As part of the speech therapy program for your child, a set of listening lists is being sent home. These are intended for you to read to your child to help increase their awareness of the sound or sound pattern being worked on in therapy.  As the focus of therapy changes, new lists will be sent home.  Typically a new list will go home each week.

  The following points should be kept in mind:

 1.  Try to read the words to your child once a day (week nights especially).  If your child asks to do it more often, feel free to do so.

 2.  Try to pick a time when you and your child can be alone and in a quiet place.  Many parents find that a good time is just before the child goes to sleep.
 
 3.  Make sure your child understands that they are only to listen.  Ask them to sit quietly.  They should NOT be asked to repeat the words.  Discourage them from repeating especially if they are not saying the words correctly.  We want to avoid having them practice saying the sound the wrong way.

 4.  DON'T OVER-EMPHASIZE THE WORDS.  Just speak clearly and at a relaxed pace (as if you were reading a story to them).

 5.  Each set will include four lists of words.  Read at least two of the lists each time you have your "listening time".

 6.  When a new list is sent, discard the old one.  Only read the word lists for that week.

 
 Your assistance is greatly appreciated.  If you have any  questions, feel free to contact your Speech-Language Pathologist.