Activities to Promote Language and Speech Development at Home

Hey moms and dads!

I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying the beginnings of our new normal!

Today, I have made a list of activities for you, that can be used to promote language and speech development at home.

These #ELYactivities can be used to work on nouns, verbs, adjectives, concepts, sounds, organizational skills, sequencing, problem solving and follow directions! Who knew?!

Here are some activities, based on developmental stages and ages!

0-18 months

• Peek-a-boo

• Mirror time (encourage copying of sounds using a mirror)

• ‘Ready, Steady, Go!’ games

• Bubbles

• Nursery rhymes

• Reading books

• Lego/ blocks

• Water play

• Make a treasure basket

18 months - 2 years

• Play Dough

• Make a puzzle

• Bath-time play

• Ball games

• Play with farm sets

• Drawing

• Sponge painting

• Paint shapes with water

• Play with Mr. Potato Head (so great for labelling & following directions)

• Go grocery shopping (pretend play)

• Make up rhymes

2 - 5 years

• Play “I Spy...”

• Create a “prop-box” (collect different objects and toys, that your children can use for imaginative play)

• Play dress-up

• Go on a scavenger hunt around the house/garden

• Go on a shape hunt

• Play Kiddie charades

• Sort toys by color or shape

• Read a wordless picture book together (help your little one make up the narrative)

• Show and tell (excellent for describing words, and vocabulary building)

• Read labels at home

• Makes snacks, or bake together

• Plan a: Trip to the zoo, park, library, garden center, beach, pet shop or museum.

As always, I’d love to hear from you, so get in touch at hannah@elyhq.com. For more insights, go to www.elyhq.com and follow us on Instagram @elyactivities

-Hannah