I love it when a favorite author comes out with a new book and it is just as satisfying as the last one. Patricia Polacco delights her audiences...
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“The Junkyard Wonders” by Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco's, "The Junkyard Wonders," based on her life story, is an inspirational picture of a child's possibilities not disabilities. Young...
Figurative Language in “Atlantic”, Speech Therapy
Are you doing a lesson on figurative language? Here is a terrific book to use in Speech Therapy, the classroom or just enjoy reading it to your...
Videos in Speech Therapy for Autistic Kids
This week I used some great videos with my autistic kids. One little boy has a heightened interest in ospreys so I found a video of an osprey...
Speech Therapy Articulation Carryover for “s”
I work with a 7 year-old boy on /s/ and he is at the carryover stage of therapy. He tends to do well in structured situations but forgets his /s/ in...
Rory’s Story Cubes Has iPhone App!
If you think kids in speech therapy enjoy Rory's Story Cubes, watch them get excited about the iPhone App. Just shake your phone and the dice appear...
Newsweek Reports “Creativity Crisis” With Children
In a recent article in Newsweek, "The Creativity Crisis," it is reported that for the first time American creativity scores are declining. Children...
Playmobil’s Furnished School
Going to school has never been so much fun. As one mom said, "This is nicer than most real schools!" As we assembled Playmobil's new Furnished...
Using “Rory’s Story Cubes” in Speech Language Therapy
Many times our goal in speech therapy is for children to learn to build stories, adding details, descriptive words and generating a beginning,...
“Rory’s Story Cubes” by Gamewright
Kids love to roll dice--now they can toss nine picture cubes with clever images on each of the six sides and tell a story using the face up images....
Play “Order’s Up” in Speech Therapy
Games make speech therapy fun but carefully selected games can also advance a child's progress toward their IEP goals. "Order's Up" by Gamewright,...
“Order’s Up” for Fast Food Fun
Things are hopping at the Ring-A-Ding Diner as players compete to quickly fill their orders before their opponents do. A game of fast reactions,...
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