How to use Crafts in Speech Therapy
I have to admit that I’m a craft lover. Although I can be quite the perfectionist during the creation phase, I love looking at my finished work and knowing that I have completed something. My…
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Hands On Halloween
I love Halloween themed crafts and activities. They are full of fun and imagination and so much creativity. If I could spend the entire month doing hands on activities, I probably would! Although I cannot,…
Valentine’s Art with AAC
I had so much fun this week creating Valentine’s projects with some of my life skills students. I was originally inspired by this pin on Pinterest, but considering that I only had 15 minute therapy…
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…
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…
Earth Day the Super Powered Way
I kicked off our Earth Day celebration with my kiddos by making Rice Krispie earth balls. Marvel Girl learned that the earth’s surface is made of water and land. And lots of yummy goo. At…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow…
The Speech Room is filled with gorgeous Rainbows as we explore: Colors (rainbow colors of course!) Vocabulary (arc, arch, semi-circle, half-circle) Texture (crepe paper, tissue paper, ribbon, glue) Size (long, short, thick, thin) Articulation (/l/…
Our Seusically-Infested House
And how you too can have crazy creatures behind every door… 1. Gather paints and large paper 2. Fill the paper beautifully with color 3. Free-hand cut out shapes 4. Scatter throughout the house 5….
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…
Learning culture through celebrations
I have tried to teach my children through experiential learning. This is quite ironic since my hope for graduate school was to find a program that required only book learning, no hands-on. Ha! God laughs…
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…
MLK and the Inauguration
Yesterday we celebrated two great men. We had a holiday yesterday in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. So, as a family we watched his I Have a Dream speech. Then we combined our learning…
Color Wheels
Two summers ago I applied (and got approved) to take an “art class for teachers”. Here is how I justified a Speech Pathologist attending this 3 credit class: Many children who have speech and language…