{"id":148,"date":"2014-06-09T19:05:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-06-09T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T23:08:51","slug":"summer-speech-fun-sand-dough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Summer Speech Fun: Sand Dough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Welcome to the first post in a series about ideas for fun summer activities and how to tie in speech\/language skills to your summer fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hopefully this summer will be full of sunny beach days! But, for those times that Mother Nature doesn\u2019t cooperate, it is a good idea to have some ideas for some indoor fun up your sleeve.\u00a0 In my house, a go-to inside summer fun activity is Sand Dough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" alt=\"003\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/003-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/003-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/003-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/003-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Recipe: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>4 cups of sand (we used beach sand) <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>3 cups of flour<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 \u00bc cups of warm water<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00bc cup of oil <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" alt=\"004\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/004-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/004-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/004-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/004-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Mix all of the ingredients together and knead until dough forms.\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-151\" alt=\"006\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/006-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/006-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/006-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/006-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>*After we mixed the initial recipe together we added a little more sand\/flour to make the consistency a little bit less sticky. <\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-152\" alt=\"010\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/010-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/010-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/010-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/010-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once the dough is formed it\u2019s time to play!\u00a0 We found some beach rocks and small beach toys to use with the dough.\u00a0 My daughter enjoyed playing with her sand dough all week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154 aligncenter\" alt=\"017\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/017-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/017-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/017-685x1024.jpg 685w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/017-624x932.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-153 aligncenter\" alt=\"013\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/013-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/013-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/013-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/013-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>How to tie in speech\/language skills: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li>Work on following directions while mixing the ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Use describing words to talk about how the ingredients feel and how the sand dough feels (sticky, wet, dry, etc\u2026).<\/li>\n<li>Roll the sand dough out and use your fingers to draw shapes and letters with your child<\/li>\n<li>Hide things in the sand dough and let your child dig to find the treasures \u2013 then talk about what your child found<\/li>\n<li>Roll the sand dough into various size balls and talk about the different sizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" alt=\"018\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/018-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/018-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/018-685x1024.jpg 685w, http:\/\/goldenspeechtherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/018-624x932.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I hope you enjoy this fun summer activity and can to tie in speech\/language skills to your summer adventures!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first post in a series about ideas for fun summer activities and how to tie in speech\/language skills to your summer fun! Hopefully this summer will be full of sunny beach days! 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