Buzzing about Speech & Language
My student stared at me across the kidney table with big brown eyes. I recognized the blank look. We had read a passage together, and now I was asking him questions about what we read. We needed to back it on up a step. I took out a shorter passage that included a visual picture. We read it and referenced… Read More
Give me all the sunshine and bunnies and eggs and flowers…and maybe a few Easter books for my speech therapy sessions. I love when the weather starts to warm and the humidity starts to drop around here. But I know when that happens, the kids get antsy and I get busy. They can feel summer coming and so can the… Read More
When I first started working, I only did speech therapy theme activities around Christmas time. There was no Instagram back then, so my therapy ideas came from the Super Duper catalog and things I made on my own. It wasn’t until I got connected to the broader SLP world that I realized the magic of using themes. It seriously cut… Read More
What’s your favorite way to drill? We all know that it’s important to get as many correct trials per session as you can during articulation therapy. If you’re looking for something quick and easy to pull out when you’ve got 3 IEP meetings, progress reports are due, and things are just plain crazy, I’ve got you covered with this free… Read More
In the times we’re living in, doing speech therapy across a screen has become the norm. And it can be super TOUGH to keep students engaged virtually. If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried all the dog and pony shows. But you mostly just get a lot of blank stares, leaving their chair, closing the computer, or playing with their… Read More
If you’ve been following along for a bit, you may know that I love a good theme! It makes planning so much easier. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to incorporate themed fluency therapy ideas. Like, how are we supposed to provide good fluency therapy while keeping our seasonal theme for the week? Well, I’ve 10 ways you can do just that! … Read More
I love using crafts and anything hands-on in my speech therapy sessions. They’re engaging, easy to use, and you can target so many goals with them. Let me share a few of my favorite tips for using speech therapy crafts to target practically any goal. First, let’s talk about a few types of crafts that are great for implementing into… Read More
I think I’ve made approximately 579 different speech therapy data sheets in my career. Taking data is a beast…especially in the schools. But it’s something we ALL have to do. No matter how many times I revamp it, I always feel like I can somehow make it easier. And (#realtalk) I wish I could tell you that I’ve finally found… Read More
When planning my for my therapy sessions, I always find myself googling speech and language books for different goals and themes. I’m a book therapy kind of girl, and I probably use them in every single session no matter the age of the student. In order to keep track of all the speech and language books that I was finding,… Read More
At the beginning of January, when we’re all picking ourselves off the couch and drudging back to work, the last thing we want to do is plan for therapy. We wish someone would just wave a magic wand and give us some quick and easy winter speech therapy ideas that keep the kids engaged. Well, friend. I’m here for you…. Read More
