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Holiday Language Activities
Here are more language activities from the authors of Auditory Processing Activities and Practical Language Activities!
Each of 16 school-year holidays is presented through:
- An amusing and thought-provoking animal story
- Story-related questions targeting short-term memory, long-term memory and comprehension
- 3 language activities
- 1 student worksheet
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The 16 holidays are:
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- Labor Day
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- Groundhog Day
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Valentine’s Day
Presidents’ Day
St. Patrick’s Day
April Fools’ Day
Easter
Mother’s Day
Memorial Day
Father’s Day
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Over 50 language skills are covered, including:
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- analogies
- association
- auditory attention
- auditory discrimination
- auditory memory
- categorization
- content analysis
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critical thought
deductive reasoning
idioms
inferences
rhyming
vocabulary
"wh/how" questions
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All pages are reproducible for student use and home practice.
Frequently, SLPs and teachers want to "lighten up" somewhat at holiday time. This book helps them stimulate interest and attention, while at the same time being constructive with their time and materials.
Age: 6 to 11
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