at this age learn linguistic skills best through play-based activities. Toys are typically a favorite among my young learners. Sometimes a child may be learning to play with a new toy that they’ve never played with before. Among the many toys listed, there is a kitchen unit and play food. This can be used to build pretend play skills in students that need to strengthen play skills. Increased play skills typically leads to increased cognitive and linguistic skills. These items can also be used to teach language. Students can label and identify different foods. They can learn different prepositional words (e.g., on, under, over, etc.). Books are also very useful during therapy. Books are a great way to develop language. Students can identify objects, label objects and even respond to simple questions using books. I would be able to use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students vocabulary such as adjectives and nouns, which can help expand their utterances. My students often struggle to pay attention during activities and literacy activities can help with increasing their attention span. Eric Carle's illustrations always catch my students’ attention and keep them engaged during book activities. A timer would be used to make transitioning between activities a lot easier for my students. My students are diagnosed with autism and respond well when there is predictability. A timer along with a visual schedule would help decrease negative behaviors when transitioning from one activity to the next.

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