Take a look at the 50 speech and language goals you can target in your speech therapy sessions using this brilliant picture book by Margaret Wild.
The kids love Speech Switcheroo . They enjoyed Speech Fours . Next I decided to try to adapt the classic Old Maid card game (follow the l...
After finishing up progress reports (and about 2 trays of cookies over the holidays), it's sometimes hard to get back into the swing of things. It's a perfect time for a super lazy day activity. Do you have stairs at your school or building? It's a great way to practice drill activities. I really like it for mapping in the motor plan for /r/ when you have first established it. Here are the super complex directions. Walk to stairs. Give student articulation target word or sound. Student says target word or sound on each step as they go down and up the stairs. Because it's the New Year-and many of us have made fitness resolutions-I'll even attempt to make it a not-so-lazy activity: Walk up and down the stairs with the students. Stair-ticulation is also a great suggestion for home practice. It's an easy thing for parents to remember to practice their articulation word of the week when they are walking up the stairs.
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"Close Reading" have you heard that term?! If your district/school is working to achieve the common core standards, then they might have trained the classroom teachers/reading specialists in this term. I know in my district/building, this concept is HEAVILY promoted. What does it mean and how does this effect ...
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Speech and Language therapy provides support for so many different things, making it difficult for many people to understand what we do. With school age children, the most popular areas of need for th
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How to use a speech therapy picture scene in your sessions today! These speech therapy picture scenes for articulation can be used in...
Voice trainers at Vocal Process have created this ‘Build your own tilting larynx’ template. Such a brilliant idea for teaching the understanding of how the vocal cords wor…
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If you’ve been following Crazy Speech World’s data collection link up, you know there are a number of brilliant SLPs out there streamlining their data collection in the most efficient means possible for their particular setting. If you haven’t checked the linky party yet, do so. You may just be inspired to or can grab a […]
In a previous post, ‘Advice for SLPs Working with Mixed Speech Therapy Groups’, the challenges of working with mixed groups were addressed. Sometimes our “small” groups are not only mixed, they’re also sometimes “not so small.” In this post are suggestions for maintaining the efficiency and integrity of your sessions i
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SLPs need a variety of materials to cover all of our students goals. Have the essential visual supports for students that will help them in speech.
Are you looking for some great podcasts for speech-language pathologists? The number one question people ask me is for podcast recommendations. Since I’m a daily podcast listener (while working out, cleaning, commuting), I’ve got a few favorites. Of course, I couldn’t leave out our own podcast - SLP
I love a game of tic-tac-toe! We make a paper articulation version some days in my speech room. Today I wanted to share my great thrift store find of the month!
At times, carryover can be difficult to establish. If only we could follow our students around 24/7, reminding them to use their good speech sounds! But as my students like to say “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” So, out of necessity I needed a fresh, SIMPLE idea to encourage generalization. While wasting time on productively scanning through Pinterest, I noticed sight words printed on paper watches. Bingo! I took the idea and adapted it for speech! These watches are fun and easy! Just print out the page with your desired phoneme, have student color and cut the watch. Then loosely tape the watch to the students wrist. Now they have a visual reminder of their speech sound all day! I have found that this activity appeals mostly to PK, K, 1st and 2nd grades. It is fun and they enjoy showing off their watch to family and friends. I have created packets for the following phonemes: B, P,M F,V K,G L,L Blends, W, H Or you can purchase the Mega Bundle that includes all of the above sounds! You can find these activities and others HERE.
