Buzzing about Speech & Language
Effective group speech therapy activities are always hard to come by, but trying to deliver group therapy to preschoolers adds a whole new level of difficulty. Whether you are doing group therapy in your speech room or pushing into the regular class, it’s not easy. Today, let’s chat about a few tips and activities you can do with your preschoolers… Read More
Just here for the quick lesson plans? Don’t worry, I’ve got a free lesson plan template for speech therapy for ya at the bottom of the post! But if you want my best secrets for keeping up with those lesson plans, read on. The other day I left a question box on my Instagram and asked what things were most… Read More
So you purchased a new SLP planner and it’s finally ready to roll. You have your favorite pens, sticky notes, and whatever else you love using to plan. Like a fresh pot of coffee on a Sunday morning, everything is screaming shiny new start… so now, what? I don’t know about you, but I often have all the best intentions… Read More
New Year. Same me. I actually hate setting personal New Year’s resolutions or SLP New Year’s resolutions. It’s too much pressure. I always feel like a failure when I don’t meet them. BUT, there is something about the blank slate of January 1 that makes me want to go buy another planner and a few packs of flair pens. 🙂… Read More
One of the most common goals that I see in my preschoolers is identifying action verbs. This isn’t surprising. They need to understand actions before they are able to follow directions, give a command, or put sentences together. Understanding how to teach action verbs to young children can be kind of tricky. If you show your student the same picture… Read More
Looking for some easy fall speech therapy ideas? Welp, it’s that time of year. Goodbye, summer. Hello, pumpkin spice everything. It’s finally fall. Down here in the south, it means that we can actually go outside without passing out. The kids can tell the weather is nicer too and often itch to go play outside. Luckily, I’ve got 10 perfect… Read More
I remember when I met one of my preschool language students for the first time. He had just turned 3 and was transitioning to the schools from our birth to 3 program. I think a good word to describe him would be “energetic.” Admittedly, I wasn’t prepared for the energy. There was a lot of, “Look at the book. Oh,… Read More
You know how the beginning of the school year is always chaos? It’s a crazy mess of quick IEPs, make your speech therapy schedule, finding out where students are, planning, rearranging schedules, and trying to get your mindset out of summer mode. Everyone knows that the WORST part is always scheduling. Coming up with your speech therapy schedule is a… Read More
When it comes to speech therapy planning, you probably fall into one of two camps. One, you are spending hours coming up with therapy ideas and trying to keep up with meticulous planning each week. Two, you’re like, “what planning?” and just wing it each day. Well, friend, there is actually a middle ground. What if I told you that… Read More
It’s all about SLP resources and shortcuts this week! I hope you’ve enjoyed the school-based series this month! We’ve talked all about the many roles and responsibilities that SLPs have. And we even dove into a few things that I wish I would’ve known before starting in the schools. The paperwork load for SLPs is overwhelming. In this post, I… Read More
