How to teach initial R in 10 easy steps!
Do you ever work on initial /r/ with your students? Yep! Me too! Almost every. single. day. And you know what? Most of my kids master initial /r/ in ten sessions or less! How? I read…
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I am Thankful for….
a few sunny days (even though I know they will be gone soon) healthy children (even when I want to strangle them over homework) a caring husband (even if his body is broken) living parents…
Thanksgiving Word Searches
I’ve been a very busy girl this weekend! With the my Speech Club kids, we always do a “Wednesday Word Search”. We focus on higher level vocabulary and the speech sounds that the individual kids…
Halloween Mad Libs at Speech Club
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Every single school day at 8:45 I wait to receive my “Speech Club” students. These are my older (3rd-5th grade) articulation students who need a small daily dose…
Letter of the week stories
I use these “stories” every day in circle with my Life Skills students and then carry them into indiviudal therapy by matching/labeling/or identifying the key concept in the story I created. Rainbow Rabbit Hop, Hop,…
It’s reining deer!
Okay everyone, time to grab your antlers, tie on your jingle bells, and turn on your blinking red lighted nose! We’re going to do some Holiday singing. And not just any song…. the R to…
The Big Road Race
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I admit, we originally bought this book because my son is obsessed with race cars. That and the Berenstain Bears rock. But it turned out to be a…
One Grain of Rice
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is a tale set in India of a clever girl and a greedy raja. The girl tricks the raja into giving her one grain of rice as…
Difficulties with the R sound
I’ve had many parents ask me when a child should be able to pronounce the R sound. There is no definitive answer, but most therapists will say that approximately 90% of children have mastered the…