Of course, it wouldn't be a Casino Royale theme party without classic casino games. Set up tables for blackjack, poker and even mini-craps. For an added sense
Maximizing therapy time is so important in school based articulation therapy. Read more for a simple and effective way to make use of every minute. As soon as my kids come in for speech they know they need to grab their speech sounds off the wall and start practicing. That way they are practicing for the minute or two it takes me to get working files and materials out. These speech sound wall pockets include 5 picture cards in each pocket. The cards are color coded for word position. These speech sound pockets are great for the following reasons Used for Practice while SLP organizes Used during therapy with games Color Coded for word position (yellow = initial, pink = medial, green = final, blue = all positions, red = blends) Student responsible to get their sound card (awareness & accountability)
Yesterday was a dice-filled day. I was playing a newly created dice game (getting things together for you - stay tuned for my next post!) and my children were spending an unfortunate amount of time chasing dice around my office. I found a great dice idea on pinterest and was hopefully to be able to implement something. After fruitless searching at several stores I was still unable to find small snack containers to put the dice, and had no idea where any of the little toy machines were for the plastic bubbles. The last stop of the night was the Dollar Tree. I take a quick browse through the toy department and low and behold - there are the giant dice I've always wanted. They even had six colors. Feeling slightly pragmatic I limited myself to four - on the idea that I'd use one color at a time. Since chipper chat and other Super Duper activities have long since taught me that childern + foam dice = limited life span. 2.5 inch cubes I can't guarantee that a Dollar Tree near you will have such dice, but they typically carry similar items so it would be worth a shot to check! I finally have giant dice and am so happy! One of the other SLPs brought a big wooden dice back from a weekend trip and I have been jealous. Her giant dice may be fun, but I'm also excited that mine will be quiet! An as excited as I was about my big dice, I was feeling depressed about my lack of ability to contain the little ones. And there - right behind the Cash Register it was. A machine with Zombies in little plastic bubbles. Not only are dice contained, I've got lots of little Zombies to attach to a friends present. I ultimately want a fourth dice bubble, but I ran out of quarters for that trip. The dice slip and slide on the round inside of the container and it's actually kind of fun to shake them!
Do your students need a way to visualize what 'staying on topic' means? This activity-packed set gives fun step-by-step practice for skills needed to stay on topic and maintain a conversation! Students will experience success and have fun learning as they start with categorizing skills and build to ...
So I have been loving all the games like my "Ants In Our Pants" I posted previously. I love it when the request more educational games! I decided to create a game to use with two different targets. Introducing..."Go for the gold!" I placed all the coins into a bag or cup and students take turns picking a go ...
Have you seen the Thumball's? They are a great idea for working on language while getting the kids up and moving. I really wanted one, but already spent my therapy dollars for the year, so
This Smilies Follow Directions Worksheet is a great way for students to improve their direction reading skills. By reading and following the directions, students can draw faces on the templates. This is a fun and effective way for students to learn and practice this important skill. Smilies Follow Directions Worksheet
Yes No Questions for Speech Therapy, ESL, a great activity to target basic yes/no questions.Click here for St. Patrick's Day Yes No Questions Boom Cards. There are 10 pages to be printed on photo paper and laminated. Have the students answer the questions and circle the right answer. Use dry erase ...
I am a big proponent of using books in therapy. Literacy has been a big push recently, and I am a firm believer that you can use books to target ANY goal in therapy. Today's topic is about books--more specifically about repetitive books. Repetitive books have many benefits. They encourage participation from all students or clients. They are perfect for individual sessions and group sessions. They have a pattern, so they are easier for children to pick up on and thus participate more. I ask my clients to repeat those lines with me. I will model the line a couple of times, say "Say it with me," a few times, and then just pause the next couple of times to see if one or more of them will fill in the gap. I also use repetitive books with my clients who use AAC devices. This allows them to participate as well. I do similar things as I mentioned above. This helps encourage vocabulary, language development, and allows them to explore various folders on their devices. For articulation sessions, I choose books that have repetitive words or phrases that contain my clients' sounds. For example, if I have a child working on CH, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is perfect. Here are my top ten repetitive books for use in therapy (in no particular order): 1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle 2. We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury 3. Any of the There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a ___ books 4. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault 5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 6. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow 7. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 8. Are You My Mother? by. P. D. Eastman 9. Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle 10. Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins What are your favorite repetitive books to use in therapy?
A few weeks ago a brilliant follower on my FB page (you know who you are) commented on a story about my son and she gave me a great ...
