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...
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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...
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...
The Ant and the Grasshopper, A Lesson in Descriptive Language for Speech Therapy
Readers are drawn into the vibrant collage of colors on the first page of The Ant and the Grasshopper, "Somewhere on the boulevard of backyards an...
Penguin and Pinecone, A Friendship Lesson For Speech Therapy
I love Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon for language lessons because of its simplicity in storyline and illustrations which leaves a lot to talk...
Language Lesson Making Comparisons “What If You Had Animal Teeth?”
"What If You Had Animal Teeth?" by Sandra Markle has the right combination of goofy comparisons, outrageous illustrations and fascinating animal...
Up! Tall! and High! New PAL Winner For Beginning Reading and Sounds
Any parent who has proudly sat through their child's first attempts at reading a book, can relate to how boring some of the early readers are. It...
Review of My Toddler Talks: Strategies and Activities to Promote Your Child’s Language Development
Today I welcome speech language pathologist, Kimberly Scanlon, as my guest blogger, author of My Toddler Talks: Strategies and Activities to Promote...
Reading Picture Detail to Understand the Story
I am fortunate to consult as a part of a public school team of professionals who work with one of my clients on the autism spectrum. Recently, his...
Wordless Books for Speech Therapy
I love to find good wordless books to use in speech therapy. I can use them for most anything--storytelling, description, specific grammar goals...
Launching Spike the Mixed-Up Monster and Friends
One of the delightful perks of my job is meeting some amazingly creative people from game inventors to book authors. Susan Hood contacted me about...
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