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8 years and up

Encouraging Early Readers Over the Summer

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Books, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

We just returned from a trip to Barnes and Noble with 3 of our grandchildren and we had our usual fun outing reading new and classic picture books...

$Teaching Math Vocabulary with New “Math Explosion” by The Young Scientists Club$

Teaching Math Vocabulary with New “Math Explosion” by The Young Scientists Club

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

When was the last time you used a "Math" game to teach language? How about today? I had a great time with first graders who I am pre-teaching...

Best New Games for Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Wow I realized I was a little quiet in the blogging area last week as I was buried in reviewing new toys and games for the PAL Award. It was...

Crack the Books “Seashores to Sea Floors” Review and Free Giveaway

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Apps, Books, Language, Speech and Language Delay

Mobile Education Store has been a treasure chest of great apps for learning language from Conversation Builder and Rainbow Sentences to Tense...

Storytelling at Toy Fair 2014, Learning Language Through Play

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Phew! I made it through all four days of the International Toy Fair, talking with over 100 companies and seeing hundreds of great new toys and...

Funny Speech Therapy Moments Teaching Word-Finding Cues

| 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Word Finding

We have to keep a smile on our faces when we work with kids. Most of the time it is easy, in spite of some challenging kids and disabilities that we...

Word-finding Activities for Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 14 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Word Finding

Kids with word-finding difficulties are fascinating to me. Sometimes I feel like I get a peek into their retrieval process as I try to decipher what...

Story Builder App Review for Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Apps, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Word Finding

I like Mobile Education Store's apps so much that I have them grouped together on my iPad. If you read my reviews, you know that I use them beyond...

Martin Luther King Day celebrated in Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up

I always try to use great books, stories and materials that are relevant to the season when I work with kids. Right now I look for books around the...