Today’s spotlight guest blog comes from the clever Abby over at Schoolhouse Talk! If you haven’t read her blog, I’d recommend you head on over there and check it out. She has some novel and fun speech therapy ideas and this guest blog is no exception! Check out all of her links at the bottom […]
Speech Skills in Conversation This week’s spotlight series will feature Tracy from Gold Country SLP tips for speech skills in conversation! Thank you so much Tracy for sharing your tips and speech wisdom with us! Want to follow Tracy? Check out her links at the bottom of this blog post! In the world of […]
I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day and I also love using pictures for my articulation kiddos (as most of my kiddos are non-readers). But to make this activity I really couldn’t fit pictures into the small spots above so I wrote words. I decided to use words from Webber’s Jumbo Articulation Drill Book because I’m pretty […]
Data Collection is probably the most difficult thing to master when participating in pretend play with our clients/students/children. How can we PROVE that progress has been made? **Picture courtesy of onestepahead.com** Here are a few things we need to think about first: 1. Baseline skills: the most imporant thing to do prior to determining appropriate […]
Pretend play is crucial for a child’s cognitive, communication and social development. But how can we as SLPs and parents use this activity to target specific language goals? There are a few rules to follow when using pretend play to target specific goals: 1. Choose interesting materials: If your child is not interested in the materials you […]
I was at the Dollar Tree in early September and look at what I found?!! Some great Halloween/ dress up goodies for…well you guessed it, $1 a piece! Look at the wonderful pretend play outfits I found for a total of $6 (plus tax)! Pretend play is sometimes overlooked in the Speech Pathology world because we are trained to “make the […]
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