Happy Thursday and Happy Day #4 of Articulation Week! In celebration of summer break being so close, I wanted to share a fun summer themed articulation activity (and give away a few copies too!) This is my 25 page Summer Lovin' Articulation Pack that targets the /k, g, f, l/ sounds in the initial, medial, and final position of words. I tried to target as many "summer-ish" words as possible in this packet. Here are a few examples: vacation, lake, hike, August, sea gull, hot dog, flag, fun, fish, flip flop, rainfall, lifeguard, bonfire, photograph, sun roof, waterproof, Labor Day, low tide, island, volleyball, pool, etc. The activity includes 144 flashcards but there are a million and one ways to use this pack. Here are a few ideas... -Print 2 copies and play a matching game. -Print 2 copies and play Go Fish. -Hide them around your classroom (or hotel room!) Have the kids practice the words they find. -Put out 5 cards for the kids to see. After 15 seconds take them away and have the kids try to remember the words they saw. -Have your students pick a card and practice the word 5x before they take a turn in a game. You can purchase this activity for $3.00 in my TpT store! Try to win a copy below! a Rafflecopter giveaway
Turkey Time Articulation Packet at Teachers Pay Teachers Turkey Time Articulation Packet at Teachers Notebook 50% off for the first 24 hours after posting! Gobble up this comprehensive articulation document for use in your speech therapy rooms for the whole entire month of November! It features sound practice for the initial, medial and final position of words for the sound targets of TH, G, K, and V! We also provide activities targeting phrase and sentence level productions for the initial words of the TH, G, K and V. All of these sounds are common goals for many articulation kiddos and are difficult for many children to say. Plus, they all happen to be in the tricky word of "Thanksgiving"! That is why we know that we will use this packet a lot in the next few weeks at our speech clinic leading up to Thanksgiving and are so happy that it is ready for us to share with others too! Please take a look at the pages below to read the contents and directions of this HUGE unit. It is stuffed full like a turkey! The number of worksheets, games, exercises and puzzles are much too large to list here in the description. The preview will give you a clear understanding of what is all included and what a lot of the colored and black and white pages look like. It will even explain the Thanksgiving activity that also targets other speech sounds like, B, C, P, CH, M, T, & S! Have fun with this packet everyone and have a happy and healthy holiday! We are thankful for so many things this coming Thanksgiving, and one of the biggest ones is the support that we receive from so many of our TpT & TN buyers, and blog and Facebook followers. Thank you so much for all of your comments, purchases and encouragement! You are the reason why we continue to make these holiday themed packets and why we feel so thankful for the chance to help out so many fellow speech-language pathologists and teachers! Sincerely, Manda & Shanda
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Many students on my caseload have language difficulties impacting their ability to answer simple questions — a deficit that has the potential for considerable effects on a student’s abi…
Do your students need a way to visualize what 'staying on topic' means? This activity-packed set gives fun step-by-step practice for skills needed to stay on topic and maintain a conversation! Students will experience success and have fun learning as they start with categorizing skills and build to ...
I've mentioned AJ's PECS before. PECS stands for Picture Exchange Communication System. Taken from this website, here is the easiest way to explain PECS: PECS begins by teaching an individual to give a picture of a desired item to a “communicative partner", who immediately honors the exchange as a request. At the beginning of the 2010 school year (his 2nd year in preschool) his school SLP and I decided it was time for PECS. She made him a small PECS book from a small binder (think day planner size). After asking if she had another binder the same size, I made one for him to use at home. Since I am in the middle of making him his 2nd (BIGGER) PECS book, I figured I should get these photos on here ASAP! I was thrilled to finally find the pictures on our old laptop to share with all of you! Supplies Needed: Small Binder Velcro "Rough" & "Soft" Pendaflex Poly Clear "EasyView" File Folders Cardstock or Construction Paper Computer/Word Document Laminator/Paper Cutter/Hole Punch First, eyeball how long your velcro strips will be and cut to size. Choose either the rough OR soft but make sure to cut the same "texture" for mounting on the top of the binder and each page. I chose the "rough". I used the label sheet for the folders to decide on the right size pages. Cut your folders in half first. Then cut to desired size. Make sure they fit, then hole punch. Er, it is a bit tricky to line it up. I made marks with a pen. (Make sure your binder surface is clean!) Mount your velcro on the front. And on each page. I created a table in MS Word, making sure each row/column was 2x2 inches. I inserted pictures of AJ's things and also used general images from online. I cut red pieces of cardstock 2.25x2.25 inches to back the photos. Red is the color AJ is drawn to. I ran the pictures through my laminator *NOT PICTURED* I then cut them, cut squares of "soft" velcro and placed a square on the back of each picture. Here, I've put them into categories. When we first started, they were all mixed together. And finally, here are some photos of my little man COMMUNICATING!
A few weeks ago I answered some frequently asked questions about a toddler who is slow to start talking. You can read that post here. I talked about what to expect, when to be concerned and what to expect from a speech and language therapy assessment. However, I thought today I would talk about what […]
Here is a collection of my favorite regular games turned into therapy games. I love using games in therapy and these have really added to my collection! CLICK HERE TO PRINT ALL: Printable Games
The Very Hungry Caterpillar book is just brilliant for so many reasons. Key phrases are repeated throughout, the lifecycle of a butterfly, ...
