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”)…
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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…
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…
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…
Gingerbread Men
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 while…
Thanks and Giving Tree
In the spirit of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s “Complaint-Free Day“, I present to you not a laundry list of things that have s*cked about this year, but a reminder of all we have. The children filled…
The 1st Thanksgiving in 4 parts
In my stash of resources, I found a simple, illustrated “First Thanksgiving” story from Parents Magazine, November 2003. By reading and sketching out this story, my students could (gasp) retell me about the first Thanksgiving….
Marvelous Children’s Book Monday: Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. UPDATE: I have expanded my materials on this book to include so many materials: vocabulary, rhymes, story comprehension, story map, story retell rubric, etc. Check out this new…
Marvelous Children’s Book Monday: The Little Old Lady
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. ย The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Phew! What a title. I’m almost exhausted just typing it out. I am continuing to plan for…
Marvelous Children’s Book Monday: Sheep Trick or Treat
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. ย Sheep Trick or Treat This could be the ideal book to use next month with my second-grade student working on /sh/ sounds! Our silly sheep friends decide…
Social Stories on the Fly
I was sitting with one of my new students this week and said his name to get his attention. He did not respond, in spite of several repetitions and a tap on the shoulder. So…
What we do in speech
My principal challenged us to consider our students in twenty years. What values and life skills do we hope they will learn from our class. Beyond the day to day articulation drills, what impact do…
George and the Dragon
Twas the book that launched a six year old’s birthday party… Until checking this book out of the library, The Flash was going to have a “robot” themed party. Afterward… it had to be a…