Buzzing about Speech & Language
Let’s talk about some easy goal setting activities for students! We know that every student who walks through the door of our speech room has a communication goal… or two or five. From the student’s perspective, their goals aren’t always clear to them. Many think they’re coming to speech to play. As adults, we often set goals for ourselves like… 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
If you’re navigating this holiday season from across the screen, you might be craving those vacation days right about now. Keeping a student engaged virtually this time of year is like trying to catch a caffeinated squirrel. So how about some free holiday ideas for teletherapy? Let’s bump up that engagement in therapy with some fun activities. Check out these… Read More
It’s February. The beginning of the slow downhill slope to the end of the school year. However, my kids are anything but slow-moving these days. Lately they’ve been being little turkeys – constantly “forgetting” the rules, interrupting one another, and speaking not-so-kindly to their friends. And it’s not just my pragmatic kids, y’all. Mid-year they are all a little too… Read More
You know that feeling when you are giving the CELF to a student and you get to the formulating sentences subtest? It’s a mixture of dread and curiosity for me. That subtest is not my favorite because sometimes scoring can be subjective, plus it takes forever. But I’m always curious at how my student will perform. It gives a great… Read More
We’ve been decking the halls in speech this month! From gingerbread men to Christmas trees, we’ve been busy! I always like to start off December with a gingerbread unit. The kids love it, and it never seems to get old. A few of my favorite gingerbread books are: The Gingerbread Man (always a classic) Gingerbread Pirates – I found a… 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
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
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
