Buzzing about Speech & Language
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
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
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
Welcome to the Better Hearing & Speech Month Blog Hop! To celebrate BHSM, my bloggy friends and I created some informative and fun posts to increase awareness and chat about some of the topics in our fabulous field. 🙂 So grab a cup of coffee (or tea, if that’s your thing) and settle down to hop through the blogs and… Read More
Well hello there. Sorry I’ve been suuuper MIA lately. Drama on the home front, but hopefully I can now get back to some bloggy fun! Earth Day is this week, and since I’m on spring break right now, we’ll be celebrating it all next week in therapy. In case you’re in my same boat, I’ve got some fun Earth… Read More
Happy President’s day! Did you have to go to school today like I did? Or were you one of the lucky ones that got a little break? Weeelll, I kicked off a week of President’s day themed activities today! Here’s what’s up my sleeve for this week. My President’s Day Speech and Language Packet! This packet is coming in so… Read More
I love apps that I can use to target multiple goals at once, and the new Language Trainer app by Smarty Ears doesn’t disappoint. Disclaimer: Though I was provided a copy of this app, the opinions and views are all mine. P.S. I’m also giving away a free copy of this app! Scroll to the bottom to enter the raffle!… Read More
Well hello there! I’ve been taking a little break from cyberspace lately for some much needed R&R and family time. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas! This year my sisters and I had some professional photos taken for my mom. Long story short she LOVED them and even shed a few tears when she opened up… Read More
Do you ever just need to gather some quick data? Usually around progress report time or when I go to write a new IEP, I want to make sure and probe my kiddos to get the most current data on them. Soooo I developed these quick probes to help me with my little ones. They have been a big help,… Read More
Joining up with Speech Room News today and sharing some of my favorite language apps to use in therapy. Here are the apps that I’ve used and liked the most (in no particular order): 1. Language Empires – This app is really good for groups. It targets 8 different goals such as figurative language, vocabulary, predicting, sequencing, inferencing, and how/which/why questions…. Read More
