- By Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP
- Monday, February 11, 2019
Incorporating holidays in speech and language therapy is not only a great way of introducing children to traditions of holidays but it also helps children with language.
Every holiday brings a new set of vocabulary that children are exposed to and including these in speech therapy makes complete sense as holidays are part of children’s lives and moreover they bring them joy - just like Valentine’s Day.
The below list of YouTube videos targets Valentine’s Day and can be incorporated into different language goals such as storytelling, sentence structure, sequencing, describing, etc. Kids get to listen to read aloud stories about love and Valentines’s Day; take a virtual trip to the chocolate factory, learn how to arrange red roses in the vase, and listen to the interview of children answering questions about Valentin’s Day.
If you provide tele-speech therapy aka as telepractice and use, TheraPlatform, as your video conferencing and practice management platform, you can copy and paste a title of each video to TheraPlatform and save them under “Videos”. You can then watch them simultaneously with your clients during your live online session.
https://www.theraplatform.com/resources/278/hipaa-compliant-video-conferencing-platform-for-speech-and-language-pathologistsHere is the list of YouTube Videos for Valentine’s Day: YouTube Video: Peppa Pig Read Aloud Books for Kids: Peppa’s Valentine’s Day – Learn to Read for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bRRK8DNTmI Description: Read aloud Peppa book about tradition of Valentine’s Day, explaining what happens on Valentine’s Day.
Age Level: 4 and up
YouTube Video: Valentine’s Day Nursery Rhymes for Kids - Children's Music -Preschool Valentines Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwdIBswVDU&t=44s Description: A Song for Valentine’s Day with very colorful and captivating animation
Age Level: 4 and up
YouTube Video: I Love You Too Book -Valentines Books for Kids - Valentine's Day - Children's Books Read Aloudhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOBruf3VvI&t=48s Description: A colorful book with bright pictures about love.
Age Level: 4 and up
YouTube Video: The Whole Process Of Making Chocolate - How Do They Do It?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_JuQCiKWUc&t=71s Description: Documentary video demonstrating how chocolate is made.
Age Level: 6 and up
YouTube Video: KidVision Pre-K - Factory Field Trip- How is Chocolate Made?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-EnTZrddk&t=229s Description: Virtual field trip of preschoolers to chocolate factory, explaining how chocolate is made
Age Level: 4 and up
YouTube Video: How to Make Hear Bear Valentine’s Day Card for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZrJCVX4DPo&t=108sDescription: A short wordless-video showing how to make a bear card for Valentine’s Day.
Age Level: 5 and up
YouTube Video: Small Talk: Kids on Valentine's Day (from Parenting)Description: Interview video with children about what they do for Valentine’s Day, etc.
Age Level: 5 and up
YouTube Video: Rose Arrangements: How to Style Romantic Red Roses in a Vase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvx2N4H12Hs Description: Short wordless video demonstrating how to arrange red roses.
Age Level: 5 and up
YouTube Video: We Ask Kids About Valentine's Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzgjxBu_kY&t=64s Description: Short video interviewing children about Valentine’s Day.
Age Level: 5 and up
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