Dress the Snowman - Speech and Language Reinforcer/Activity

 

 

 

This simple "dress the snowman" activity is a great activity for preschool and elementary students of all ages.  I simply found a black and white free printable of a snowman and various clothing items.  I like this one because it includes more clothing items than most others.  I then made extra copies so I would have at four of each item in four different colors.  It's important to make sure there are at least two different items of the same color.  That ensures that you have the opportunity to work on expanding students' utterances.  They will need to say/sign both the color and the clothing item in order to successfully request what they want (ex. blue boots vs. blue hat).  I laminated all the pieces and added velcro to make it easily usable and repeatable.  For my students that are still developing their language, this activity is a motivating way to target winter clothing vocabulary, colors, and expanding their utterances.  For my older students I use it more as a reinforcer while doing drill-based practice of articulation or grammar.  

This activity can also become an auditory skill development activity by simply participating yourself.  When it's your turn you simply practice the targeted skill (ex. word initial /k/, past tense verbs, etc.) then use the acoustic hoop to request the clothing item you want the student to locate and give to you.  It allows you to target discrimination and comprehension for two critical elements, color and clothing, with a clear visual set of possible choices.