I'm participating in a link party hosted by The Frenzied SLPs today on ideas to take therapy outside the therapy room. Our campus has been working for over a year on increasing vocabulary as an entire campus, not just for the students formally identified as language disordered. We started this vocabulary campaign last Spring and I wanted to share that initial post with you today. You can follow the links through the posts to see other ways we have worked to increase the vocabulary skills of our ... Read More about Taking Therapy Outside!
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My Three Favorite Things in Speech…April
It's Sunday and I'm sitting here working, collecting my thoughts and making plans for the new week. I can't help but reflect on what a great week I had last week with my students. This is my first time to link up with Teaching Trio and share three of my favorite anythings, and I'm sure it won't be my last! I keep a joy journal at work and here are three things that I wrote about in my joy journal this week: 1. Flying Kites: Our local Wal-Mart donated about 50 kites to our school. I ... Read More about My Three Favorite Things in Speech…April
Little Hands, Big Dreams!
January means back to school, starting our winter vocabulary and celebrating Martin Luther King Day with our students by teaching them about hope, kindness, peace, dreams, and public speaking. I got a cute bulletin board idea from THIS PIN by Michelle at Just Wild About Teaching. Although the bulletin board turned out adorable, the activity that we did to decorate it was even more precious. Latoya Reed at Flying Into First has an amazing free download in her TpT Store that was PERFECT for my ... Read More about Little Hands, Big Dreams!
Three Resolutions That Will Boost Your Child’s Language Skills
Do you want to make three simple resolutions this year that will boost your child's language skills for a lifetime? Here are three easy and painless things you can start right now! 1. Read aloud to your child Do you have a library card? Is there a used bookstore near your home? Get five to seven books and read one aloud each night of the week. Stick with a theme or get a few very different books. This step leads directly into the next one which will be to ... Read the books until your child ... Read More about Three Resolutions That Will Boost Your Child’s Language Skills
A Take Home Language Activity About Community Helpers
My students are learning about community helpers and occupations in their Pre K and Kindergarten classrooms. I am always looking for better ways to correlate their speech and language IEPs with their curriculum objectives. I like using these (FREE!) no prep worksheets where students match what tool is needed by what occupation to target associations in speech therapy. So many students have this language goal in the early childhood setting. It is especially good to use the week before ... Read More about A Take Home Language Activity About Community Helpers