Articulation Archives - Play on Words

Plush Book Characters Encourage Language

| 3-6 year-olds, Articulation, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Over the years I have gathered several plush book characters to introduce when reading some of my favorite picture books with kids. They naturally...

New Yale Study Teaches Kids Struggling with /r/ to Use Ultrasound Feedback

| 10 and up, Articulation

I was very excited to learn that one of my former students has qualified for participation in a study at Haskins Laboratories at Yale, offering...

Play Noodle Speedoodle for Articulation Carryover

| 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

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

| Articulation, Games, Language, play, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

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

| 3-6 year-olds, Articulation, Birth-3 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Language, Preschool, Preschool Class, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Strategies to Enhance Language

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...

Koala Capers Brings New Fun To Speech Sessions

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Articulation, Fluency, Games, Nasality, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I've already tried out some new products that I got at the Toy Fair last week. Nothing like spicing up therapy sessions with some new games in my...

What Articulation Norms Do You Use?

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Apraxia, Articulation, Elementary School Age, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

This is a great question and I often pose it to other private therapists that I meet with so I am keeping up to date with the latest. I regularly...

Practice Charts for Articulation Therapy, Try Singing

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation

Sometimes kids magically take that last step to carrying over their articulation sounds into conversation and they are ready for dismissal. Other...

Playonwords.com Named A Top Website for 2015

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Thank you to Kidmunicate, for naming playonwords.com #12 in their "Top 75 Speech Pathology Websites / Blogs for 2015" based on nominations "and...

Speech Therapy Practice in the Bathtub!

| Articulation, Nasality, Strategies to Enhance Language

Parents are a great source for topics for my blogs. As you know, I love it when they partner with me and practice at home between sessions. I always...