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Turn Your Phone into a Document Camera for Teletherapy

At this point, I’m hoping teletherapy is a short-lived way of life, and that it’s not going to continue into the Fall (Aren’t we all?) Keeping that hope alive also means that spending $50+ on a document cam for a situation so short-term isn’t really at the top of my list!   At least with investing in digital materials like BOOM cards, I can still use those on the iPad once in-person therapies resume… but in all likelihood, I personally am probably not going to use a document cam once ... read more

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5 Literacy-based Halloween Circle Times

With so many Halloween books out there- how do you narrow it down?! Truth be told, I'm still struggling with that (my husband and the friends we had in town visiting pretty much had to peel me away from the Halloween kids' book section at Target last weekend- but it's fine. Everything's fine.) I have narrowed down some of my favorite books to use at circle, though, and thought I'd do a round-up for you! Each of these books has their own blog post, so I'll do a photo and quick ... read more

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“What is Halloween?” Circle Time

I looove this circle time activity because it's super simple, fun, and interactive!We start out using the book, "What is Halloween?" by Harriet Ziefert. (Find it here on Amazon or here on Thriftbooks.) This is a really simple lift-the-flap book, and is great for introducing some basic concepts surrounding Halloween! After reading the book, we watched the adorable “Knock Knock, Trick or Treat” song/video from Super Simple Learning on the iPad. I printed the characters from this song on ... read more

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“It’s Pumpkin Time!” Circle Time

So many good pumpkin books are out there to choose from, but one October book I like to use at circle is called "It's Pumpkin Time!" by Zoe Hall. (This is a Scholastic book I can't find on their website anymore, or on Amazon or Thriftbooks, BUT.. at the time of this post, there are several copies available on eBay for around $4).I use this typically more towards the middle or end of October rather than the beginning, when we first start learning about the pumpkin life cycle, because it touches ... read more

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5 Little Pumpkins Halloween Circle Time

5 Little Pumpkins is a classic Halloween book, but I changed it up a little bit this year for circle and it was a hit! To start, I read the book one time through and we do all the actions with it:1-"Oh my it's getting late"- surprised face with our hands on our cheeks2-"There are witches in the air" (pretend to hold your broomsick in front of you and sway side to side like you're flying around- at work we changed it to "leaves" and covered the witches with leaf pictures so we pretended ... read more

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Little Blue Truck’s Halloween Circle Time

There are SO many great preschool read-alouds to choose from for Halloween, but one of my all-time favorites is Little Blue Truck's Halloween! It's a lift-the-flap book and has a truck and animals wearing costumes, so it's pretty much a hit with everyone! I printed off pictures of each animal from the book, did a Google-image search "eye mask clip art" and printed one off for each animal.  Tape the top of the mask to the top of the animal's head so you can lift the mask and see ... read more

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If You Take a Mouse to School Push In Activities

We all know “If You Take a Mouse to School” is a classic start-of-the-year book. It’s an easy go-to, but, if we’re being honest- sometiiiimes…. those favorite go-tos, after you read them over and over, get a little stale, right? Well, if you’re looking for some fresh, new ideas to use with this book for circle time in the preschool classroom- you’re in the right place! Let’s get started with 3 ideas for whole group! 1. Object box Using an object box/manipulatives to go with your ... read more

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How To Store Your Cariboo Cards

If you read my post on how to use the Cariboo game for speech therapy, you’re probably ready to jump right in and start prepping cards to go with the game.  But, you might be wondering, “How do I actually ORGANIZE all these cards?” I’ve tried my share of organizational systems for these cards, so I’ll walk you through the pros and cons of each one, and which one I like the best!  1. Binder with velcro These are old pictures of what I first started with. I ... read more

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How To Use Cariboo Cards in Speech Therapy

If you’ve spent any amount of time in any of the SLP Facebook groups, you’ve probably seen people asking about the game Cariboo.   “How do I use it?” “Where did you find it?” "Do you use the original cards with the game?""What's all the fuss about?" First off, it’s basically therapy gold, so consider yourself lucky if you’ve managed to find one! Secondly, I’m here to break down alllll the different ways you can use the game. I personally don’t use the original cards ... read more

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SLP Circle Time: Room on the Broom

So many times, I've seen questions in Facebook groups about how to do circle time/whole class language groups as an SLP in the preschool setting.  Room on the Broom is one of my favorite Halloween books, and with lots of different characters/elements, all of the kids in the class can have their own prop to participate, making it perfect for whole group language lessons! I'll walk you through exactly how I run it and all the goals you can hit, below: Props to collect or print: -Characters: ... read more

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Are you using Cariboo in teletherapy? I tried it o Are you using Cariboo in teletherapy? I tried it out without extra equipment for the first time a couple weeks ago (I used to use my phone as a document camera) and ya know what? It worked just fine!

All I did was set up my laptop on top of a couple boxes to elevate it, and faced Cariboo towards the screen. I’d ask a question and lower the screen so they could see the board better to tell me what to open, then I’d lift the screen back up to show my face for the next question. It was super easy and actually went better than expected!

So for all of you Cariboo lovers wanting to still use your card sets during virtual therapy... give this a shot!

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