A-Z Alphabet Books for Me!
One of the best things that happened to my therapy was when the life skills teacher and I decided to implement the “letter of the week”. Since then, I have been designing speech materials that…
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Story comprehension for children with minimal verbal skills
Three things happened recently that influenced my newest creation: 1. One of my self-contained teachers came to me with a problem this year. She said that she had several new students with story comprehension goals….
The Social Language Informal Assessment
I don’t know about you, but my gut reaction when I have another child to evaluate with a possible eligibility of social language disorder, is “Oh no! There are no good tests for me!” I…
October Speech Lesson Plans 2014
I adore October for 2 reasons: Pumpkins and Chocolate. I also enjoy the creativity that goes along with Halloween celebrations and the crafts and celebrations (although not the scary ones… I don’t like those!) So…
Getting organized for play-based speech therapy
33% of my students with speech IEPs work on very basic 1-3 word utterances (verbally or non-verbally). One of the many ways that I work on their speech goals is to engage them with play-based…
25 Ways to Ask Kids about Their Day
Both at work AND at home, I am constantly trying to get kids to tell me about their day. Here is a typical conversation: “What did you do today!?” “Nothing.” “Come on, you must have…
How do you use it? Paper clips!
I’m joining up with Speech Time Fun today to post about one of my favorite office supplies… Paper clips!! So… how do I (and how could I) use these cute little, metal devices of usefulness?…
Royal Start to Speech
Believe it or not, I’ve already started working on what I’m going to be doing in speech in the fall! I’ve decided to go with a new room theme this year (insert shocked gasp!) and…
June Lesson Plans
Summer is coming! Summer is coming! But… I still have to get through a few weeks of June first. Here are my June lesson plans. Hope you find some useful ideas! As always, these are…
Waiting for Summer…
…is exhausting! Why I’m so very tired and unmotivated… Too much yard work Too much housework Way, WAY too much paperwork Basement is currently a construction zone Husband keeps getting worse, with no ending point…
Teaching Children Sign Language: Elementary Age
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is the fourth and final post in a series on “Teaching Children Sign Language” about how I have taught my own children and students some sign. To…
Spring Sentence Frame Freebie
Last summer, I explained we use Sentence Frames in English Language Development time to teach grammar and vocabulary (see the post here). What are Sentence Frames? A sentence frame is a sentence in which some,…
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…
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…