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Hey, I’m Kari!

I create products/resources for preschool SLPs who crave more creativity in their therapy, but struggle with finding the time to plan and prep materials. I give them the tools to keep their students continuously engaged with minimal planning time, making it feel like a breeze to run effective whole and small group therapy sessions!

I’m a school-based-turned-clinic-based preschool SLP, and have been in the field since 2011. My first 5 years were spent in the schools, and after that, I moved to a clinic where I still get to do preschool language groups in a classroom setting- one of my favorite things to share about with you! Literacy-based therapy and preschool science experiments are my jam!

I’ve been blogging and creating resources since 2013, and was featured in a 2015 issue of the ASHA Leader. I regularly serve nearly 5,000 people with easy and practical therapy ideas utilizing books, toys, and low/no prep printable materials.

And that’s the skinny on my professional life!

When I’m not creating irresistible products and sharing therapy ideas on Instagram, I can be found…

  • Making 15 second Instagram music videos of my two black lab mixes, Molly and Bruce 
  • Volunteering with a local animal rescue group, finding homeless dogs their furever homes through adoption events.
  • Sipping my way around local Kansas City wineries and breweries with my husband, Ryan, and our friends
  • And dreaming up my next mountain vacation!
Lake Tahoe- my favorite mountain vacation!

If you’re dying to know more, here’s 8 fun facts about me:

  1. I started watching the Bachelor in 2016 solely because my new coworkers were doing a bracket challenge (I had to show them I was “here for the right reasons,” obviously). I ended up winning the first 2 years!
  2. Going along with bracket challenges.. Every year for March Madness, I join a pool where the buy-in is a $20 bottle of wine.  In 2018, I came away with 18 bottles of wine for second place.
  3. There was a semester in college where I karaoke-d every Tuesday night.  It was always a Britney Spears song—and you get bonus points if you can guess which one.  (For the record, I’m a TERRIBLE singer)
  4. Both my parents are Deaf, so I grew up with sign language.
  5. A dirty chai with almond milk is my go-to coffee drink
  6. I attempted to learn how to sew once.  Wanted to hem a pair of pants.  Sewed a pant leg shut instead.
  7. My blog name came to me while I was driving around downtown Lawrence, Kansas- home of my alma mater, the University of Kansas Jayhawks.  I was thinking about the school cheer- “Rock Chalk Jayhawk”- and Rock Chalk Speech Talk was born!
  8. I used to get a pit in my stomach just *thinking* about doing a whole group circle time in the preschool classroom.  Now, it’s one my favorite things! My goal is to help other preschool SLPs get to that point, too! 

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Who else is reading The Day It Rained Hearts this Who else is reading The Day It Rained Hearts this week? Between this and Little Blue Truck’s Valentine, we’re delivering Valentine’s to LOTS of our animal friends! With all no prep or low prep activities, you can buy this set tonight and use tomorrow morning!
Easy to prep? ✅ Works for lots of your caseload Easy to prep? ✅ 
Works for lots of your caseload? ✅ 
Preverbal AND verbal kids can participate? ✅ 

I use this every year, at different times throughout the year, and just leave out the “Valentine’s Day” part of the line- voila, you also have an interactive book for a jungle/zoo anima theme or a pet theme, too! 🐵 🐊 🦁

Grab it with the link in my profile!
Olivia and I are Super Bowl ready! #gochiefs ❤️💛 Is the bow and tutu over the top? Yes. Do I regret it? No. 😂 

Since most people are just in it for the food and commercials.. Whats your favorite Super Bowl snack? Mine is buffalo chicken dip 💯!
This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t w This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t want you to miss out either!

⏰ The BEST bundle and the BIGGEST bundle is back for version 2.0! Get yourself materials from 23 SLPs-

Need speech sound materials? Gotcha covered ✅ 

Need language materials? Yep- covered there, too! ✅ 

Need both (and want a bundle of mixed group materials thrown in for free?) You got it! ✅ 

Buy the bundles at thisthatorboth.com where we have allll the info you need if you want more details!
Sneezy the Snowman is my favorite winter book- wha Sneezy the Snowman is my favorite winter book- what’s yours?!
Things I never thought I’d see in therapy 😆 B Things I never thought I’d see in therapy 😆 But a little friend who I saw over telehealth wanted to show me his new belt, and naturally when you’re showing someone your new belt over video chat, you thrust your lower body way up close to the camera to show them 😂
Making these shirts super late last night was wort Making these shirts super late last night was worth it for this one cute family pic 😂 Amazon sent the wrong design and I didn’t check the package till 2.5 months later and nothing fit anyone anyway, but I had it in my head we would match on Christmas so dang it, we were going to match.  Are you a matching Christmas jammies kinda family?
Why just label presents with sticky tags when you Why just label presents with sticky tags when you could spend a much longer time making them with your Cricut? 😂

This was the first time I’ve ever used the Cricut to write with a pen, and I’m obsessed! It’s so much better than my own cursive handwriting 😬

Also it’s 9:15 on Christmas Eve and I still haven’t put them on the gifts. Or finished wrapping. Or finished baking. Who else is in the same boat?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

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