We all know that the more fun a speech therapy session is, the more engaged our little clients are. Some times we have to just plain work hard but...
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The Pout-Pout Fish and a Sunflower Can Ease Back to School Challenges
So many picture books are aimed at first school experiences like "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten," "Kindergarten Rocks," or...
Reading “The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School” to Grandkids on Facetime
I've shared how much fun it is to read to our grandkids on Facetime and we had yet a new experience the other night! The 3 boys ages 3, 6 and 8 lie...
Happy Birthday, Duke!
Today is a special day as Duke is 15! We celebrated by inviting his friend, Murphy over for a party. Our first activity was Dairy Queen treats. Duke...
Summer Speech Practice, Let’s Make a Calendar
It's always tricky finding a way to get kids to practice between speech therapy sessions. In summer it can be especially challenging as kids take a...
Making Up Stories With A Shadow Light Show
One of my favorite showrooms at the Toy Fair this year was Crayola. Maybe because of the artist in me, my love for markers of all kinds, or the many...
30 Year-old Legos Excite Speech Therapy Kids
As you know, I find myself with several 5-8 year-old boys on my caseload and they are wild about legos. My little friend ran upstairs this morning...
Armond Goes To A Party, Social Story for Asperger’s
It's not often that a picture book is co-written by an author and child but in "Armond Goes to a Party, A Book About Asperger's and Friendship,"...
“Never Ever” and “Splat” New Picture Books for Early Readers Over Summer
With two of my grandchildren discovering the joy of reading in this kindergarten year, I am especially tuned in to fun, new picture books with...
Use a Puzzle with Surprise Flaps to Spark Up Speech Therapy Lessons
My readers know how much I enjoy using a great puzzle in speech therapy. Puzzles can be used at a very basic level of adding a piece after a child...
Best New Toys to Develop Speech and Language
It's spring--I think! New flowers, new buds, and new toys. I have tested so many new products for the PAL Award in these past few weeks that I want...
Happy Easter With Jan Brett’s “The Easter Egg”
Happy Easter and Passover to all! The rain has cancelled our Easter egg hunt but that means we have had a morning reading books from Chima and Lego...
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