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
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
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
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… Read More
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… Read More
“What’s In Your Cart?” Link-Up– Tpt Cyber Monday Is Here!
Linking up with Speech Room News today for her “What’s In Your Cart” link up! The TpT Cyber Monday sale is here & there are SO many great materials I’ve had my eye on– it’s hard to narrow it down! But, here are a couple of my new items I think you’ll want to check out, as well as a… Read More