You need to get to know Tiggly, as they are developing fun learning apps for preschool and up. Two PAL Award winners, "Tiggly Cardtoons" and "Tiggly...
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Happy Halloween to all Blakcats and Gostes!
Happy Halloween to everyone! Hope you have fun trick-or-treating and have as safe holiday. Here was one of my treats that I found after our trip to...
5 Ways To Build Language Skills, Playing With A Puzzle
Parents don't typically consider a puzzle to be a language learning toy. Sure, it's great to build fine motor, and spacial relationship skills but...
Fun Halloween Jokes For Kids
I've heard more knock knock jokes this week while staying with my grandkids. Kids tell jokes in the cafeteria, in the hall, on the bus, at the...
Kids Inventing A Halloween Cat From Hape’s Packaging
"Do you know what happens when you make a toy? It helps the world!" That's what 6 year-old Caroline told me as she worked on her Halloween Cat toy,...
I’m Mystery Reader In The Classroom This Week
I love reading to my grandchildren and watching them learn how to read. This week I have had the opportunity to read to two of their classrooms with...
Grab the Mail for Speech Therapy
My mail delivery is getting smaller and smaller these days, comprised mostly of brochures and advertisements but even those can have a second use as...
Take the “Disney Palace Pets Royal Pet Salon” to Articulation Therapy
Wonder Forge makes such creative and engaging games for preschoolers, loaded with language learning! Their latest PAL Award winner, "Disney Palace...
Paint a Tea Set To Start Pretend Play
Parents are always asking me for the "best" toys for a certain age that encourage great play and learning. I recently heard a term I liked, "playful...
Speech Therapy Extra Credit
How many times do you arrive at the home of one of your little clients and they have done EXTRA work on their goals during the week without you...
Drawing Your Articulation Lesson
I like to draw and kids like to draw too, so we are a perfect match! Actually, I find that a fun drawing activity is perfect for articulation...
The Pout-Pout Fish and a Sunflower Can Ease Back to School Challenges
So many picture books are aimed at first school experiences like "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten," "Kindergarten Rocks," or...
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