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Extension Activity: Play dough Monsters<\/b><\/h3>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_5349-2B-25281-2529-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\nI love this activity for following directions and basic concepts\/prepositions.\u00a0 All you need is play dough<\/a>, some pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and beads (or fruit loops.. or anything else you could slide onto pipe cleaners!) I’ve also used small pieces of cut straws, too.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\nSome examples of how to target concepts and following directions:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u201cPut 2 beads on the tall pipe cleaner\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\u201cGet 1 big eye and 2 little eyes\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n“Put 2 beads under the eyes\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nOR, use them for articulation\/phonology\/apraxia therapy<\/i>, and get an eye or a bead for each sound or word production!<\/span><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nExtension Activity: Sensory Bin<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.rockchalkspeechtalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_5582-2B-25281-2529-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\nMake a monster theme sensory bin! Toss some googly eyes into a bin of black beans, stick in some stimulus cards, and you’re good to go! I used school supply Cariboo cards (part of my year-round vocabulary set)<\/a> to work on object functions and to stick with the theme of the book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nExtension Activities: Crafts<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\nMake a paper plate monster! Print off any stimulus cards on colored printer paper (I used my school supply Cariboo cards<\/a> again), and glue them onto a paper plate, along with a giant eyeball and a mouth. Voila- their very own monster!<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span>I do crafts like this with speech sound Cariboo cards<\/a>, too, so that the kids have something to take home to show what sounds\/words we’ve been working on!<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span>Another craft activity you could do is make a mask<\/strong>, just like the monsters made for art!<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span>You can\u00a0work on following directions and basic concepts<\/strong> with this activity with different art materials like construction paper shapes, stickers, dot markers, sequins, etc… Or, just use it as a reinforcer activity<\/strong> to keep your kids’ occupied while waiting their turn in a group!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>If you have an iPad, take pictures of the students wearing their masks.\u00a0 Show them the photos, and see if they can guess WHO it is in the group that’s wearing that mask.\u00a0 I did this as a whole group activity for Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, and the kids had fun guessing which classmate was under the mask! (And it was great for working on simple “who” questions!)<\/span><\/p>\nBook Companion Materials:<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span>I do crafts like this with speech sound Cariboo cards<\/a>, too, so that the kids have something to take home to show what sounds\/words we’ve been working on!<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span><\/span>Another craft activity you could do is make a mask<\/strong>, just like the monsters made for art!<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/span>You can\u00a0work on following directions and basic concepts<\/strong> with this activity with different art materials like construction paper shapes, stickers, dot markers, sequins, etc… Or, just use it as a reinforcer activity<\/strong> to keep your kids’ occupied while waiting their turn in a group!<\/span>
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\n<\/span>If you have an iPad, take pictures of the students wearing their masks.\u00a0 Show them the photos, and see if they can guess WHO it is in the group that’s wearing that mask.\u00a0 I did this as a whole group activity for Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, and the kids had fun guessing which classmate was under the mask! (And it was great for working on simple “who” questions!)<\/span><\/p>\nBook Companion Materials:<\/h3>\n