We had such a great day creating candy heart movie quotes. The kids thought is was a blast and they were so creative. There was a lot of spontaneous speech with great opportunities for language, articulation, and social skills all in a fun and natural, not contrived way. It was fun to be had by […]
The OJ Filter
So I’ve been talking with my social groups about appropriate vs inappropriate comments. We’ve looked at video clips, talked about situations, talked about what a filter is, etc. I got to thinking….. I need an easier way to refer to this topic with them during the course of conversations, in the hallway, during Lunch Bunch, […]
Been Busy- Kitchen Remodel
Sorry, I’ve been gone for a bit. We’ve been having our kitchen remodeled. 6 weeks without a kitchen, and 8 weeks of workmen, dust and noise, ugh!!!!! Tell me why I thought this was a good idea at the time. It started with needing to replace the granite on our island that was cracked when […]
Educationally Relevant
So this is a hot topic these days, and I wanted to see what others think about it and are doing about it in their settings. We have all had that kiddo that only has an /r/ left to remediate, they are an A student and they have no trouble with social, presenting information in […]
Hungry Little Snowman
O.K., so Thanksgiving is over, Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping is through, so here is the next installment of the Hungry Little ….. series, but this one has a twist. An ebook is included. So now this fun activity features a snowman for winter. You can make the book that utilizes laminated tissue paper […]
Fall iSpy
It’s always a challenge to make therapy fun and engaging. But this week I think I scored. Since I live in the desert, going on a Fall leaf hunt doesn’t happen. The leaves don’t fall much yet, and most of the trees here are not very big. So I started buying fake leaves from Walmart […]
The Hungry Little Turkey
The Hungry Little Turkey It’s Fall and Thanksgiving is fast approaching. I love reading books in therapy and then providing extention activities from them. This week I wanted to share The Hungry Little Turkey activity. It is a cute activity to use with Preschool, Self-contained, and K-3 grades, as well as kids who use augmentative communication […]
Using Dum Dums in therapy
I have been working with a little kindergartner all year with many different techniques to elicit a /k/ and /g/, to no avail. BUT today, finally, she made her first /g/ sounds. I almost cried. Ok I did a little, but don’t tell anyone :0) How did she do it, you may ask? Using dum […]
“Speech Brain” Binder
Here are some items that I have in my “Speech Brain” binder that I use to start the year off on the right foot: census list that the district usually gives, modified for my needs. I make sure it includes the child’s name, date of birth, student ID number, grade, teacher, IEP date, eval date, […]
Babies are cute………baby talk is not.
No More Babytalk! Our little babies that we love and adore are so cute. You just wanna pinch those cheeks and squeeze them tight. Coo and ooooh and ahhhhhh over them, but please no babytalk! These mini versions of us, are blank slates. They learn everything from us. The Good, the Bad, and the Babytalk. […]
