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

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… Read More

Filed Under: apraxia, articulation, board games, games, object functions, prepositions, pronouns, social skills, vocabulary, WH questions, Zingo 5 Comments

Sidewalk Chalk and Speech Therapy: Taking your session outdoors

Some days (aka every day), a girl just needs some fresh air and sunshine. While I’m fortunate that even though my room is on the small size with no cabinets for hidden storage, I DO have two windows in my room. You win some, you lose some…Who needs more storage when you’ve got sunlight, am I right? Even if you’re… Read More

Filed Under: articulation, associations, grammar, language therapy, learning through play, outdoors, outside, play, sidewalk chalk, speech and language, Speech Therapy, WH questions Leave a Comment

PreK Pushin: Math & Communication Goals– How do they go together?

Graph image by Creative Lessons Cafe Push-in therapy.  In-class support.  Co-teaching.  Whatever you want to call it, going into the classroom to provide in-class support minutes to your students can definitely require some outside-of-the-box thinking if you’re not the one who has planned & is leading the lesson.  I know–it’s hard sometimes as SLPs to let go of having a… Read More

Filed Under: articulation, communication, graphing, in-class, math, Preschool, preschool math, push-in, speech and language, Speech Therapy Leave a Comment

Favorite Games for Final Consonant Deletion

As SLPs, many of us use games as general reinforcers while working on a variety of speech/language targets.  A lot of times, the games may have nothing to do with the target we’re working on.  Some games & activities I’ve been using this school year with my phono kids, though, have turned out to have great opportunities to work on… Read More

Filed Under: articulation, cookie jar, DIY, don't break the ice, final consonant deletion, games, honey bee tree, learning through play, mr potato head, phonological processes, phonology, Speech Therapy Leave a Comment

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… Read More

Filed Under: articulation, challenge, following directions, linky, no prep, paper, paperclip, pencil, spatial concepts Leave a Comment

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…. Read More

Filed Under: apraxia, articulation, blog hop, chicken soup for the soul, giveaway, linky, speech and language, Speech Therapy Leave a Comment

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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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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?
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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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