Happy Lunar New Year!
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Did you know that 1/6 of the world celebrates Chinese New Year? And that it is the world’s biggest human migration as workers travel home to their families?…
Language
You know those books you just can’t resist…
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. The books that you buy several copies of and then give to friends when they have babies? The ones that you have your kids read when they…
Dynamic Assessment and Response to Intervention
If you think about it, Dynamic Assessments are very similar to Response to Intervention. Both are fluid ways to see if a child makes progress on a skill within a determined period of time. Students…
Cultural Encounters of the Speech Kind
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Just as the confetti of New Year’s Eve is settling down and teachers are pulling out the hearts and roses for February, I am pulling out the red. And…
The end of the world is near!
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. As you hopefully have heard, Friday will be the End of the world.ย Since this is also my first day of Winter Break, that pretty much sucks. So there are…
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…
Literature-Based Speech Therapy
ย My favorite way to do Speech Therapy is to to make it literature-based. Why? It just makes sense to me! I’ve complied my reasons to consider doing Speech/Language Therapy based on books: 1. End goal…
All Aboard the Polar Express!
Note: Completely new and expanded product! Long, long ago (read: 2000) in a land far, far away (read: New England) my husband and I were on a downtown adventure to the new Border’s bookstore (read:…
Baby, Baby….Gingerbread Baby
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links.ย Run, run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me Cuz I’m Super Woman! I can jog in place, do jumping jacks, and run in circles…
Communication Specialist
(Please note that although “I Help People Communicate! What’s your Super Power?” has been floating around Pinterest with no link, this is the original quote, by ME!) If you’d like a poster version of this…
On and Off
I had a lot of fun today working on the /f/ sound, the concept of on/off, and turn taking with two Kindergarten students. We made “presents” (and discussed shapes, colors, sizes) and “bows” and practiced…
The Musubi Man
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. *Gasp!* I actually have done something this school year besides while and moan about my caseload, lack of help, and toxic work environment (trust me, no one…
Ninja/Action Unit (June)
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I was so excited about this unit! Unfortunately, June is a month of catching up, last minute testing, language samples, and end of the year field trips and…
Vehicle Unit (May)
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My May vehicle unit was kind of a bust. It worked out great for my self-contained students, their low-tech AAC, and our daily Bingo games… I was also…