With two of my grandchildren discovering the joy of reading in this kindergarten year, I am especially tuned in to fun, new picture books with...
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Let’s Teach “She” and “He”
More on yesterday's topic of teaching personal pronouns to preschoolers. I had a session today with my little girl who is also working on he/she and...
How Do You Teach Pronouns to a Preschooler?
As you know, I enjoyed speaking to masters students in speech pathology at Northwestern University about a week ago. I really like to share ideas on...
Use a Puzzle with Surprise Flaps to Spark Up Speech Therapy Lessons
My readers know how much I enjoy using a great puzzle in speech therapy. Puzzles can be used at a very basic level of adding a piece after a child...
“Finger Peeps” Puppets Can Build Language in Speech Therapy
I have shared several “Artzooka” make-and-play kits by Wooky Entertainment. They are colorful, fun, creative and fairly simple to assemble for...
Best New Toys to Develop Speech and Language
It's spring--I think! New flowers, new buds, and new toys. I have tested so many new products for the PAL Award in these past few weeks that I want...
Spring, Time To Grow Language With New PAL Award Winners
Crocuses popping up, dogwoods blooming and peepers whistling in the neighborhood pond remind me that spring has arrived and the landscape is alive...
Happy Easter With Jan Brett’s “The Easter Egg”
Happy Easter and Passover to all! The rain has cancelled our Easter egg hunt but that means we have had a morning reading books from Chima and Lego...
Encouraging Early Readers Over the Summer
We just returned from a trip to Barnes and Noble with 3 of our grandchildren and we had our usual fun outing reading new and classic picture books...
Articulation Therapy When You Forget Your Word Lists
Today was one of those days when I was packing up so many items for each child I was seeing in the afternoon that I forgot my iPad or word lists for...
Bringing Science Into Speech Therapy
STEM is hot right now as we put the spotlight on science, technology, engineering and math. What is exciting to me is that language is right in the...
Best New Games for Speech Therapy
Wow I realized I was a little quiet in the blogging area last week as I was buried in reviewing new toys and games for the PAL Award. It was...
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