Often I happen upon a fun activity while working with a book or game for some other purpose. I was reading Roar of a Snore by Martha Arnold with a...
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Storytelling Game for Word-Finding Language Lessons
I hope you all saw Jan Schwanke's comment on my recent blog about great games for Word-finding sessions: "The blog (she is working on a blog devoted...
Best Games to Enhance Word-Finding Speech Therapy Sessions
We all know that the more fun a speech therapy session is, the more engaged our little clients are. Some times we have to just plain work hard but...
The Pout-Pout Fish and a Sunflower Can Ease Back to School Challenges
So many picture books are aimed at first school experiences like "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten," "Kindergarten Rocks," or...
Summer Speech Practice, Let’s Make a Calendar
It's always tricky finding a way to get kids to practice between speech therapy sessions. In summer it can be especially challenging as kids take a...
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...
uKloo Riddle Edition Treasure Hunt Game Great For Fun Reading Practice
I've been visiting my grandchildren this week and several of them are learning to read. It is like magic to watch them suddenly be able to read...
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...
Teaching Math Vocabulary with New “Math Explosion” by The Young Scientists Club
When was the last time you used a "Math" game to teach language? How about today? I had a great time with first graders who I am pre-teaching...
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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