For some reason I find the obituaries in the New York Times fascinating. This week we learned that Chuck Foley, the co-creator of the game Twister,...
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Speech Therapy For Apraxia, NACD Home Speech Therapist App Review
Apraxia therapy can be challenging as it requires frequent and intensive treatment, involving repetition of sounds and syllables in a systematic...
Fairfield Library Encouraging Kids to Dig Into Summer Reading
You know I love my public library. I am always discovering new offerings besides great books there. I took one of my students to our Fairfield...
Getting Kids To Read Over the Summer
I was on vacation at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and visited one of my favorite vintage shops, "Three Gables Consignment," partly because they have a...
Summer Reading Ideas For Kids, Balloons Over Broadway
There is a freedom with the end of school for parents as well as teachers. No wonder a mom's blog, "Worst End of School Year Mom Ever," struck a...
Take The Language Play Outside This Summer
Last week I drove down the street and watched kids make up games of catch through hula hoops, ride their mini cars to fill up with gas, and take off...
Auditory Discrimination Lessons in Articulation Therapy
Soon after I get into articulation therapy with a child and they can make their error sound correctly, I find myself playing little games to improve...
What Constitutes A Good Language Toy?
I'm constantly teaching parents and toy manufacturers what constitutes a good language toy. I demonstrate good and bad options and today I want to...
Great Apps For Speech Therapy: Rainbow Sentences by Mobile Education Store
I want to share my latest experience with another outstanding app from Mobile Education Store, "Rainbow Sentences," designed to help students create...
Alphabet Anatomy: Meet The Capital Letters Teaches Kids The Alphabet
Learning the alphabet, all 26 letters, can be daunting. Some pick it up quickly through repeated exposure to educational TV shows, DVD's, books, and...
Wordless Picture Books Can Teach More Language
Last week research came out from the University of Waterloo finding that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook...
My First Day, Comparing What Animals Do On Day One
I was in an annual review yesterday for a first grader that I work with and his teacher was saying that next year they will be talking about...
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