Although April Fools' Day has come and gone, I think it's important to use jokes frequently...even in speech therapy. Joke telling is a great way to practice turn-taking and social skills. Telling jokes is also a great way to practice articulation, stuttering strategies, language, voice strategies, abstract reasoning, reading...just about anything! Here are a few Pittsburgh-themed jokes:
1. Why did the panther cross the road? Because it was the chicken's day off!
2. What's black and white, black and blue, black and white, black and blue? A Pittsburgh penguin slipping on the ice!
3. What did the Eat'n Park Smiley Cookie say when he felt sick? I feel crummy. I'm about to crumble!
4. Where do Pittsburghers keep their money? In a river bank!
5. What did the frozen vegetables at Giant Eagle say? Lettuce out, it's cold in here!
6. How can there be an Upper Saint Clair if there isn't a Lower Saint Clair?!
7. What is the nicest town in Pittsburgh? Friendship!
8. Knock knock. Who's there? Pierogi. Pierogi who? Knock knock. Who's there? Pierogi. Pierogi who? Knock knock. Who's there? Pierogi who? Knock knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad I didn't say Pierogi?!
9. What do lawyers wear to the Allegheny Courthouse? Lawsuits!
10. Why did the computer go to UPMC? Because it had a virus!
Please post below any Pittsburgh-themed jokes that are appropriate for children.
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
Pittsburgh Black History Month: Reading; Reasoning/Problem Solving; Speech
A fun activity to celebrate black history month Pittsburgh-style is to have your child look up on the internet famous African Americans that have called Pittsburgh home. This task is at first a reasoning/problem solving task as it requires your child to use thinking skills to navigate online search tools.
A variation on this task would be to read online biographies of people from Pittsburgh. This will give your child practice reading items outside of the classroom. If your child has difficulty pronouncing a word, then I recommend a phonological approach whereby you should cue her to "sound it out." If this doesn't work, then I recommend the "whole language" approach whereby you instruct the child to recognize the word by sight.
Another variation on this task is to have your child read out loud the biographies not for the purpose of practicing reading, but for the purpose of practicing proper articulation or stuttering strategies.
To get you started with this task, here are some famous African Americans that have called Pittsburgh home:
Lena Horne
A variation on this task would be to read online biographies of people from Pittsburgh. This will give your child practice reading items outside of the classroom. If your child has difficulty pronouncing a word, then I recommend a phonological approach whereby you should cue her to "sound it out." If this doesn't work, then I recommend the "whole language" approach whereby you instruct the child to recognize the word by sight.
Another variation on this task is to have your child read out loud the biographies not for the purpose of practicing reading, but for the purpose of practicing proper articulation or stuttering strategies.
To get you started with this task, here are some famous African Americans that have called Pittsburgh home:
Lena Horne
Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne.
Mike Tomlin
Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tomlin.
John Edgar Wideman
Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman.
Please post below additional names of prominent African Americans from the Pittsburgh area!
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