Buzzing about Speech & Language
A friend of mine’s little girl in crazy about pirates! I think this is too cute, since not many little girls I know are into them. She had a pirate birthday party, dresses up like a pirate all the time, and even tries to talk like a pirate. SO funny! Even though there are lots of A-Mazing and fun speechie… Read More
Put down your mouse…step away from your computer…and head over to Target dollar spot! They have the cutest Halloween and Thanksgiving goodies right now. Look at these adorable boxes that I snagged! Cute right?! I’m using them as containers to go with my latest TPT game: Halloween Following Directions/Reinforcement. 🙂 I love it when I can do multiple things with… Read More
So how many of you played Monster Mash when you were little? I definitely did! If you need a refresher, check out THIS not-so-great quality commercial from the 80s. Haha. It was a bunch of matching, slapping, monster fun! When I came across this adorable monster clipart, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it… make an articulation version… Read More
¿Sabían ustedes que puedo hablar en español? Yes, I can speak some Spanish. I actually teach Spanish classes as a side job. Well, when the higher ups at work found out, I was delegated as the official Spanish tester of all our sweet hispanic kiddos with communication concerns. So sometimes I get to go to different schools and screen them,… Read More
Have y’all grabbed the free Hungry Hungry Hippo app for your iPad yet? It’s super cute. My kiddos have a blast with it. However, one of the difficult aspects of using an iPad game just for reinforcement is that I don’t feel like I’m maximizing my therapy time. Every time I hand it over to the students to play, I’m thinking “that’s… Read More
So in our parish, we do full inclusion. That means I see all my language kids in the regular classroom, usually in ELA. NO language pull-out groups! As therapists we really have to think outside the box to come up with activities and lessons that will address their language goals in the regular classroom setting. Last week, my 4th grade language kids were working… Read More
