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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

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… Read More

Filed Under: Books, co-teaching, Community Helpers, DIY, project based learning, speech and language 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

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

Filed Under: articulation, basic concepts, final consonant deletion, grammar, in-class, learning through play, mr potato head, pronouns, speech and language, Speech Therapy Leave a Comment

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… Read More

Filed Under: blog hop, freebie, grammar, language therapy, linky, no prep, pronouns, seasonal, speech and language, valentine's day 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! 🐵 🐊 🦁

Grab it with the link in my profile!
Olivia and I are Super Bowl ready! #gochiefs ❤️💛 Is the bow and tutu over the top? Yes. Do I regret it? No. 😂 

Since most people are just in it for the food and commercials.. Whats your favorite Super Bowl snack? Mine is buffalo chicken dip 💯!
This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t w This little lady knows what’s up and doesn’t want you to miss out either!

⏰ The BEST bundle and the BIGGEST bundle is back for version 2.0! Get yourself materials from 23 SLPs-

Need speech sound materials? Gotcha covered ✅ 

Need language materials? Yep- covered there, too! ✅ 

Need both (and want a bundle of mixed group materials thrown in for free?) You got it! ✅ 

Buy the bundles at thisthatorboth.com where we have allll the info you need if you want more details!
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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