Alphabet Based Concepts for Learning Language
Three days each week I merge into my self-contained classes. Both of these classes use a “Letter of the Week” model to help their students learn the alphabet. Several years ago, I decided to take…
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Teaching Children Sign Language: Preschoolers
This is the third post in a series on “Teaching Children Sign Language” about how I have taught my own children and students some sign. To read the first post, go here. (Disclaimer: This post…
Teaching Children Sign Language: Toddlers
This is the second post in a series on “Teaching Children Sign Language” about how I have taught my own children and students some sign. To read the first post, go here. (Disclaimer: This post…
Teaching Children Sign Language: Infants
This is the first post in a series on “Teaching Children Sign Language” about how I have taught my own children and students some sign. (Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links.) Here is a…
File Folder Activities for Early Language Learners
Our entire state has developed a new “teacher evaluation system” which requires countless hours of determining student-driven and personal goals that will be assessed through statewide assessmentsย among other pieces of evidence. Although I haven’t…
Expanding Sentences and Vocabulary
I love my expanding non-traditional Picture Exchange therapy! I love it when I get to work with my life skills kiddos on adding descriptive words to toys that they already enjoy. And then even adding…
I’ve Guest Posted and Been Featured!
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Wow! Talk about it all coming at once! I guest posted on Speech Room News with an article about using a free AAC app with students. AND to…
Gingerbread Man Under and Over
Chapel Hill Snippets makes the best basic concepts books. I love using them with my Life Skills students, so I decided to return the favor (thank you Ruth!!!). Oh, and you can benefit too I…
Completely free AAC apps
A miracle occurred last spring. The voters in my area approved a bond which, among other things, updated the school district’s technology. ย The Speech Pathologists (clever and quick-to-act folks that we are) quickly jumped on…
Did somebody say bacon?
Did I mention that I’ve gone Paleo? Never heard of it? Well, clearly you don’t live in the Pacific Northwest! It’s all the rage here. Although my husband has been talking about it for over…
A binder based schedule and work system (say that 10x fast!)
Fellow School-based SLPs/ Parents/ Teachers/ Etc… do you any of you ever wonder if your job is transforming from SPEECH Pathologist to behavior specialist? I sure do. It takes up a large portion of my…
Letter of the week stories
I use these “stories” every day in circle with my Life Skills students and then carry them into indiviudal therapy by matching/labeling/or identifying the key concept in the story I created. Rainbow Rabbit Hop, Hop,…
Letter of the Week Stories Q
To go along with my “P” story, the following week was (obviously) Q week. My over-fried brain could come up with no other obvious thing to write about except a Queen. I considered putting my…
Letter of the week stories "P"
A few weeks ago I started supplementing my Letter of the Week in Circle time with a book. I tried to find books containing extremely basic concepts that were easily adaptable for low-tech Augmentative Communication….