Saving my weekly lesson plans for speech therapy in an easy to access Google Doc has been a life changing time saver. I can easily access everything I am doing this week in speech therapy whether in person or virtual teletherapy sessions. By creating one Google folder and saving it to my favorites bar, I can easily access the weekly plans for an entire month or grading period. My main folder is titled Weekly Lesson Plans. Inside that folder I have each week labeled by date: I can easily ... Read More about Preschool Activities for Speech Therapy: Spiders, Skeletons and Bats
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Community Helper Theme Preschool Activities for Speech Therapy
Fire Safety Week is in October and during that week, our early childhood center theme is Community Helpers. Since starting a hybrid of in person and virtual therapy, I have been sharing my weekly lesson plans in my Instagram Stories. They are also saved to my highlights on IG. My speech therapy sessions always begin with a song. That gives the kids a chance to get their wiggles out if we just picked them up from recess or P.E. Songs are a great way to work on language skills: action words, ... Read More about Community Helper Theme Preschool Activities for Speech Therapy
Scarecrow Theme Preschool Activities for Speech Therapy
Now that school speech therapy includes both in person and virtual therapy scenarios, I have to plan a LOT more and move quickly between groups to set up a web cam or sanitize a table and chairs. What I found helpful in the Spring turned into a full blown must-have this Fall. I started linking my activities in a Google Doc so that they are easy to access in a pinch. After starting a FaceBook group for SLPs who use Canvas, I saw that other SLPs are in the same situation: planning, providing a ... Read More about Scarecrow Theme Preschool Activities for Speech Therapy
It is MORE than JUST coloring!
I have had quite a few conversations over the last year with teachers and fellow SLPs about using worksheets and "coloring" in speech. Today I want to share with you a few thoughts about coloring and why in my speech room, it is MORE than JUST coloring. My students are ages 3-6 years old with a variety of language, fine/gross motor, articulation and developmental delays. Many of them are from lower SES households. These risk factors alone mean that I have a LOT to work on in our small group ... Read More about It is MORE than JUST coloring!
Using Editable Products in your Classroom
If you have been using worksheets and downloadable activities from Teachers Pay Teachers for any length of time, you have no doubt seen or purchased "editable" products. I have a few editable activities in my store ...and more on the to-do list... so I wanted to better explain editable products and give you some tips for the best way to maximize them in your classroom. Where to find editable products: You can search Teachers Pay Teachers for editable activity, editable speech therapy, ... Read More about Using Editable Products in your Classroom
