Therapy on an iphone.
No. Not that kind. The speech kind. 😉 I confess, I love my semi-iphone* more and more every day. *I inherited my mother’s disabled phone when she upgraded to the 3GS. So I have the…
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It should have been made with unicorn hair
Several weeks ago The Flash came to me in tears. (This needs to be read in the whiniest voice possible) “Mommmmmmmmy… you aren’t going to the school auction so you aren’t going to buy the…
Auctionable Cookies. Month 11.
Yes, I really did wait until the last day of the month to deliver this month’s cookies to the auction winner. Yes, I did fall back to an old favorite because I was stumped for…
Auctionable Cookies. Month 10.
The recipe calls for M&Ms (and I had a ton from a couponing deal a few months ago), but it should work just as well with chocolate chips. I made 3 batches of these cookies…
Stuttering 102
After learning about the parts of our body that control speech, my student practiced finding “bumps/stutters” (the word used will be determined by the age of the child, and his feelings about the word “stutter”)…
Stuttering 101
In the decade that I’ve been a Speech Pathologist, I’ve only had a handful of children with “fluency disorders” (aka stuttering). And most of those have been very mild. Although stuttering was an early focus…
Dr. Seuss Day Poem
re-posted from last year: Do you search all day for moose? Or spend time pursuing fame? Instead, try playing Dr. Seuss Seussville is sure to have your game. Are you looking for a laugh Or…
Unusual point of envy
After many of The Flash’s classmates chaotically pushed Professor X around the playground, one exclaimed, “I wish my dad had a wheelchair!” In this gorgeous illustration: The Flash, myself, and Professor X (in his wheelchair)…
Lunar Dragons
Lunar New Year is on Valentine’s Day this year! Don’t forget to make your dragons, parade around the house (and then have your child practice retelling all the steps to improve their language skills!). Every…
Auctionable Cookies. Month 9.
The cookies that started it all. It was after I made these cookies last year that I decided to donate my “cookie-making services” to my son’s school auction. And I’ve been looking forward to re-making…
Sometimes, I feel so…small
There is so little that I can do. I can’t eliminate Professor X’s excruciating and constant pain. I can’t change my students’ cognitive abilities, economic status, or family life. I can’t be the best Speech…
Tiny Light
When a tiny flame goes out, the world is not as bright. And you know in your heart that the earth’s just not right. The light may not have spoken or walked on two feet,…
Auctionable Cookies. Month 8
I do realize that this month’s cookie donation seems slightly “holiday-nostalgic”, but I actually made these cookies in December. So I’m good, right? (But please don’t tell the auction winner that I froze them for…
How to tick off a Speech Pathologist
I recently decided I want to homeschool-preschool my daughter. You know, while I’m working full time. Cuz that’ll be super easy. So yesterday I bought $10 worth of materials for her to master at-home while…