Re-purposing and Recycling Holiday Debris
As we move into the last week before winter break, I wanted to offer a few reminders about items you might want to save to
Category: Articulation
Using Wind-up Toys in Speech (Beyond “More”)
Wind-up toys and speech therapy go together like peanut butter and jelly (or chocolate and wine, depending on your leanings). But often therapists who see
Sweet Gingerbread Activities for Speech and Language
Gingerbread themed activities in the speech room allow you to incorporate a seasonal theme in December that isn’t holiday specific. In my room, I’ve planned
Tossing Games: A List of Seasonal Ideas
One of the easiest activities to have going in your room year-round is tossing games. Open-ended reinforcement for any skill, I use tossing games on
6 Ideas for Engaging Older Speech Students
Blogs and Pinterest are loaded with adorable ideas for sensory bins and games targeting our preschool and elementary aged kiddos, but what about those older
Why Not a Worksheet?
You know what (teachers and) SLPs love about worksheets? You print and go. There’s no mess. Plus, you have something to send home to show,
Highly Unintelligible Students
I’ve got a few students that sound pretty good in single words, but listen to them in conversation and you’re left scratching your head. Ugh.
Powering Through
This is such a tough time of the year to power through. The weather is gross. The kids are antsy from being indoors too much
Winging It
I was scrolling through my social media feeds the other day and a few comments caught my eye. The gist was with so much paperwork
Claw Machine Articulation and Phonemic Awareness Skills
The teachers I work with really get the relationship between articulation and phonemic awareness skills and that our students who struggle with articulation are at
Paper Chains for Articulation
Back in December, I made paper chains with my kiddos working on articulation. I brought the strips in and, in typical harried December fashion, wrote
The Case for Obscure Vocabulary
I work with lots of students on their articulation. Some have language needs as well, but many don’t (although, by in large, all my artic
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