Snow
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I accidentally* came across the most marvelous book last weekend. *If accidentally means that I was looking for Caldecott Honor books that contain many “s” sounds. This is…
Speech
Noise Induced Hearing Loss and a Giveaway!
Don’t your kids hate it when you neurotically pull the headphones from their heads to check the music volume? *crickets chirping* Oh. So I’m slightly more anal than the average parent regarding headphone usage? But…
Tuesday
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. To honor my sweetie, on this Valentine’s week, I let him choose my Marvelous Monday book. Being the graphic novel geek that he is, he chose a…
Why oh why does she cry, cry, cry!
Ever had to deal with screaming, yelling, and tantrums? Me neither. 😉 But if this were ever to become an extremely frequent issue for your precocious 3 year old preschooler, you might get desperate and…
D is for Dragon Dance
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. D is for Dragon Dance Gong Hay Fat Choy! In celebration of this holiday, read through D is for Dragon Dance, a Chinese New Year’s Alphabet. Speech…
Book Vocabulary Bingo
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I felt that the vocabulary Bingo game I created for the Inauguration went extremely well. The Flash (aged 5) had to carefully listen for high-level words during Obama’s…
Yoko
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I wish I had a fabulous book about Martin Luther King Jr. in my home collection to share today. Unfortunately, I do not. I do, however, have a…
Polar Bear Night
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Clipart by KLouise DigiArt, JWIllustrations, and EduClips I first encountered this book when Professor X brought it home from the library. He declared that it was one…
Self-Awareness to develop Speech
Sometimes all you need to help a child’s speech sounds is a little self-awareness. Turn up your volume and listen carefully to my THREE year old tell you how we make different sounds in English….
Tree of Cranes
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Do you remember your very first Christmas? Me neither. But what if you did? What sights, smells, emotions might you attribute to that first magical day? In Tree…
Language Disorders in Children Adopted Internationally
As an adoptive mom of two children born in Korea, and as a Speech Pathologist, this has been a topic I’ve talked to parents about often. I am glad that all my thoughts and advice…
Holiday Tips for Helping Children with Autism
These tips were written to help the families of children with Autism reduce holiday stress, but they are useful to all children. Adapted from Autism-Society.org: 1. Prepare, prepare, prepare . Keep a calendar or an…
Christmas printables
I love the internet. Don’t get me wrong, I love God, I love my family, I love chocolate. But I looooooooooove the internet. Where else can I find adorable, seasonal teaching activities for free? With…
The Animals’ Christmas Carol
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy, “Do you hear what I hear?” “Woof, Moo, Roar, Grrr, Peep, Rasp, Bzzzz, Flutter, Some Pig, Rarp, Coo, Bleat, Cock-a-doodle-doo,…