BUILDING VOCABULARY WHILE PLAYING

This book was created by Nancy Moses-Bennett (a Speech Language Pathologist) to assist parents and caretakers of children, in building vocabulary, sentence structure, and speech skills while playing. The book is easy to follow and includes pictures to support the activities presented. It is a guide with samples of activities that can easily be replicated and expanded to fit a variety of situations. The book includes specific suggestions for games and activities, as well as, ways to build vocabulary, sentence structure and improve speech clarity, i.e. pronunciation of words. These suggestions are simple to implement and can improve overall communication skills. They are natural ways to build vocabulary in general conversation, as well as, during everyday activities and structured play. Activities included are; -Sentence structure/ grammar, including using; am/is/are - How to practice pronouns in sentences, -Building vocabulary by using categories in picture scenes. -Directions for improving speech clarity using pictures of multisyllabic words.