Speech Language Pathologists are trend setters. We’d been using hashmarks for YEARS before hashtags became so popular. Hashmarks, Plus/minuses, Smiley/frown faces, Thumbs up/thumbs down Guesstimators iPad data collection apps What’s your data collection style? Even if you have a favorite method, there’s always the student who you have to constantly change how you are […]
Mama-on-days: Finishing up the Family Binder
We purchased our first home about 10 years ago. I remember the bank talking about the binder we would get at closing. Wow, what a great idea, I had thought. I hadn’t owned a house before-so having a binder full of home maintenance tips and information about the home sounded like a fantastic idea. It […]
Mama-on-days: Getting that Fly and Blog-lovin
The Challenge: Catching that fly that’s been buzzing around the house. I’ve had a fly that’s been living in our house for about a week. I’d be on my computer and it would fly around my head or land on my computer screen. At night time, I’d hear it buzz around my head. I’d wave it […]
Clip Art Hoarder: Quick organizational strategies
In addition to SLP materials hoarding, I’ve recently been diagnosed as a clip art hoarder. This is in keeping with my long tradition of overpurchasing my craft-of-the-moment. I’ve got stickers, fancy papers, and a CRICUT from my scrapbooking days. I went through a phase of trying out crafts by purchasing kids kits. I’ve got a […]
Goodwill Hunting
Not the movie-the store. I’m going to admit something here that may end up in me becoming blacklisted by my SLP blogger buddies. I’m new to the Goodwill therapy supply shopping game. I’ve been practicing for 15 years, but have mostly avoided Goodwill and thrift stores (with the exception of Halloween shopping.) I don’t want […]
Duration Map Emergencies….
I use duration maps a lot in therapy. Duration maps provide a visual representation for children so they know how much time is left before they can be (or have to) be done with an activity. A simple way to do one would be if your child has 5 minutes left in activity to draw […]
New Year’s Resolution #2: Stop being a materials hoarder.
You can tell a lot about a speech language pathologist by the size of their laminator. Well, at least I have a special love for laminators. I started in grad school with rolls of cloudy/clear contact paper. This was back in the days of the old Linguisystem SPARC books and I’d stay up late in […]
January Organization: Object functions and Categories
Have I mentioned that I love manipulatives? A few years ago, I was lucky enough to purchase a 5 pound box of Barbie accessories on Ebay for a spendy 30.00. It was this purchase that allowed me to create my first category box. I used some pieces from an old category kit from Lakeshore learning […]
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 […]
Same and Different Kits
Speech Kits I have an obsession with plastic boxes. A few years ago, I cleaned out my speech cabinet and replaced all of the different boxes and game boxes with the same set of rubbermaid containers. Then I labeled them all and put them back in. It was awesome. Apparently the perfectly stacked boxes […]
