Working Language into Daily Routines Little Language Learner’s Newsletter NOVEMBER 2015 Questions? Have a need that is not being met? Contact Susannah Boudreaux, Outreach Coordinator, Parent Pupil Education Program (PPEP) Email: [email protected] Phone: 225-757-3268 Fax: 225-757-3447 VP: 225-341-6536 of time into your day. Working on speech and sign language skills during daily routines also has the added bonus of helping your child generalize these skills more quickly. When you work on speech and language skills in an isolated setting (such as sitting down at the table for speech time or during speech therapy), the child learns first to do the skill there and then later learns to use that skill in his daily life. However, if you teach the skill in his daily routine first, he is more likely to retain that skill and be able to use it in real life more quickly. To learn more go to speechandlanguagekids.com and talk to your PPEP provider. Many parents of children with hearing loss feel like they don’t have enough time to work on developing language skills with their child as much as they know they should. This is a very common problem for busy families… and really, what family isn’t busy these days? One solution to this problem is to work speech or sign language practice into your daily routines. There are tons of fun ways that you can improve speech and language skills without making drastic changes to your daily routines or trying to squeeze one more block of