I have shared several “Artzooka” make-and-play kits by Wooky Entertainment. They are colorful, fun, creative and fairly simple to assemble for...
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Teaching Northwestern University SLP’s How To Choose Best Toys
Last Friday I had the privilege of speaking at my alma mater, Northwestern University to their first year masters degree students in speech...
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...
Speech Therapy with Playdoh
Lately I have been reminded to follow the interests of the children I am working with--almost to an extreme! My little 2 year-old friend starts...
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...
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...
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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