I love to use great picture books when doing language therapy so I wanted to share a few that have been rich for teaching certain language goals for...
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Back to School Tips for Successful Speech Therapy
Having worked in the public and private schools for over 20 years, and now in private practice, I still feel like I am going back to school in...
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...
Build Language at Stepping Stones Museum, CT
I had heard nothing but fantastic reviews from parents about the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, CT. A visit from my one and a half...
Speech Therapists Back to School
There is something exciting about the start of school each year--the opportunity to start afresh, take a new look at old challenges, start with kids...
Speech Word Finding Activities
I work with some children who have word-finding difficulties and sometimes it is hard to find fun activities to reinforce vocabulary within...
Creative Play with Autistic Kids
When I arrived at the home of one of the kids I work with who is on the Autism Spectrum, I saw a long tunnel he had made out of cardboard blocks...
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...
“ChickyBoom” Game for Speech Language Therapy
Blue Orange Games, known for their "hot games for a cool planet," continue to invent clever games for kids that are friendly to our environment....
“Gobblet Gobblers” Game for Speech Language Therapy
Good board games require quick turns and lots of thinking. "Gobblet Gobblers" is a perfect beginning game of strategy utilizing visual-spacial...
“Gobblet Gobblers” by Blue Orange Games
Assemble your tic-tac-toe grid and off you go with a chance to place three of your gobblers in a row to win. With each turn, players can add a new...
“ChickyBoom” by Blue Orange Games
Chicks have come to roost on their favorite perch, performing a balancing act on thick bales of hay and slim wagon wheels. Plump Mom and baby...
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