Whole group activities can be very intimating especially in a preschool setting. You have to keep the activities engaging, but not so appealing that you have difficulty maintaining order and the children learning. If the
This blog post includes ideas for 3 engaging activities for expanding utterances that you can use in your Speech Therapy sessions today!
Circle or whole-group activities can be challenging for SLPs. Here are five easy to prep, highly engaging activities for preschoolers.
Toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary students alike love using games for speech therapy! Lucky for us SLPs we often have a collection of games for speech therapy that we use. Over the years, I have collected a variety of speech therapy games and I have compiled a list of the best games for speech therapy.These games are all quick turn taking games and can be used to get a tonne of trials while targeting a variety of speech therapy goals, such as: articulation, phonology, apraxia of speech, gra
We all know how precious our time (AND MONEY) are! If you are anything like me, spending time researching the BEST deals and most essential items for your speech room and {LIFE} are basically daily things. Let’s be real…it can also be a STRUGGLE! I find myself scrolling through Amazon, running to Target dollar spot,
It can be difficult to come up with engaging and easy ideas for therapy groups. Here are my 5 suggestions for speech therapy!
We've all had 'em if you are a school-based speech-language pathologist. The challenges are real, especially as groups grow larger. And they are, with so many
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I'll let you in on a little secret - you can use ANY activity in Childhood Apraxia of Speech treatment, as long as you are getting a LOT of productions and using the Principles of Motor Learning! Books, games, toys, and songs are all appropriate activities. Read to see how you can tonne of trials during your speech therapy sessions with your preschoolers, toddlers, and kindergartens with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. If you’ve been here for a hot minute, you know that I love natural, play-based t
I can’t say this enough…I absolutely love cooking and doing hands-on activities with my preschoolers in our group speech sessions. I love it so much that I made an entire Cooking and Craft Visual Recipe Pack loaded with 50 no-cook recipes for the entire year, visual comprehension cards, data sheets, IEP goals, lesson p
Create a Math Block I can't say this enough. An effective math block will help you tremendously! It creates routine and structure that you need to make sure everyone is on task. This is what I include in my math block: Engaging Mini Lessons Math centers Independent practice visuals throughout the classroom Use A
FREE printable shape roll & color math activity for preschool and pre-k to use during small group time and shape recognition!
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Small group ideas, tips, and tricks to make small group time meaningful in your preschool, pre=k, or kindergarten classroom and a giant FREE idea list too.
Core vocabulary is an evidenced-based set of words particularly useful for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users. I've personally seen huge growth in expressive language skills of AAC users after only a few therapy sessions of instruction with core words. Core words are what make up 80% of our everyday utterances. The power of core words lies within
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As most of you know, I work with preschool aged students in a public elementary school. All of the students on my caseload are in our full-day program. The full-day preschool classes are comprised of students with autism, sensory disorders, and other developmental or medical disorders. I absolutely love this populat
See the 28 speech and language goals you can target in your speech therapy sessions using The Very Noisy Bear picture book by Nick Bland.
As a Play-Based Speech Therapist, I get asked this question all the time - "How can I use play in group sessions?"I really believe that once you have mastered using play-based speech therapy in 1:1 sessions, you can transfer those skills into a group setting. It is completely possible to use play-based therapy in a group!Before I get started, I want to define what Play-Based Therapy is and what it isn't. Play-Based Therapy does not mean doing whatever the child wants. Play-Based Therapy means us
Help your students learn how to answer wh questions with these 108 wh questions worksheets task cards. Be sure to print the wh questions poster...
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In this post, discover more than 10 easy hands-on speech crafts and learn how to use them to make speech therapy motivating and fun.
I'm halfway through the summer session and I've absolutely loved my topic for the last two weeks! I work with preschoolers with a wide range of abilities. Some are using communication devices while others are working on using subject pronouns. I was able to carry this same theme for a whole two weeks. I'm guessing you
Do you have a Zingo game? There are several different versions, and this adaptation will work with all of them: Disclaimer: Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Step 1: Turn over the tiles and write numbers on them (1-72 or however many tiles you have). Step 2: Place the tiles back in the columns, but upside down so the numbers are facing up. Step 3: Slide the slider as you normally would. Step 4: When the numbers pop out, find the corresponding numbers on your list and provide the stimuli for the students. Step 5: After answering, students can mark off the corresponding number on the bingo board, which is included in the freebie. Now for your freebie: The freebie includes: -5 bingo boards (plus a blank one) -Lists for categories, describing, and words to put in a sentence: includes 72 different stimuli items Grab your freebie here! Do you think you'll use this adaptation?
Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Over the past five and a half years I have learned a lot while working as a school-based speech-language pathologist. When I first started I created a set of homework tasks cards called Toddler Toys and felt that it was time for an update. Through the years I have realized that many of my school-age children benefit greatly from play-based speech therapy and that these cards are not just for toddlers. So, I have updated the file and compiled 15 of my favorite, most used play-based speech therapy activities. Most of these are used to increase language and pragmatic skills in younger children or children with Autism Spectrum Disorder but they can also offer articulation and fluency opportunities too. I also find that even my 1st and 2nd graders ask to play with many of these toys when they enter my speech room. If you are limited in your therapy resources, I would highly recommend having any of these items in your therapy room as they can target so many skills. I have also had good luck in finding many of the toys second hand through Facebook marketplace, consignment shops or friends who were getting rid of toys. So what do I do with each of these items? Sometimes I let my students lead us in therapy and go with whatever creative game or play they want to come up with while also indirectly targeting our speech and language goals. I am often surprised by how much we are able to target by just playing or having unstructured opportunities. But, other times I find that I need a more structured approach. I have outlined a structured approach with these homework task cards which you can download for FREE by clicking on any of the pictures in this post. These have been great to send home for homework and the feedback from my parents has been great as well. I hope this has given you some new ideas for how to incorporate play-based therapy into your practice!
