Buzzing about Speech & Language
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
Give me all the cute monsters and silly skeletons. I love using themed books in therapy as much as the next SLP. But, choosing the right book for your specific student is important. Here’s what I always ask myself when choosing books for my groups or individual students: Is it developmental age appropriate? (not just chronological age appropriate) Will it… Read More
Happy fall, y’all. I’ve got my PSL in hand (#basic) and wearing my fall colors and pretending that this Louisiana weather isn’t still scorching hot. At least it’s officially fall in my speech room. How about yours? I’ve pulled out all the fun fall activities for my articulation and language kids, and they are loving it. Sometimes, though, it’s difficult… Read More
Many of my poor language disordered students have such difficulty telling stories. I’m sure that’s no surprise to you. Narrative skills are not usually the strong suit of someone with language learning problems. They often lack structure, vocabulary, and understanding of overall language. Needless to say, we work a lot with stories and books in our speech room. My newest… Read More
Shark week in the middle of the back-to-school hoo-rah? I say that’s a win! This week we’re celebrating a belated shark week in speech and you HAVE to check out all of our fun! First, we’re tying together our back-to-school theme with sharks by reading Don’t Eat the Teacher by Nick Ward. This book is super cute about a shark who… Read More
So I am totally one of those people with great organizational ambitions. At the beginning of the school year everything is nice and neat and organized. As the year moves along, piles begin to form and papers begin to stack up. I look around and things are a little out of place aren’t so organized anymore pretty much a wreck. This… Read More
It’s no secret that I love browsing around on Pinterest. I admit that I probably spend way too much time there, but there are just SOOOO many cool finds! If it’s used for educational purposes, can I justify all the hours I spend clicking around? (Please say yes lol) I thought I’d share a few things I’ve come across with… Read More
It’s Dr. Seuss week at my school! Love me some Cat in the Hat and One Fish Two Fish! Sharing these silly rhymes, crazy words, and funny pictures with my students just makes me happy. Check out what we’ve been doing in my speech room this week. On Monday, one of my very fabulous preschool teachers gave me this cute… Read More
Ok everyone…get excited! This post is going to be a little lengthy but AMAZING! I’ve got some fabulous bloggers ready to share their favorite toys, games, or activities that they have found useful when working with preschoolers. Today we’ll be hearing from Carrie’s Speech Corner, Speech Room News, Communication Station, Let’s Talk SLP, and [simply speech]! Can’t wait to take… Read More
With all of this rainy, dreary weather the kids have had horrible cabin fever! Poor things… they haven’t been able to play outside and get their energy out in over a week. I’ve felt bad pulling them from PE, since that’s really the only time they have to do some motor movements and get some exercise. I remembered seeing THIS… Read More