Teaching Prepositions

So back to play based therapy. And how it’s not something that always comes naturally to me. I’m working on it though! Just last week, I was working on prepositions with a kindergarten student. I grabbed some items from the play area of the classroom (pot, chair, table, cookies with detachable frosting) and we got to work. I was able to work on following directions, plus “in, on, under.” We put the frosting ON the cookie, put the cookie IN the pot, ON the chair, ON the table, and UNDER the table. It was fun and my student really seemed to pick up the concepts by the end of the session.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading about how to do play based therapy correctly. Here are some resources that I’ve found helpful:

Planning A Play Based Therapy Session from the ASHA Leader

Article on Speechpathology.com about play based therapy 

It is important to balance play with  more structured activities! Of course, one approach does not fit all students either. I was happy that this worked well for teaching prepositions, as they can be somewhat difficult for students to grasp at first.