As I am working with several elementary aged kids, I am planning my lessons around their poetry units associated with National Poetry Month. When I...
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Using “What’s Wrong?” Games in Speech Therapy
This week we used a student’s Easter card for some fun carryover as my student is working on overall precision, “moving his mouth” as well as...
Mixing Puzzles and Playdoh in Speech Therapy Activities
Everyone has challenging preschoolers to work with who go through your therapy bag of activities quickly and you scratch your head trying to find...
Using Ravensburger’s New ABC Puzzle in Language Lesson
As a parents and educators, we are always looking for ways to make learning the ABC's fun. Add in a Ravensburger puzzle and kids are learning while...
Easter Fun for The Grandchildren
I hope everyone had a wonder Easter and Passover this past weekend! We were excited to have one of our sons and his wife and twin 2 year-olds and 4...
Plush Book Characters Encourage Language
Over the years I have gathered several plush book characters to introduce when reading some of my favorite picture books with kids. They naturally...
Out of props? Grab the Playdoh
Speaking of snow, I had a great time yesterday working with a 4 year-old child on the autism spectrum on generating novel descriptions and dialogue...
Decorating for St. Patrick’s Day
Once again, I started my therapy session and it took off in a new direction. I had been to the grocery story before work and passed a grocery cart...
Play Noodle Speedoodle for Articulation Carryover
I have stacks of great games, as you can imagine, but as kids get older, I need some for 8 and up to challenge my students and keep them interested....
A Week of Firsts in Speech Therapy
As I look back at my week, I had several "firsts" as I went from home to home doing speech therapy. Yesterday, a 6 year-old I saw for the first time...
Splat the Cat Lesson Plan for Preschoolers in Speech Therapy
This winter just never seems to end (we're home AGAIN with schools closed and this beautiful fluffy stuff coming down all day), so the opportunity...
Using YOXO Construction to Liven Up Speech Therapy Sessions
I got a "Wow," and "Can I keep that?" just by taking the YOXObot Orig out of my therapy bag. My friend is working on his articulation goals and we...
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