Play Based Speech Therapy is my J-A-M.It breaks my heart when I hear misconceptions about Play Based Therapy - so much, that this email is allll about common myths (and the actual truth!).When I ask people why they don't use play in therapy - their reply is usually one of these myths. So let's BUST THESE MYTHS and get you playing in therapy!1) You can't take data. FALSE. There are many ways to take data!2) Before the session begins, you have no idea what you're going to do. FALSE. You still make
9 Preschool listening games that are fun and easy to play. Strengthen listening skills in a fun way in small and large groups.
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These portable Name Folders offer 4 different hands-on ways for children to practice recognizing, spelling and writing their names.
Last week we did some fun things with learning the seasons. Most of our learning came from our small group books. I use Reading A-Z, so I can make the themes fit what I want usually. And it did PERFECTLY! After a few days of really learning about seasons, we did a craft idea on an apple tree. They kids should REALLY know the apple tree, right?! So that's what I like to do. I got the picture of the tree from {THIS} post. It's a JPEG download (the link is in the comments on her blogpost). After I printed it, I just used good old fashion white out to cover the season names. They colored the tree brown, then cute apart the tree. (She has them already divided up) They put the pieces back together on the paper and then I had them label the seasons, IN ORDER. Once they had them in order (they could start with whatever season they wanted), I called them back to the table to do their painting. And now they hang in our room - and I love them! Another activity they did was to write their book of seasons. I suggested they talked about the weather, the plants, what they see..... Some were a little more detailed in their writing than others... but hey, their illustrations show me they know it! Leaf Litter!! Our phrase we learned that week from our Scholastic News. I love it! We really talked about the trees being bare in the winter.... you know, in other states besides Florida. If you want this little book, you can click {HERE} to download it. Then, to end the week. they did a "My Favorite Season" writing, where they had to write to explain why...using what they like to do, what the weather was like, what the plants did and if the days were long and hot or short and cold. And we worked on having a closing statement. They drew what they would see if they looked out their window at home. What would be going on outside?? Then, depending on which season they picked, they glued it to that color background. You can grab this activity {HERE}. Living in FL, I really like stressing about the season since we don't really have seasons here. That is the one of the FEW downfalls of living in FL.
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A couple weeks back, we had our farm theme in PreK. One of the books I used was "Sheep In A Jeep" by Nancy Shaw (Amazon link here). While I was researching ideas on Pinterest (where else?) to use with this book, I saw this craft, which inspired this idea to make a jeep to use in speech to go along with the book! How cute did this turn out?! To make the jeep, just take a rectangular box and cover it with red paper (mine is covered with bulletin board paper that we have in the staff workroom at school). Fold all the flaps down except for one in the front for the "windshield." The wheels & everything else are just made from black & gray construction paper. What did we use it for? I used it for a beanbag toss with different farm animals. The sheep went driving and picked up his farm animal buddies along the way :) Here is a board from Boardmaker Share you can download for farm animal pictures. Some different ways I used it: Vocabulary: I used this to work on farm animal vocabulary. A lot of my kiddos can't name very many farm animals! The kids had to pick a beanbag and name the animal on it before throwing it into the jeep. You could also target this receptively with two or three beanbags out at a time, and tell them to "Find the sheep" or "Find the pig" before tossing in a beanbag. EET/Describing: For my older preschoolers working on describing (older 5s going into kindergarten next year), I had them pick a beanbag and describe the animal on it before tossing it in. Inferencing: This goes along with the vocabulary piece, but for some kids with basic inferencing goals (ie naming items when they are described), I described an animal and they had to guess which one it was. After they guessed, they found that beanbag and tossed it in. Increasing MLU: We worked on combining 3 words together while tossing the animals in.. "Pig goes in" "Horse goes in" or "Pick up sheep" "Pick up goat" etc... You could also use "Take out (animal)" when taking the beanbags out of the jeep! Articulation: I used this as a general reinforcer for my artic kiddos. They got to toss in a beanbag as they practiced their speech words. As you can see, there are a lot of different ways to use this activity.. and I am all about adapting an activity to target a variety of different goals! The kids really liked getting to stand up and move around a bit during speech-- their little bodies can't stay still for long! What are some of your favorite activities to use with Sheep in a Jeep? I'm always looking for new ideas!
There are so many fun speech therapy activities that you can use to target r in articulation therapy. All of these activities are full of the r sound! This makes it so easy to get a tonne of trials during play. I have listed some of of my favorite games, toys, songs, and books that you can use in your speech sound therapy sessions. I have even included an r word lists that you can use with a huge variety of therapy activities! GAME IDEASAll of these games have a bunch of naturally occurring r wo
We are constantly working with our students trying to get them to keep the conversation going. For many students, starting the conversation can be challenging. Many students require prompting in order to talk to their peers. Whether it is working with a group on a project in class, sitting at lunch, or at ...
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