If you have questions or concerns regarding your child's speech and language skills or progress, you can reach me by any of the methods below. I will mostly be using email as the main method of communication with families, as well as sending paper copies home with students.
Phone: 847-623-4333
Email Krista Jackson
/r/ is one of the hardest sounds, if not the hardest. Here are some ideas for incorporating practice at home!
Does your child stutter? Here are some quick tips for facilitating an encouraging communicative environment at home!
You can practice other sounds besides /r/ at home. Here are some activities you can do with your child to practice almost any target sound!
Some kids have a hard time following directions. If your child struggles with this, here are some tips to use at home.
Baamboozle is a free online resource where you can search for games that can target many speech and language skills from grammar, articulation, to fluency! Create your free account and get started!
WHO did WHAT? WHEN, WHERE and HOW? WHY!?! WH questions can be confusing concepts to differentiate. Here are some practice questions for home.
Is your child interested in learning another language? Have they ever considered learning American Sign Language? Let them practice their ABCs and see if they can learn to spell their names.
Do you have a Bilingual student? Here are some tips for developing a strong Bilingual communicator at home.
Reading exposes children to a rich vocabulary, which increases their receptive language and sets them up for academic success. After reading a book, talk about unfamiliar or unknown words. Target verbs, adjectives and nouns!
