Last year for my birthday/Christmas, I put iTunes cards on my wishlist, thinking that I’d maybe get one or two $10-$15 cards. Wrong. When all was said and done, I ended up with $125 in iTunes credit! I actually just found one of those $25 cards when I cleaned off my desk at home the other night–I had never redeemed… Read More
Movin’ Mondays- Beep! Beep! Sheep In A Jeep!
A couple weeks back, we had our farm theme in PreK. One of the books I used was “Sheep In A Jeep” by Nancy Shaw (Amazon link here). While I was researching ideas on Pinterest (where else?) to use with this book, I saw this craft, which inspired this idea to make a jeep to use in speech to go… Read More
Method To The (pre-k screening) Madness
Madhouse. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think of many of our preschool screening days. We move VERY quickly, and get information on speech/language, cognitive, social, fine motor, and gross motor skills for about 5-6 kids in the span of around 1hr/1hr 30 min just depending on the group. In my district, we hold preschool screenings on… Read More
Lovin’ Legos®!
I’m pretty sure one can never outgrow a fondness for Legos®. I played with them ALL the time as a kid and had my own Lego® table that had an opening with a mesh bag attached to it in the center to store all my Legos®. My husband and I spent last Christmas Eve watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation while assembling… Read More
Apraxia Treatment (1st in a 4 part series): Establishing a Core Vocabulary
This is an area that is so very near and dear to my heart. If I could treat preschoolers with Apraxia all day long, I’d be in Heaven. This is an area of speech therapy that I just love! I feel like these kids *really* need me– I know everyone on my caseload ‘needs’ me, but I feel like it’s… Read More
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
I love Brown Bear week in preschool! I love this book because it’s so simple, yet there is SO much you can do with it. Here are some of the things we did this week in therapy to go along with the book! While reading the book, I had my kids tell me the name of the animal on each… Read More