Tomorrow, March 2, is Read Across America Day, celebrated on Dr. Seuss' birthday! What better way to celebrate than to help a child make a book of...
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Simple Snow Stories for Speech Language Therapy
It's almost March and we are having two snowstorms out east this week. So even though I see readers requesting Spring lessons for therapy, I am...
Great Science Books to Use for Language Therapy
As speech language pathologists, we try to link the classroom curriculum with language goals. Currently I have elementary aged students who are...
Spoon People for Storytelling, Building Language in Therapy
What are "Spoon People" you ask? After over 35 years doing speech and language therapy, it is fun to invent something new that really works with...
Valentines Day Picture Books for Speech Therapy
Here are some more Valentines Day books to use in speech therapy to liven up your sessions: Love, Splat by Scotton Splat has made a special...
Valentines Day Books for Speech Therapy
It's time to talk about love, hugs and kisses and use some fun stories to work on children's speech and language goals. More books are included in...
Books to Use with Children With Autism
I am always looking for good stories that have a simple, fun story and clear illustrations to begin working on describing pictures, re-telling a...
“God is With Me Through the Night” by Julie Cantrell
After family laughs, snuggles and kisses, going to bed alone in the dark is a little scary. Reading God is With Me Through the Night, arms your...
Halloween Fun with Books, Speech Therapy
I shared some of my favorite Halloween books last week and have used them when working with kids with typically developing language as well as those...
Linking Children’s Literature To Life Builds Language Skills
Encouraging a child to link a story they've read with their life experience, builds language skills. Understanding a concept in the story such as...
Materials for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Many speech delayed children have apraxia of speech or apraxic-like characteristics: inability to consistently repeat speech models, difficulty with...
Beach Speech Therapy Materials at the Library
I use my Fairfield Public Library regularly for great books to use for therapy. Recently the children's librarian introduced me to "Little Learners...
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