Buzzing about Speech & Language
Last week was all about Thanksgiving in my speech room. I thought I’d share a Target dollar spot find with you that my kids had a blast with! This came in one big roll of Thanksgiving fun. I separated it out and made a couple rows, since my speech room wasn’t big enough to spread the whole thing out! We… Read More
Do you have the post-ASHA blues? Or are you a little blue that you didn’t get to go to Orlando and join in the fun? If you’ve been following our hashtag #SLPbloggers on Facebook or Insta, you may have seen lots of fun pics and posts of our time at ASHA. Here’s a little recap, so you can re-live the… Read More
Wow, it’s finally here! Tomorrow SLPs from all over the country will be traveling to the great city of Orlando for an amazing time of learning, collaborating, venting, exploring, chatting, and more. Guess who’s going to be a part of it this year? Me! I’m super pumped to be co-hosting a blogger booth with my oh-so-fab bloggy friends. So pretty… Read More
Smarty Ears has recently released a new app called Verb Quest. It’s cute, kid-friendly, and has a fun witch theme. So many of my students have difficulty understanding verbs. Having an app that targets verbs specifically is great for addressing these skills and collecting good data. Check it out! Tap “play” on the home screen to get started and add… Read More
When I’m in and out of classrooms on my school campus, I see lots of things like this. And this. And this. We are all about criteria here. Teachers are constantly being encouraged to have students self-assess and give feedback on how they are performing. If they have a clear cut goal and know what they need to do in… Read More
Today is Monday and I’m not at work! I’m sitting on my couch and enjoying a nice cup of tea on this muggy October day. It’s fall break down here, so we get a couple of days to recoup and rest and gear up for the crazy school days ahead. Fortunately for me, this means I get a little time… Read More
Aaaarrgh! It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day on Friday, September 19th! We’ve been breaking out all things pirate in the speech room this week. I’ve even drummed up a little open ended freebie for you that can accompany any card deck or target skill. You can play this game using the enclosed coin squares OR use your own plastic coins/candy… Read More
Have you heard of Stitch Fix? It’s a fun little secret that I’d been thinking about trying for a while. My roommate finally talked me into it, and now I’m hooked! It’s perfect for the busy yet fashionable SLP. Here’s how it works:1. Sign up for Stitch Fix on their website. Use my referral link if you want! They’ll have… Read More
It’s that time again! We get to showcase some of our favorite feedback and give a little bit back to those of you who take the time to leave some sweet and thoughtful comments about your purchases! Be sure to click on the image below to go to over Speech Peeps. That way you can check out all the blogs… Read More
This year has probably been my busiest, craziest, most hectic beginning of the year I’ve ever experienced in all my 8 years of being an SLP. I feel like I’m being pulled in five directions and have redone my schedule five thousand times. The last thing I have time to do is spend a lot of time planning, which is… Read More
