When It’s Time to Dismiss From Speech
This year I have dismissed an unusually high number of students from speech. It is bittersweet to tell one of your sweetest students that they no longer need to come to speech anymore. I try…
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Embracing 40- Taking on New Challenges
In the spring of 2015, my children were given a task. In order to qualify for their black belts in Tae Kwon Do, they would need to run two miles in under twenty minutes. So,…
Embracing 40 – Looking Gorgeous
When I began teaching high school science, I was a terrified 22-year-old. I had graduated college only 3 months prior. I had been married for a month. On that first day of school, the students…
April Lesson Plans 2015
April means rain! And flowers! And other lovely things! Here’s what I’ll be doing in April. Feel free to download my FREE lesson plans. I have combined paid and free products along with crafts and…
March Lesson Plans 2015
This March, I will be concentrating on St. Patrick’s Day and one of my favorite books, Daisy Comes Home. Here’s what I’ll be doing in March. Feel free to download my FREE lesson plans. I…
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…
How do you use it? Index cards
My obsession with file cards ebbs and flows depending on how many I have stacked in my desk drawer. At the moment, I have only a few, so I am using post-it notes more often….
Dear Your Honor (again)…
Dear Your Honor, The last time I wrote to you it was to state my husband’s history of chronic disability and illness.ย You (and the entire system) has yet again denied his plea for disability….
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…
Throwback Thursday: Before They Were SLPs
Thanks to the very hard work of Kristin Cummings, I get to present to you the cutest giveaway ever! Before I was an SLP, I looked like this! Match the baby pictures from long ago…
October Speech and Language Activities
A round-up of perfect October speech-language activities that I’ve posted over the years. Click on each numbered picture below to get to the original post. Each post contains fun ideas for speech and language activities….
The 4 best school supplies of the year!
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Now that I’m off and running this year, I have come to appreciate a few new items in my speech room. These are new to me either because…
Dear your honor…
A letter to the judge regarding my husband’s upcoming disability hearing: I am writing this letter in regards to my husband, Professor X, who has become quite disabled in the last 10+ years. I…
Back to school- Super style!
It’s started! Although I’ve had super characters in my room for years, I’m going all out this year. My walls are covered in super heroes from my Super Start to Speech posters. I’ve written my…