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Speech Trading Post

Some of us bloggers got together to do a Speech Trading Post (shout out to the ladies of Sounds Like Fun for coming up with the idea!) where we swapped materials and used them in our therapy sessions.I got the chance to take Angela & Kim from Speech Trading Post's "Bugs & Slugs" pack for a test drive.  I spend several weeks doing bug-themed activities, so I was excited to try this out because it involves MINIMAL prep, and I was even MORE excited that some of it was a ... read more

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Paper, Pencil, and Paperclip Challenge

Let me start out this post by saying that I was NOT skilled in the art of improvising when I was doing therapy in grad school.  Not. At. All.  How times have changed... :) I'm linking up with Felice over at Thedabblingspeechie for her paper, pencil, and paperclip challenge! I'm sure many of you have heard the quip from a supervisor at some point in school that you should be able to do therapy with just a paperclip.  I personally don't remember ever being told that, actually, by ... read more

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March Madness! Win a TpT Gift Certificate!

Many of you know, as you can tell from my blog name, that I love my Kansas Jayhawks.  While our football team is generally less than stellar, Jayhawk fans can always look forward to basketball season and March Madness!This year, two Kansas teams are in the same bracket division in the NCAA tournament-- the Jayhawks & the Wichita State Shockers.  While I'm a Jayhawk fan, a fellow SLP blogger, Elizabeth over at The Speech Owl, is a WSU Shockers fan, and our teams are playing against ... read more

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Community Helpers: Project-Based Learning

This year, my school district implemented Project-Based Learning (PBL) as everyone's professional development project for the year.  If you're not familiar with Project Based Learning, it's a teaching approach that's very student-driven rather than teacher-driven, and students explore a real world problem/challenge/question of their choosing while exploring possible solutions through various methods-- research, collaboration, etc...An excerpt from Edutopia explains it in a little more ... read more

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Chicken Soup for the SLP Soul

Imagine this scenario:You’re a first year SLP—ready to take on the world after 6 years of school including 2 years of practicums behind you.  You’re a little nervous about being out on your own, but confident enough to know that while you don’t know it all, you know enough to be plenty competent in order to do your job.  You’re ecstatic that you’ve landed your first job!Then... “Oh by the way, these several parents of children on your caseload are not happy because their kids didn’t ... read more

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Potato Head Play

Mr. Potato Head is a toy that many of us SLPs have used in therapy with little ones.  It's always been toted as a "must-have" for anyone working with early intervention/prek.  I love my potato heads (I scored a big tub full of heads and accessories at a yard sale last year!), but I'll admit- there was a point in time when I first began my career, where I wondered how I could *really* use it in a variety ways besides the very basics like labeling body parts and requesting.If any of you ... read more

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For the Love of Speech: Valentine’s Blog Hop!

Welcome to your next (or maybe first!) stop of the "For The Love Of Speech" blog hop organized by Lyndsey over at Speech to the Core and Elizabeth over at Speech Owl! You're in for some sweet treats!I am SO very thankful for each and every one of you who take time to read this blog, follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest, and those of you who download freebies & paid items from my TpT store.  I wanted to share the love that I've been feeling! :)Hop through each blog and ... read more

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Craftivity Tuesday: Articulation Trains

I love the way this train craftivity turned out during Transportation week-- I think it's way cute, if I may say so myself!I made the locomotive portion of the train from a die cut at work, and then just cut rectangles from other color construction paper.  I free-handed the smoke clouds and cut out a bunch at a time by cutting multiple pages at a time, too.[Side note:  If you do crafts in your therapy sessions, you NEED to watch Jenn's video over at Crazy Speech World on craftivities. ... read more

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Movin’ Mondays (…on Tuesday): Transportation Toss

I'm a day late for a Monday post, but better late than never, right?! One of my goals in therapy this semester is to get back to incorporating movement into my therapy sessions.  Today, I wanted to share just a simple vocabulary activity I came up with for our Transportation unit in preschool (I love all of the cute winter-themed activities I am continuing to see everyone posting on Instagram & Facebook... but I just can't do winter anymore!  <insert sign language for "all done" ... read more

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2015 SLP Resolutions

Hello, New Year's Resolutions. We meet again.  I know in the past we've gone our separate ways after a month or two, but this year, I think we should stick together for the whole year-- I have a lot I want to accomplish in my professional life in 2015!1.  Blog more consistently-  When I first started out, I was doing multiple posts a week.  It was a LOT of work, but it made me feel really accomplished! Once we bought our first house in March, I fell off the horse, big time! ... read more

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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?! 🙋🏻‍♀️
If you think turkeys and elves don’t go together If you think turkeys and elves don’t go together you’ve obviously never read Turkey Claus 🤣🦃🎅 #slpmama #slpmom #turkeyclaus #preschoolbooks
Still working this week? Here’s an easy plan for Still working this week? Here’s an easy plan for ya-

Read Little Blue Truck’s Christmas and use my FREE Little Blue Truck’s Christmas Boom cards to act out the story. (If you aren’t on my email list and missed these, I added a link in my profile to get ‘em).

Afterwards, pull up my standalone Little Blue Truck’s Boom Card book companion and target basically any preschool goal you have with some more Little Blue Truck-themed activities!

If you don’t have the companion yet.. you’re in luck because I’ve teamed up with some other SLPs to bring you a surprise sale to close out 2020, where my 4 featured resources on my TPT storefront are 20% off for the week, and this boom card set is one of them!

Click the link in my profile and find this pic to get to these cards, and search #bye2020slpsale to see all the other great resources included in the sale!
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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