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Heads Up App Great for Speech Therapy
I never know where I am going to get a new idea for speech therapy. Yesterday, my cousin Martha came by with her two grandchildren, ages 7 and 5,...
Play Your Way Back To School
Anticipating the start of a new school year is both exciting and daunting. As a parent and school speech therapist, I always felt the promise of a...
Co-Creator of Game, Twister, Died
For some reason I find the obituaries in the New York Times fascinating. This week we learned that Chuck Foley, the co-creator of the game Twister,...
Speech Therapy For Apraxia, NACD Home Speech Therapist App Review
Apraxia therapy can be challenging as it requires frequent and intensive treatment, involving repetition of sounds and syllables in a systematic...
Fairfield Library Encouraging Kids to Dig Into Summer Reading
You know I love my public library. I am always discovering new offerings besides great books there. I took one of my students to our Fairfield...
Getting Kids To Read Over the Summer
I was on vacation at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and visited one of my favorite vintage shops, "Three Gables Consignment," partly because they have a...
Break Out Summer Learning With a MoonScope, Microscope or AquaScope
Thanks to Bob Artemenko for today's guest blog. Bob is the other half of our PAL Award team, CMO, as well as a pilot and star gazer. Of all the...
Great Apps For Speech Therapy: Rainbow Sentences by Mobile Education Store
I want to share my latest experience with another outstanding app from Mobile Education Store, "Rainbow Sentences," designed to help students create...
PAL Award Winners on NBC CT Yesterday
I enjoyed my interview on NBC CT yesterday. It is always fascinating to watch their news hour produced. It's much like an 8 ring circus if there is...
Lesson Plans for Screen-Free Week: Pretend, Play, Talk
Turn off the TV? Set aside the iPad? Give up video games? That’s just what millions of people will be doing April 29-May 5 as they turn off screens...
Lessons To Build Conversation in Speech Therapy
Some of my favorite therapy lessons are spontaneous, based on materials I discover when I arrive at a house. Today I was greeted by a first grader...
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