Working in the public school system is always a challenge when it come to holidays. As speech pathologists we want to talk about the appropriate vocabulary and culturally appropriate experiences children participate within their homes and communities. However, in this day and age, political correctness (and in my humble opinion over sensitivity to these matters) […]
I have several different vocal abuse behaviors checklists and they all have different behaviors listed. However, I wanted a checklist that was fairly comprehensive including all of these behaviors in one, so I took matters in my own hands, made one myself the way I wanted it to look, added my own rating system and […]
The “terrible twos” and what I like to call “horrendous threes” seem to be that time when our children are trying to determine their role as an individual in our families. Temper tantrums are part of everyday life. So it is not unusual for us to hear crying, screaming and yelling in our homes at […]
Initial sound ID game I make for one of my kiddos who tends to omit sounds in the initial and final word positions. Once I started working on phonological awareness tasks, his ability to discriminate between correct and incorrect speech productions and his ability to correct his own productions has improved significantly. We must remember […]
Last spring I was on a search for a home, faith based preschool program that I could do at home with my son. Although, I knew I was going to send him to PK 2 mornings a week this fall (yes, it started this week…sniffle!), I wanted something I could do to supplement what he […]
I have been working with preschool age children with speech and language deficits for many years now and I have found, for me, the most effective way to improve language skills and receptive and expressive vocabulary is to do so using themes in my speech therapy! If you look at a typical preschool program, they […]
Speech Room News is hosting her Love It & List It linky on Organization this month, so I though I’d share with you how I organize my materials too. I know many of you following these blogs are school SLPs but I thought for those of you who are hoping to moonlight with your own […]
It’s that time again….Labor Day is quickly approaching so I thought I’d make a fun phonological awareness game for my kiddos. Found these super cute stars and stripes capital letters at From the Pond so I made the following fun CVC sheets that can be used to target the follow skills: Sound/letter (phoneme/grapheme) identification Create word […]
This is one of my favorite holiday therapy activities! Cookie Cutter Playdough is so simple and cheap to do. As play dough is a staple in most therapy supply closets AND homes for young children, whether you are a parent or therapist this is a super easy activity to do to work on any speech […]
Here is a simple farm animal guessing game I made for language delayed kiddos. It is great for working on categories, attributes, inferencing skills, vocabulary and so much more.This packet includes 8 basic farm animal pictures and 8 farm animal description cards. You can use this packet in many different ways. Here are just a […]
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