Early Intervention: Magnets
Magnet Uses for Young Children:
1. Expressive Language
-Can be used to communicate wants and needs such as “I want”, “I need”, and “more please”.
-Can be used to identify/say common objects such as food, colors, animals, and numbers.
2. Receptive Language
-Identifying spatial concepts such as in front of, behind, above, below, inside, outside, and beside. For example, instructing the child to point to or move the cow above the giraffe.
-Can be used to point to common objects such as food, colors, animals, and numbers.
-Allow child to follow directions (1-step or 2-step) such as instructing child to put items away.
3. Articulation
-Can be used to practice CVC sounds/words such as “cat”, “bat”, “dog”, “cow”, and “mat”.