Many fun home activities that support educational and functional goals and objectives will be shared during this hour presentation. It s fun to learn and these activities prove it. Some parents and teachers have called the lessons Bags o Fun or home play . The T.A.L.K Activities focus on fostering, developing, and reinforcing communication, literacy, fine motor, readiness and social skills. More than home vocabularies, the activities are fun for all members of the family and encourage communication and skill development through play.
Communication is the umbrella over all the activities.
The use of light-tech communication boards, voice message switches, choice making, or sign language is a focus of each lesson. The simple themes make the activities easy for parents to understand and follow. For example, blowing bubbles with a grandparent may seem to be the goal of the activity, but receptive and expressive language vocabulary, sequencing, requesting, turn-taking, and commenting are also a huge part of the fun. To help parents understand the importance of helping strategies for fostering communication, six briefs have been prepared. How the T.A.L.K. Activities Help.