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Monsters Love School Activities

Halloween is my fave when it comes to therapy activities.  So many fun books, and "Monsters Love School" by Mike Austin is no exception! I discovered it over the summer, and love how these monsters can be paired with "Back to School" themed activities AND Halloween themes! I know this time of year gets crazy, so these book-themed activities are a BREEZE when it comes to prepping. First off, the book itself: Little monster is going to school for the first time with all the other monsters.  He ... read more

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Preschool Circle Time Language Groups: PUMPKINS

Fall is in full swing, and with trips to the pumpkin patch likely on the horizon for many of our preschool kiddos!  I've seen questions come up often enough in the Facebook groups about whole group circle time language lessons in the preschool setting, so I wanted to start a series of posts to share fun and easy ideas in this area based on common preschool themes.  First up... pumpkins!Materials needed:-Book ("Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin")-Die cut pumpkins with 1, 2, or 3 step ... read more

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Apple Speech and Language Ideas

Fall is my jam.  I love apple everything, cooler temps (though it's still been upper 80s and 90s here.. gross), boots, scarves.. the list goes on! Most preschool classrooms do an apple theme, and if you're following along with their themes, you probably want some fun and easy apple activities that specifically target your kids' goals! My apple speech and language unit includes...File folder activities that are great for kids with Autism who are using workbox-type tasks, or even those ... read more

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7 ways to use Zingo in therapy as MORE than just a general reinforcer

I love using games in therapy because a) they're easy, and b) they lend themselves naturally to a variety of different skills, such as following directions, turn-taking, and learning how to handle a loss.Often times, we might be using games as just a general reinforcer while we do drill with other skills, but today I wanted to share with you how I've used the game Zingo on its own to target a variety of communication skills, without needing any additional materials! Social Skills/Social ... read more

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The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round…

If you are following The Frenzied SLPs on Facebook, you may have seen our series of one-item therapy activities.  In case you missed it, I shared ideas for how to use one activity (I know, I strayed a little bit from the one "item" theme) to target a variety of goals for your EI and preschool caseload using a school bus and farm animals while you sing!First up-- articulation goals!You can target a mix of earlier-emerging sounds /p, t, d, h, k g/ just by naming the farm animals as you sing ... read more

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Target Dollar Spot Finds for Therapy- February 2017!

Well, it's a good thing I struck out on everything I tried on at Loft over the weekend because I went to Target on my way home to pick up 3 things (bananas, milk, and peppermint extract) and proceeded to spend all the money on all the things non food-related:  Target clothes (because I obviously need more than the 8 cardigans already in my closet) and therapy materials in the Dollar Spot (I mean, it's for the kids, right? Right.)  I wanted to share the things I found in hopes that you ... read more

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Work-Team Relationships

Building relationships is important in all facets of life, and work-team relationships are no different! These are the people you see and work closely with, day in and day out.  During the week, you spend more waking hours at work than you probably do at home.  Not only is it important to just "get along" with them, but when you can really grow close as a team, it makes your job that much more enjoyable.  Having at least 1 or 2 close friends at work that you can go to to vent, ... read more

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Halloween Speech and Language Therapy Ideas

Ah, October.... Colorful leaves, cute boots, scarves, pumpkin-flavored everything.... :) Just a few of my favorite things! Halloween is just on the horizon, and if you need some fun, easy ideas to fill in some holes in your therapy plans for the next week, check out these activities I've been using!1.  Alien sensory bagI used this last Spring for an Outer Space unit, but what better time for a #TBT activity like this than in a Halloween post? ;-) I used green hair gel, but recently read ... read more

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Talk Like a Pirate Day

Pirates always give me a flashback to my college days. My husband and I went as pirates together one Halloween when we were dating in college, so pirates always make me think of him! (Also, I probably always associate him and pirates because he defaulted to going as a pirate for 3 out of 4 years we were dating.. and also maybe also because when he ordered a pirate costume the first year, the company accidentally sent him a women's pirate costume, so he could only wear the eye patch and head wrap ... read more

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Progress Monitoring: A Frenzied SLP link-up!

The Frenzied SLPs are linking up today to bring you some information on progress monitoring and data collection! Truthfully, this is not my area of forte.  I never have managed to come up with a general data sheet that I have just *LOVED*, but I'll share with you what I found worked best for me with my caseload in the schools!I tried binders.  I tried folders.  I tried every data sheet under the sun!  Nothing really stuck with me, but I did find a system that worked well for ... read more

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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! 🐵 🐊 🦁

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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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