I started working on this product in October of 2013. I didn’t get it finished before Christmas and have been slowly chipping away at it during the last year. I really like my Halloween Flip Flap trick or treating activity and wanted to incorporate that idea into a Christmas activity with a perspective taking theme. I don’t […]
Archives for November 2014
People still eat pumpkin pie at Christmas, right? Speech Craftivity
Not only am I behind on my Thanksgiving day meal planning, but I also forgot to post my pumpkin pie activity for articulation carryover. Hopefully you are like me and just repeat your Thanksgiving day meal on Christmas. (and I also repeat in on Easter-but not on St. Patrick’s Day.) Thanksgiving day dinner is […]
Clue into Your Cues: Verbal Cues
This month’s theme is talking about cues and prompts. How often are you thinking about the cues that you are giving? I think it is such a second nature type of thing, that I often forget that I am doing it. Cues are part of our skilled service. It’s not the only thing we use […]
Thursday Therapy: Lighting up your walls with EZ Tracer
Are you one of those unfortunate SLPs who are stuck in a closet? I actually spent a half a year in an ACTUAL supply closet. Admittedly it was a decent sized long closet-but it’s a little disheartening to do therapy next to the paper plates and toilet paper. Especially when the only chairs you have are broken […]
Cluing into your Cues: How understanding what you are doing can help you better advocate for speech pathology services.
I am a master of the phonemic prompt. My son even uses it with me. “Mom, do you think we should got to the store and buy some L…(legos?) It’s so effective that it works on many of my colleagues. I may be in the gym and I’ll say something like, “It’s time to throw […]
Thursday therapy: 5 W Hand prints for Story recall and narratives
As you know, I’m a big fan of the hand turkey. It’s also a great tool for story recall or sharing information. I have quite a few clients who only give a little bit of information. We started using our hands to cue the information. This is quick and simple […]
Thanksgiving Round up
Here’s a round up of some of my projects and activity ideas for Halloween: Turkey cookies and Thanksgiving trail mix: Check out my Thanksgiving themed trail mix and make turkey K-cups for your coworkers. 5 Awesome ideas for hand turkeys in therapy: This is the easiest activity […]
Soapbox Saturday: Confusing Shipping Charges Drive Me Crazy-Repost with an Update
Last year I wrote about how shipping charges that are a percentage of an order drive me crazy. I don’t understand why a company would want to penalize you for purchasing more products. I understand that rising gas costs and increased shipping charges have made free shipping more difficult. Cuts in special education funding have […]