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A Hands-On Natural Language
Project
The Viking Ship*
Materials:
A Glue Stick
Scissors
A
straw
A piece of cardboard stock or large index
card
Toothpicks
Playdough or Poster Gum
Directions:
Print out the
template of the Viking Ship. Use crayons or watercolors to make the
hull look like a real wooden ship. You can make the alternating sections
of the sail have different colors too. Then cut out the pieces. Make the
holes and slits (as shown on the template). Glue the fore and aft
sections together. Pierce the holes with toothpicks. Glue in the deck
section. Assemble the sail and mast and install through the hole in the
deck. Use the Poster Gum to mount your vessel onto the card (which
can be colored in to look like the ocean if you'd like it to).
*Inspired from the book titled The Up, Down, Left and Right of Giving, Writing and Following Directions by Sharon Wadle and Michael Turok. Copyright 1992 by Janelle Publications.
to the therapist: send home the following along with the finished project
The Viking Ship
A Hands-On Natural Language
Project
Dear Parent,
This is a project that can include lots of new vocabulary and interactive language. Some of the terms and concepts that might naturally appear in this activity include:
oars (and what they do); a sail (and what it does); the mast of a ship (look at pictures of other sailing ships and compare); Vikings (use a children's encyclopedia to learn about who they were and where they lived); shields (and other inventions that are used for protection); explorers and pirates
During this activity the therapist used various language facilitating techniques in order to work on the following Individual Goals:
Therapy Notes and Comments:
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