Okay, I admit it. I’m a blog stalker. I’m not sure how people normally read blogs, but if I find a blog I like, I start at their latest entry and then keep reading until I get to their first entry. Sometimes (OFTEN) I take notes. I used to take notes on a soap […]
Archives for January 2013
Penguin Vowels
I just finished a revised version of Penguin Vowels on my TPT store-I’m really excited about this one for several reasons: 1. Helping children produce accurate vowels makes a HUGE differences in their intelligibility. Consider this sentence: “I eat two potatoes.” A child who has all of their vowels intact but no consonants would […]
January Organization: Speech Kits-Social Skills Edition
There’s nothing better in January then reorganizing your materials. A year ago, I took some time to organize my Speech cabinet into Speech Kits. You can see my Same and Different Kit here: I’ve been practicing for 15 years, so I’ve accumulated ALOT of toys, materials and odds and ends. Most of the materials in […]
Prefix, Root Words and Suffixes
I forgot to include this activity in my posts regarding prefix, suffixes and root words. Going along with the toolkit idea from my TPT download, you can use nuts and bolts to practice meanings. I went to the local hardware store and picked up a handful of nuts and bolts. I was looking for a […]
Lazy Speech therapist hints….
Sometimes it’s just a little bit more difficult to get back into the groove of things. Most days I think of fun and motivating activities for the kids that I work with. Sometimes, inspiration seems far away. Of course the best idea is to go to the Teachers Pay Teachers site and download a great […]
Goal accomplished: 500 page views!
How exciting! We just passed the 500 page view mark. To Celebrate, I’ve changed Scrambled Sentences to FREE and am starting my first giveaway contest! I’ve been looking for a product which taught how to construct basic sentences and also the option to make scrambled sentences physical by adding each word to the cards. […]
New Years Top 10 List: Resources and Continuing Education
Brrrr…It’s cold outside. I was going to write more about these lists but I’ve decided to spend the rest of the day hanging out with my 4 year old and husband by the fire in our basement. The first list is my favorite CEU courses. It was a difficult one to write because I LOVE […]
New Year’s Top 10 Lists: App Edition
One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is reading everyone’s favorite lists. Sometimes I make little notes in my Iphone so that I can remember to read that book or rent the movie. In honor of the top 10 lists, I thought I would count down to the new year with […]