Home activities for to practice /l/
initial /l/
1) Create crafts with falling leaves. A favorite one of mine involves making faces out of foliage (http://www.justinablakeney.com/facethefoliage/). Emphasize the /l/ sound when you say leaf. It is also an opportunity to talk about seasons and fall; again, you can emphasize the /l/ at the end of fall.
2) The classic games Lincoln Logs and Legos provide many chances to practice /l/. You can practice conversational /l/ by telling your child “look at my Legos” or that you “like their logs”!
3) Talk to your child about what you like for lunch and what you don’t like for lunch. You can make a list of similarities!
2) The classic games Lincoln Logs and Legos provide many chances to practice /l/. You can practice conversational /l/ by telling your child “look at my Legos” or that you “like their logs”!
3) Talk to your child about what you like for lunch and what you don’t like for lunch. You can make a list of similarities!
Medial /l/
- When you go out on an errand with your child count how many people you greet with “Hello”.
- Look around your house and find all the yellow things.
- Think about all the people you know- who has an “L” sound in the middle of their name? Do you know anyone named Billy? Amelia? Sally? Kelly?
- Look in your yard. What is taller than you and/or your child? What are y’all taller than?
Final /l/
- If you have a lot of space to run around (and act silly), you and your child can play a variation of Red Light/Green Light. When you go slow, you are a turtle or snail. When you go fast, you are a bull. Try to get as many repetitions of those words as you can!
- Next time you go to the post office, your child be a mail helper. This can involve sorting the mail, deciding what stays and what goes, or maybe even helping you write a letter or card to someone far away.
- A word we use frequently with the /l/ at the end is “will”. Ask your child what she will be when she’s a grown-up. What will her home look like? What will she do for fun?
/l/ clusters
- Play the game “Mother May I” to practice the word “Please”.
- Practice cutting out snowflakes to decorate for the winter.
- Go on a walk in your yard or neighborhood and call out to each other when you see a flower. Call out the color, too, e,g “White flower! Red flower!”